Book Awards By Year

1979 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Resurrection of Joseph BourneJack HodginsWhen an unknown woman steps off a beached Peruvian freighter and walks into the Vancouver Island town of Port Annie, nothing can ever be quite the same. Stalwart citizens, tired of their milltown routine, grasp at a fresh subject for gossip. Others are sud...Amazon1979 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistLife Before ManMargaret AtwoodAmazonThe Sweet Second Summer of Kitty MaloneMatt CohenAmazon

1978 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerWho Do You Think You Are?Alice Munro**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature** Born into the back streets of a small Canadian town, Rose battled incessantly with her practical and shrewd stepmother, Flo, who cowed her with tales of her own past and warnings of the dangerous world outside. B...Amazon

1977 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe WarsTimothy FindleyIn 1915, Robert Ross, a young Canadian, enlists in the army as an officer. His experiences of life in a training camp, of the trenches in Europe, and with death are vividly told....Amazon

1976 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerBearMarian EngelA lonely woman journeys toward inner freedom and strengths and a sense of communion with all living creatures...Amazon