2013 Governor General Literary Awards Announced
The winners of the 2013 Governor General Literary Awards were announced on November 13.
These are the winners and finalists in the adult English language categories:
Drama:
Winner:
Fault Lines: Three Plays by Nicolas Billon
Finalists:
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Blood: a Scientific Romance by Meg Braem
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:
Winner:
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
• eBook
Finalists:
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A Beautiful Truth by Colin McAdam
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
The Hungry Ghosts by Shyam Selvadurai
• eBook
The Lion Seeker by Kenneth Bonert
• eBook
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
Non-Fiction:
Winner:
Journey with No Maps: a Life of P.K. Page by Sandra Djwa
• eBook
Finalists:
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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)
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:
Winner:
North End Love Songs by Katherena Vermette
Finalists:
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Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain by Russell Thornton
Bite Down Little Whisper by Don Domanski
The Polymers by Adam Dickinson
Where the Sun Shines Best by Austin Clarke



















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