2013 Governor General Literary Awards Announced

November 13, 2013 | Book Buzz | Comments (0)

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

Fault Lines: Three Plays by Nicolas Billon

Finalists:

Blood a scientific romance Frenchtown Shakespeares nigga Swearing jar

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:

Luminaries

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
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Finalists:

Beautiful truth Hungry ghosts Lion-seeker Orenda_000

A Beautiful Truth by Colin McAdam
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Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)

The Hungry Ghosts by Shyam Selvadurai
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The Lion Seeker by Kenneth Bonert
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The Orenda by Joseph Boyden

Non-Fiction:

Winner:

Journey with no maps

Journey with No Maps: a Life of P.K. Page by Sandra Djwa
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Finalists:

Idealist Juggler's children Memoryofwater Projection

The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty by Nina Munk
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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
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The Memory of Water by Allen Smutylo

Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother: a Memoir by Priscila Uppal
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Poetry:

Winner:

 North end love songs

North End Love Songs by Katherena Vermette  

Finalists:

Birds metals stones rain Bite down little whisper Polymers Where the sun shines best

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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