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Book Awards By Year

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1938 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1938 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1938 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerSwiss SonataGwethalyn GrahamWinner of the 1938 Governor Generals Literary Award For Fiction. The novel is set in a girls boarding school in Switzerland in 1936 over a three day period. What makes this novel extraordinary is not just the authors insights into the behaviour of the g...Amazon
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1937 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1937 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1937 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerMy Discovery of the WestStephen LeacockWritten during a lecture tour of Western Canada, My Discovery of the West captures Stephens Leacocks musings on the different regions of Canada and their differing social and political issues. First published in 1937, My Discovery of the West was awarded...Amazon
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1936 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1936 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1936 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThink of The EarthBertram Brooker"A mysterious story, but not a mystery--a murder story, without a murder. The interest centres round the question of who will be murdered? rather than who is the murderer? Tavistock, an Englishman who drifts to Western Canada, becomes obsessed by a...Amazon
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