Tuesday, April 23

2017 Awards

2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerWe'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some NightJoel Thomas HynesA blackly comic and heart-rending odyssey by the inimitable author of Down to the Dirt Scrappy tough guy and three-time loser Johnny Keough is going a little stir-crazy awaiting trial for an alleged assault charge involving his girlfriend, Madonna, and a t...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistAll the Beloved GhostsAlison MacLeodAmazonLost in SeptemberKathleen WinterAmazonThe Water BeetlesMichael KaanAmazonUncertain Weights and MeasuresJocelyn ParrAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic StateGraeme WoodThe definitive book on the distinctive history and psychology of ISIS, based on Woods unprecedented access to the Islamic States own recruiters and supporters, and his extensive time reporting throughout the region. Based on interviews with Islamic State...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistAll We Leave Behind: A Reporter's Journey into the Lives of OthersCarol OffAmazonThe Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of our Literary Heritage to a Foreign MultinationalElaine DewarAmazonWhere I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and HopeSharon ButalaAmazonWhere It Hur...
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerOn Not Losing My Father's Ashes in the FloodRichard HarrisonIn his final years, Richard Harrisons father suffered from a form of dementia, but he died without ever forgetting the poems he had memorized as a student and had taught to Richard as a child. In 2013, the poet feared his fathers ashes had been lost in t...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistAll the Names BetweenJulia McCarthyAmazonSelahNora GouldAmazonSlow WarBenjamin HertwigAmazonWhat the Soul Doesn't WantLorna CrozierAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerReadopolisOana Avasilichioaei...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistBrothersKatia GrubisicAmazonIn Search of New BabylonW. Donald WilsonAmazonSocial Myths and Collective ImaginariesHoward ScottAmazonThe Longest YearPablo StraussAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books

2017 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerWhen We Were AloneDavid Alexander Robertson and Julie FlettWhen a young girl helps tend to her grandmothers garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with...Amazon2017 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistShort Stories for Little MonstersMarie-Louise GayAmazonThe Tragic Tale of the Great AukJan ThornhillAmazonTown Is by the SeaJoanne Schwartz and Sydney SmithAmazonWhen the Moon ComesPaul Harbridge and Matt JamesAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, August Derleth Award - Horror Novel, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, British Fantasy Awards

2017 British Fantasy Awards – August Derleth Award – Horror Novel Winner and Nominees

2017 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerDisappearance at Devil's RockPaul TremblayLate one summer night, Elizabeth Sanderson receives the devastating news that every mother fears: her 13-year-old son, Tommy, has vanished in the woods of a local park. Riddled with worry, pain, and guilt, Elizabeth is wholly unprepared for the strange ser...Amazon2017 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel Shortlist13 MinutesSarah PinboroughAmazonThe Hidden PeopleAlison LittlewoodAmazonThe Searching DeadRamsey CampbellAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, British Fantasy Awards, Robert Holdstock Award - Fantasy Novel

2017 British Fantasy Awards – Robert Holdstock Award – Fantasy Novel Winner and Nominees

2017 British Fantasy Awards - Robert Holdstock Award - Fantasy Novel WinnerThe Tiger and the WolfAdrian TchaikovskyThe first novel in the Echoes of the Fall series, The Tiger and the Wolf is an accomplished high fantasy by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and winner of the 2017 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Adrian Tchaikovsky is also the author of the Arthur C. Clarke award...Amazon2017 British Fantasy Awards - Robert Holdstock Award - Fantasy Novel ShortlistThe High King's VengeanceSteven PooreAmazonThe Silver TideJen WilliamsAmazonThe Summer GoddessJoanne HallAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Bram Stoker, Bram Stoker - Novel

2017 Bram Stoker – Novel Winner and Nominees

2017 Bram Stoker - Novel WinnerThe FishermanJohn Langan"In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two...Amazon2017 Bram Stoker - Novel ShortlistDisappearance at Devil's RockPaul TremblayAmazonHard LightElizabeth HandAmazonMongrelsStephen Graham JonesAmazonStrandedBracken MacLeodAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Andre Norton, Andre Norton - Novel, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year

2017 Andre Norton – Novel Winner and Nominees

2017 Andre Norton - Novel WinnerArabella of MarsDavid D. LevineSince Newton witnessed a bubble rising from his bathtub, mankind has sought the stars. When William III of England commissioned Capt. William Kidd to command the first expedition to Mars in the late 1600s, he proved that space travel was both possible and ...Amazon2017 Andre Norton - Novel ShortlistRailheadPhilip ReeveAmazonRocks Fall, Everyone DiesLindsay RibarAmazonThe Evil Wizard SmallboneDelia ShermanAmazonThe Girl Who Drank the MoonKelly BarnhillAmazonThe Lie TreeFrances HardingeAmazonThe Star-Touched QueenRoshani ChokshiAmazon
2017 Awards, All Book Awards, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur C. Clarke - Novel, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year

2017 Arthur C. Clarke – Novel Winner and Nominees

2017 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerThe Underground RailroadColson WhiteheadLike millions of my race, my mother and father were born slaves, but were not contented to live and die so. My father purchased himself in early manhood by hard toil. Mother saw no way for herself and children to escape the horrors of bondage but by flight...Amazon2017 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistA Closed and Common OrbitBecky ChambersAmazonAfter AtlasEmma NewmanAmazonCentral StationLavie TidharAmazonNinefox GambitYoon Ha LeeAmazonOccupy MeTricia SullivanAmazon