All Book Awards

2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerFifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian ArmyChristie BlatchfordLong before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canadas most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect ...Amazon2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistAn Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first CenturyJames OrbinskiAmazonGod’s Mercies. Rivalry, Betrayal and the Dream of DiscoveryDouglas HunterAmazonThe Black Grizzly of Whiskey CreekSid MartyAmazonThe Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We NeedChris TurnerAmazon

2007 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerI’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground RailroadKarolyn Smardz FrostTraces the story of former slaves Thornton and Lucie Blackburn, who launched a daring escape from their slave masters in 1831 and became the subjects of a legal dispute between Canada and the United States regarding the Underground Railroad....Amazon2007 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction Shortlist28: Stories of AIDS in AfricaStephanie NolenAmazonCitizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968John EnglishAmazonEnter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 CentRodrigo Bascuñán and Christian PearceAmazonSilence of the Songbirds:How We Are Losing the World’s Songbirds and What ...