2013 Governor General’s Literary Awards Finalists
On October 2, the shortlist for the 2013 Governor General's Literary Awards was announced. The awards are presented in 7 categories in both official languages. The complete list of nominees can be found on the Canada Council for the Arts website.
These are the finalists in the adult English language categories:
Drama:
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Blood: a Scientific Romance by Meg Braem
Fault Lines: Three Plays by Nicolas Billon
Frenchtown: a Drama about Shanghai, P.R.C. by Lawrence Jeffery
Shakespeare's Nigga by Joseph Jomo Pierre
The Swearing Jar by Kate Hewlett
Fiction:
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A Beautiful Truth by Colin McAdam
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
The Hungry Ghosts by Shyam Selvadurai
• eBook
The Lion Seeker by Kenneth Bonert
• eBook
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
• eBook
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
Non-Fiction:
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The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty by Nina Munk
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
Journey with No Maps: a Life of P.K. Page by Sandra Djwa
• eBook
The Juggler's Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us by Carolyn Abraham
• eBook
The Memory of Water by Allen Smutylo
Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother: a Memoir by Priscila Uppal
• eBook
Poetry:
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Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain by Russell Thornton
Bite Down Little Whisper by Don Domanski
North End Love Songs by Katherena Vermette
The Polymers by Adam Dickinson
Where the Sun Shines Best by Austin Clarke
The winners will be announced on November 13.
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