Governor General’s Literary Award Shortlist Announced
The finalists for the Governor General's Literary Awards were announced on October 4, 2016.
There are awards given in 14 categories–7 in each of the official languages.
These are the nominations in the 5 adult English categories:
Drama:
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Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill
Kill Me Now by Brad Fraser
A Man A Fish by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Pig Girl by Colleen Murphy
Refuge by Mary Vingoe
Fiction:
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The Break by Katherena Vermette
• eBook
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
• eBook
The Parcel by Anosh Irani
• eBook
Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush: Stories by Kerry-Lee Powell
• eBook
Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin
• eBook
Non-Fiction:
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Brown: What Being Brown Means in the World Today (to Everyone) by Kamal Al-Solaylee
• eBook
Firewater: How Alcohol is Killing my People (and Yours) by Harold R. Johnson
In Between Days: A Graphic Memoir about Living with Cancer by Teva Harrison
Marconi: the Man who Networked the World by Marc Raboy
A World we have Lost: Saskatchewan before 1905 by Bill Waiser
Poetry:
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Marry & Burn by Rachel Rose
Prairie Harbour by Garry Thomas Morse
Regeneration Machine by Joe Denham
Throaty Wipes by Susan Holbrook
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The Waking Comes Late by Steven Heighton
Translation: French to English:
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The Goddess of Fireflies by Geneviève Pettersen, translated by Neil Smith
Guano by Louis Carmain, translated by Rhonda Mullins
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The Party Wall by Catherine Leroux, translated by Lazer Lederhendler
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The full list of nominees can be found on the Governor General's Literary Awards website.
A prize of $25,000 is given to the winning author, translator or illustrator in each category. The other finalists receive $1000. The publisher of the winner is given $3000 to aid with promotional activities.
The winners will be announced on October 25, 2016.
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Thank you for your blog. I am looking forward to seeing who the winners will be on October 25! Teva Harrison, who has been nominated for her non-fiction title “In-Between Days,” a graphic memoir about living with breast cancer, will be coming to the North York Central Library auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on November 15 as part of The eh List Author Series:
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT250408&R=EVT250408