Governor General’s Literary Award

2006 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World ImpressionismRoss KingThe fascinating new book by the author of Brunelleschis Dome and Michelangelo and the Popes Ceiling: a saga of artistic rivalry and cultural upheaval in the decade leading to the birth of Impressionism. If there were two men who were absolutely central t...Amazon2006 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistStarlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil StonechildSusanne Reber, Robert RenaudAmazonThe Empire of Mind: Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist MovementMichael StrangeloveAmazonThe Half-Lives of Pat LowtherChristine WiesenthalAmazonThe Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Mo...

2005 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed of John the Painter, First ModernJohn VaillantOn a bleak winter night in 1997, a British Columbia timber scout named Grant Hadwin committed an act of shocking violence: he destroyed the legendary Golden Spruce of the Queen Charlotte Islands. With its rich colours, towering height and luminous needles,...Amazon2005 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistRiding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and BooksTed BishopAmazonThe Incendiary: The Misadventures TerroristJessica WarnerAmazonThe Molly FireMichael MitchellAmazonWritten in the Flesh: A History of DesireEdward ShorterAmazon