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Governor General’s Literary Award

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2001 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text

2001 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerDustArthur SladeThe children were disappearing. And the worst thing about it? No one noticed A rainmaker brings rain to a drought-stricken town. The stranger amazes the townspeople with magic mirrors and bewitches the children with his beautiful butterfly. First, one chil...Amazon2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistBefore WingsBeth GoobieAmazonIn Spite of Killer BeesJulie JohnstonAmazonMary Ann AliceBrian DoyleAmazonThe GameTeresa TotenAmazon
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1999 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English)

1999 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

1999 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerGabrielle Roy: A LifePatricia ClaxtonDespite the popularity and critical success Gabrielle Roy found as a writer, she lived a life often touched by sadness. In this definitive account of her life, François Ricard draws a penetrating and eloquent portrait that does full honour to his extraordi...Amazon1999 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistOlivo OlivaDavid HomelAmazonThe Mark of the AngelNancy HustonAmazonThe Sparrow has Cut the Day in HalfLazer LederhendlerAmazonThe World of the GiftDonald WinklerAmazon
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1997 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1997 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerDrumblair - Memories of a Jamaican ChildhoodRachel Manley...Amazon1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistLoyal till Death - Indians and the North-West RebellionBlair Stonechild and Bill WaiserAmazonMorgentaler: A Difficult HeroCatherine DunphyAmazonOne River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain ForestWade DavisAmazonThis Ragged Place - Travels Across the LandscapeTerry GlavinAmazon
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1995 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

1995 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerThree in the Back, Two in the HeadJason ShermanWinner of the 1995 Governor Generals Literary Award for Drama. "A beguiling debate on state morality versus personal morality...hammers away at the rich dramatic themes of loyalty and betrayal". -- Toronto Star...Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistMiracle MotherDeborah KimmettAmazonPoor Super Man: A Play with CaptionsBrad FraserAmazonSome Assembly RequiredEugene SticklandAmazonThe Hope Slide – Little SisterJoan MacLeodAmazon
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1992 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

1992 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerWaiting for the WhalesRon LightburnIn this timeless picture book, an old man lives alone on a bluff overlooking the sea and awaits the whales return each year to the bay....Amazon1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistHickory, Dickory, DockSuzanne DuranceauAmazonThe Big StormMaryann KovalskiAmazonWhen Jeremiah Found Mrs. MingMireille LevertAmazonZoom UpstreamEric BeddowsAmazon
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1990 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1990 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1990 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerNo TimeMargaret Avison"Avisons new volume is a lyrical tribute to a created order suffused with a holy energy--a vitality inaccessible to the statisticians, the engineers, the corporate mandarins. It is not, however, a whimsical, Pollyanish ecstacy that sustains her, but a gri...Amazon1990 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistNo Language Is NeutralDionne BrandAmazonWinterPatrick LaneAmazon
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1988 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1988 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1988 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerNights Below Station StreetDavid Adams RichardsJoe, an unemployed alcoholic, tries to improve his relationship with his teenage daughter Adele, set in a remote town in northern New Brunswick. This is a story of love, hate, desire and survival....Amazon1988 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistAtmospheres ApollinaireMark FrutkinAmazonCat's EyeMargaret AtwoodAmazonThe Cost of LivingKenneth RaduAmazonThe Victory of Geraldine GullJoan ClarkAmazon
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1985 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

1985 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerCriminals in LoveGeorge F. Walker...Amazon1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistGone the Burning SunKen MitchellAmazonSalt-water MoonDavid FrenchAmazonWar Babies (in Willful Acts: Five Plays)Margaret HollingsworthAmazon
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1981 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

1981 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

1981 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerBlood RelationsSharon Pollock...Amazon1981 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistStraight Ahead and Blind DancersCharles TidlerAmazonTheatre of the Film NoirGeorge F. WalkerAmazon
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