2019 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

To the River: Losing My Brother

Don Gillmor

An eloquent and haunting exploration of suicide in which one of Canadas most gifted writers attempts to understand why his brother took his own life. Which leads him to another powerful question: Why are boomers killing themselves at a far greater rate th…

City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands

Dan Werb

Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times

Alan Walker

Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father

Brian Harvey

Tiny Lights for Travellers

Naomi K. Lewis