Wednesday, November 20

Book Awards

2018 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

2018 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2018 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerThey Say BlueJillian TamakiNow available as a board book, the award-winning They Say Blue is a playful, poetic exploration of color and point of view In captivating paintings full of movement and transformation, we follow a young girl through a year or a day as she examines the colo...Amazon2018 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistAfricvilleShauntay Grant and Eva CampbellAmazonAt the PondWerner ZimmermannAmazonGo Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous HeroesWab Kinew and Joe MorseAmazonOcean Meets SkyThe Fan BrothersAmazon
2018 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

2018 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

2018 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerSweep: The Story of a Girl and her MonsterJonathan AuxierFrom the New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Auxier comes an enchanting standalone novel about the power of friendship and the beauty of finding home Nan Sparrow is one of Londons countless "climbers"--children who spend their days cleaning chimney...Amazon2018 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistEbb & FlowHeather SmithAmazonLearning to BreatheJanice Lynn MatherAmazonThe Journey of Little CharlieChristopher Paul CurtisAmazonWinnie’s Great WarLindsay Mattick and Josh GreenhutAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerIndian ArmHiro KanagawaThe Allmers live on native leasehold land in British Columbia, with their adopted son Wolfie, a sensitive First Nations sixteen-year-old with cerebral hypoxia. Wolfie--caught in the middle of an intense, unhappy mother and a resigned father--is the pressur...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama Shortlist1979Michael HealeyAmazonThe Colony of Unrequited DreamsRobert ChafeAmazonThe Virgin TrialKate HennigAmazonWithin the GlassAnna ChattertonAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerWe'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some NightJoel Thomas HynesA blackly comic and heart-rending odyssey by the inimitable author of Down to the Dirt Scrappy tough guy and three-time loser Johnny Keough is going a little stir-crazy awaiting trial for an alleged assault charge involving his girlfriend, Madonna, and a t...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistAll the Beloved GhostsAlison MacLeodAmazonLost in SeptemberKathleen WinterAmazonThe Water BeetlesMichael KaanAmazonUncertain Weights and MeasuresJocelyn ParrAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic StateGraeme WoodThe definitive book on the distinctive history and psychology of ISIS, based on Woods unprecedented access to the Islamic States own recruiters and supporters, and his extensive time reporting throughout the region. Based on interviews with Islamic State...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistAll We Leave Behind: A Reporter's Journey into the Lives of OthersCarol OffAmazonThe Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of our Literary Heritage to a Foreign MultinationalElaine DewarAmazonWhere I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and HopeSharon ButalaAmazonWhere It Hur...
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerOn Not Losing My Father's Ashes in the FloodRichard HarrisonIn his final years, Richard Harrisons father suffered from a form of dementia, but he died without ever forgetting the poems he had memorized as a student and had taught to Richard as a child. In 2013, the poet feared his fathers ashes had been lost in t...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistAll the Names BetweenJulia McCarthyAmazonSelahNora GouldAmazonSlow WarBenjamin HertwigAmazonWhat the Soul Doesn't WantLorna CrozierAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerReadopolisOana Avasilichioaei...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistBrothersKatia GrubisicAmazonIn Search of New BabylonW. Donald WilsonAmazonSocial Myths and Collective ImaginariesHoward ScottAmazonThe Longest YearPablo StraussAmazon
2017 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

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerWhen We Were AloneDavid Alexander Robertson and Julie FlettWhen a young girl helps tend to her grandmothers garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistShort Stories for Little MonstersMarie-Louise GayAmazonThe Tragic Tale of the Great AukJan ThornhillAmazonTown Is by the SeaJoanne Schwartz and Sydney SmithAmazonWhen the Moon ComesPaul Harbridge and Matt JamesAmazon
All Book Awards, Book Awards, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerThe Marrow ThievesCherie Dimaline...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistEverything Beautiful is Not RuinedDanielle Younge-UllmanAmazonHit the Ground RunningAlison HughesAmazonThe Way Back HomeAllan StrattonAmazonThose Who Run in the SkyAviaq JohnstonAmazon
2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2016 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2016 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerPig GirlColleen MurphyDying Girl is in trouble; shes being held captive in a secluded barn by a serial killer. As she fights for her life, her sister tries to file a missing-persons report and draw police attention to the disappearance. With no evidence and little inclination...Amazon2016 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistA Man A FishDonna-Michelle St. BernardAmazonConcord FloralJordan TannahillAmazonKill Me NowBrad FraserAmazonRefugeMary VingoeAmazon