Saturday, November 23

Governor General’s Literary Award

1995 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

1995 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerThe Last Quest of GilgameshLudmila ZemanFrightened by the thought of dying, Gilgamesh braves a series of dangers in an effort to learn the secret of eternal life, but although he meets the survivor of the great flood and is offered a chance at perpetual youth, he never achieves ......Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistAska's Sea CreaturesWarabé AskaAmazonJust Stay PutGary ClementAmazonThe Killick: A Newfoundland StoryGeoff ButlerAmazonWoodland ChristmasFrances TyrrellAmazon
1995 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English)

1995 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerWhy Must a Black Writer Write About Sex?David HomelFollows the sexual exploits of two black men living in a run-down apartment in Montreal and their encounters with a variety of white women....Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistBlack SquirrelWayne GradyAmazonNo Song, But SilenceSheila FischmanAmazonThe Road to ChlifaSusan OuriouAmazonTrudeau and the End of a Canadian DreamPaul Leduc Browne and Michelle WeinrothAmazon
1995 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1995 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerVoiceAnne SzumigalskiAnne Szumigalski, renowned for her breakout poetry collection Woman Reading in Bath, her Governor Generals Award winning collection Voice, and many other books in between, was one of Canadas most prominent poets. With her published works, as well as with...Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistJerusalem, BelovedDi BrandtAmazonNight WalkRoo BorsonAmazonStations of the Left HandDon DomanskiAmazonThe Ecstasy of SkepticsSteven HeightonAmazon
1995 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1995 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerShadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwenRosemary SullivanThere is no doubt Rosemary Sullivan is a biographer of extraordinary talent. Her first biography, By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life was a bestseller and nominated for a Governor Generals Award. Her third biography, The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood, Starting...Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistLeaning on the WindSid MartyAmazonShooting the HippoLinda McQuaigAmazonThe Last House of Ulster: A Family in BelfastCharles ForanAmazon
1995 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1995 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Roaring GirlGreg Hollingshead“Writing doesn’t get much better,” The Edmonton Journal enthused when The Roaring Girl was first published in 1995. Readers and award committees agreed, bestowing Hollingshead with bestselling-author status and a Governor Generals Award for Fiction. These...Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistHighways and DancehallsDiana AtkinsonAmazonMister SandmanBarbara GowdyAmazonThe Age of LongingRichard B. WrightAmazonThe Jaguar TempleJulie KeithAmazon
1995 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

1995 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerThree in the Back, Two in the HeadJason ShermanWinner of the 1995 Governor Generals Literary Award for Drama. "A beguiling debate on state morality versus personal morality...hammers away at the rich dramatic themes of loyalty and betrayal". -- Toronto Star...Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistMiracle MotherDeborah KimmettAmazonPoor Super Man: A Play with CaptionsBrad FraserAmazonSome Assembly RequiredEugene SticklandAmazonThe Hope Slide – Little SisterJoan MacLeodAmazon
1994 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

1994 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerAdam and Eve and Pinch-MeJulie Johnston...Amazon1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistJosepha: A Prairie Boy's StoryJim McGuganAmazonOut of the BlueSarah EllisAmazonPast TenseKen RobertsAmazonThe Burning TimeCarol MatasAmazon
1994 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

1994 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerJosepha: A Prairie Boy's StoryMurray KimberThe time is 1900, in the midst of the great waves of European immigration to North America. Standing in the dust and wind of the prairie, a young boy prepares to say good-bye to Josepha, his older classmate, who is leaving the alienating world of the class...Amazon1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistLa Diablesse and the BabyMarie LafranceAmazonPolar the Titanic BearLaurie McGawAmazonThere Was An Old Man...: A Collection of LimericksMichèle LemieuxAmazonWhoMartin SpringettAmazon
1994 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English)

1994 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerThe Lyric Generation: The Life and Times of the Baby BoomersDonald WinklerIn large chain bookstores the "religion" section is gone and in its place is an expanding number of topics including angels, Sufism, journey, recovery, meditation, magic, inspiration, Judaica, astrology, gurus, Bible, prophesy, evangelicalism, Mary, Buddhi...Amazon1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistAn Aroma of CoffeeDavid HomelAmazonPlaying BareShelley TeppermanAmazonTchipayuk or The Way of the WolfPatricia ClaxtonAmazonThe Sound of Living ThingsSheila FischmanAmazon
1994 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1994 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerCantos from a Small RoomRobert HillesIn his seventh book of poetry, Hillies describes his feelings of affection and admiration for his mother-in-law, and the sense of loss the family experienced upon her death of cancer in her middle years. An astounding collection of poems, Cantos from a Sma...Amazon1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistDog SleepsMonty ReidAmazonThe Chinese ExecutionPolly FleckAmazonThe Holy ForestRobin BlaserAmazon