Saturday, November 23

Governor General’s Literary Award

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1992 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerHero of Lesser CausesJulie JohnstonKeely and her elder brother are inseparable until Patrick becomes paralysed by polio. She knows she must overcome her despair and self-pity if Patrick is to regain his will to live. Readership level: 12+ years....Amazon1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text Shortlist1812: Jeremy and the GeneralJohn IbbitsonAmazonA Coyote Columbus StoryThomas KingAmazonLooking at the MoonKit PearsonAmazonMy Mother's GhostMargaret BuffieAmazon
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1992 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerWaiting for the WhalesRon LightburnIn this timeless picture book, an old man lives alone on a bluff overlooking the sea and awaits the whales return each year to the bay....Amazon1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistHickory, Dickory, DockSuzanne DuranceauAmazonThe Big StormMaryann KovalskiAmazonWhen Jeremiah Found Mrs. MingMireille LevertAmazonZoom UpstreamEric BeddowsAmazon
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1992 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerImagining the Middle EastFred A. Reed"Examines how Western perceptions of the Middle East were formed and how we have used them as a rationalization for setting policies and determining actions."--Jacket....Amazon1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistDeath of the SpiderNeil B. BishopAmazonDeathly DelightsLuise von FlotowAmazonDivine DivaAgnes WhitfieldAmazonFelicity's FoolSheila FischmanAmazon
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1992 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerInventing the HawkLorna CrozierThe poems in this haunting new book are both playful and provocative, witty and intimate. Central to the collection is a powerful elegy for her father. Beginning with his death, it moves back in time to the authors childhood in a small Saskatchewan commun...Amazon1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistBlue Light, Bay and CollegeKathleen McCrackenAmazonHometownLaura LushAmazonOedipal DreamsEvelyn LauAmazonTheory of SedimentSteve McCafferyAmazon
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1992 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerRevenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan FarmMaggie Siggins...Amazon1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistInside: The Biography of John GuntherKen CuthbertsonAmazonMr. Sam: The Life and Times of Samuel BronfmanMichael R. MarrusAmazonPlague: A Story of Smallpox in MontrealMichael BlissAmazon
1992 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1992 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe English PatientMichael OndaatjeWINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 Magnificent Sunday Times The best piece of fiction Ive read in years Independent on Sunday The final curtain is closing on the Second World War and in an abandoned Italian village. Hana, a nurse, tends to her...Amazon1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistDeep Hollow CreekSheila WatsonAmazonThe Afterlife of George CartwrightJohn StefflerAmazonThe Bonus DealArchie CrailAmazonThe Chrome SuiteSandra BirdsellAmazon
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1992 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerPossible Worlds and A Short History of NightJohn MightonPossible Worlds uses parallel narratives to speculate about questions of identity and the role of imagination in love. Winner of the 1992 Governor Generals Literary Award for Drama....Amazon1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistLion in the StreetsJudith ThompsonAmazonSerpent in the Night SkyDianne WarrenAmazonThe Noam Chomsky LecturesDaniel Brooks and Guillermo VerdecchiaAmazonWriting With Our FeetDave CarleyAmazon
1991 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

1991 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

1991 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerPick-Up SticksSarah EllisThirteen-year-old Pollys rebellion against her unmarried, fiercely independendent mother comes to a head when they must find a new apartment....Amazon1991 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistA Happy New Year's DayRoch CarrierAmazonStars Come Out WithinJean LittleAmazonThe Last Great DinosaursMonty ReidAmazonTwo Moons in AugustMartha BrooksAmazon
1991 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

1991 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

1991 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerDoctor Kiss Says YesJoanne FitzgeraldA little girl, who likes to play doctor, transports herself to a fantasy world where she heals a wounded knight with bandages, kisses, hugs, and tickles....Amazon1991 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistA Happy New Year's DayGilles PelletierAmazonCoyote WinterJacquelinne WhiteAmazonPeter and the WolfMichèle LemieuxAmazonThe Travelling MusiciansKady MacDonald DentonAmazon
1991 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English)

1991 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

1991 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerA Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-ZAlbert W. HalsallCommon-sense, the Romantic critics told us, was all that was needed to understand and interpret literary texts. Today, we know this is not generally true. Modern criticism has joined with pre-Romantic criticism to expose common-sense as appropriate (bec...Amazon1991 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistLilies or the Revival of a Romantic DramaLinda GaboriauAmazonPhysics and the Rise of Scientific Research in CanadaPeter KeatingAmazonThe Diary of André LaurendeauPatricia Smart and Dorothy HowardAmazon