Thursday, December 26

Governor General’s Literary Award

2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text

2005 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

2005 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerThe Crazy ManPamela PorterAfter a freak farm accident, twelve-year-old Emaline, dealing with her disability and the abandonment of her father, finds salvation in Angus--a patient from the local mental hospital who has been hired to work in their fields. Reprint....Amazon2005 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistAfterFrancis ChalifourAmazonHannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian BachBarbara NickelAmazonMella and the N’anga: An African TaleGail NyokaAmazonSwimming in the Monsoon SeaShyam SelvaduraiAmazon
2004 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books

2004 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerJabberwockyStéphane JorischIncludes 34 nonsense verses and parodies: "The Walrus and the Carpenter," "Father William," "My Fancy," "A Sea Dirge," "Hiawathas Photographing," "The Mad Gardeners Song," "Poeta Fit, non Nascitur," and many others....Amazon2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistA Very Unusual DogKim LaFaveAmazonDawn WatchNicolas DebonAmazonPeg and the YetiBarbara ReidAmazonStella, Princess of the SkyMarie-Louise GayAmazon
2004 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2004 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerGirl in the Goldfish BowlMorris Panych...Amazon2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistRobert Chafe: Two Plays. Butler’s Marsh, Tempting ProvidenceRobert ChafeAmazonRune ArlidgeMichael HealeyAmazonThe Pochsy PlaysKaren HinesAmazonThe Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye)Mieko OuchiAmazon
2004 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

2004 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerA Complicated KindnessMiriam ToewsMeet Nomi Nickel, the rebellious small town teenager and irresistible creation of award-winning novelist Miriam Toews....Amazon2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistNatasha and Other StoriesDavid BezmozgisAmazonNorman Bray, In the Performance of His LifeTrevor ColeAmazonRunawayAlice MunroAmazonSome Great ThingColin McAdamAmazon
2004 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

2004 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerShake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in RwandaLt.-Gen. Roméo DallaireOn the tenth anniversary of the date that UN peacekeepers landed in Rwanda, Random House Canada is proud to publish the unforgettable first-hand account of the genocide by the man who led the UN mission. Digging deep into shattering memories, General Dalla...Amazon2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistAcquainted with the Night: Excursions through the World after DarkChristopher DewdneyAmazonDark Age AheadJane JacobsAmazonI’ll Tell You a Secret: A Memory of Seven SummersAnne ColemanAmazonWisdom & MetaphorJan ZwickyAmazon
2004 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2004 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerShort Journey Upriver Toward ŌishidaRoo BorsonIn Roo Borsons new watershed collection, it is as though language were being taught to increase its powers of concentration, to hearken simultaneously to the fully impinged-upon senses, the reflecting mind with its griefs and yearnings, the heart with its...Amazon2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistDisarmamentJohn TerpstraAmazonRobinson’s CrossingJan ZwickyAmazonThe Burning EavesDavid ManicomAmazonThe Memory OrchardTim BowlingAmazon
2004 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation

2004 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerMirabelJudith Cowan...Amazon2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistThe Alien HouseSheila FischmanAmazonThe IguanaLiedewy HawkeAmazon
2004 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text

2004 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerAirbornKenneth OppelSailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crows nest, being the ships eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and thered been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark stack of nimbus clouds off to the northwest, but we were lea...Amazon2004 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistEstherSharon E. McKayAmazonHeck SuperheroMartine LeavittAmazonRed Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural RevolutionAnge ZhangAmazonThe Wolf KingJudd PalmerAmazon
2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books

2003 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2003 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerThe Song Within My HeartAllen SappListen to the beating drum It tells a hundred stories Of our people, of our homeland Some of birds and beasts and sweet grass. Close your eyes and listen You might come to hear a story That no one hears but you alone A story of your very own. Renowned Cree...Amazon2003 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistFour Pictures by Emily CarrNicolas DebonAmazonImagine a NightRob GonsalvesAmazonSindbad’s Secret: From the Tales of the Thousand and One NightsLudmila ZemanAmazonThe Subway MouseBarbara ReidAmazon
2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2003 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2003 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerEinstein’s GiftVern ThiessenA scientist who enhances life with his work and knowledge but discovers too late that knowledge in the wrong hands brings death. The ideal of science to serve humanity is shown in sharp contrast against the reality of political will, nationalism, and war. ...Amazon2003 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistBurning VisionMarie ClementsAmazonLast RomanticsMichael Lewis MacLennanAmazonProkBrian DraderAmazonRice BoySunil KuruvillaAmazon