1997 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

The Underpainter

Jane Urquhart

The Underpainter is a novel of interwoven lives in which the world of art collides with the realm of human emotion. It is the story of Austin Fraser, an American painter now in his later years, who is haunted by memories of those whose lives most deeply to…

First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women

Eric McCormack

Last Seen

Matt Cohen

Small Change

Elizabeth Hay

The Two-Headed Calf

Sandra Birdsell