Monday, May 6

Governor General’s Literary Award

1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English)

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerBambi and MeSheila FischmanBambi and Me consists of 12 autobiographical pieces about how movies shaped the young life of Michel Tremblay, one of their biggest fans. Among others, he talks about Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Para...Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistAknos and Other PoemsDaniel SloateAmazonThe Second FiddleDavid HomelAmazonVoltaire’s Man in AmericaArnold BennettAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerWhite Stone: The Alice PoemsStephanie BolsterThese evocative poems move from the icon of Alice in Wonderland to the imagined figure of Alice out of Wonderland—on a Vancouver beach with the poet, underground with Persephone, in Memphis with Elvis. But first they explore the life of the real Alice Lidd...Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistBlue MarrowLouise Bernice HalfeAmazonDebbie: An EpicLisa RobertsonAmazonHandwritingMichael OndaatjeAmazonLobotomy MagnificatKathy ShaidleAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerLines on the Water – A Fisherman’s Life on the MiramichiDavid Adams RichardsDavid Adams Richards, award-winning author of Mercy Among the Children, here takes us on an unforgettable journey to the famed Miramichi River where he casts light on the magical allure of fly-fishing....Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistMamie’s Children – Three Generations of Prairie WomenJudy SchultzAmazonMrs. King – The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie KingCharlotte GrayAmazonStolen Life – The Journey of a Cree WomanRudy Wiebe and Yvonne JohnsonAmazonThe Quiet Limit of the World – A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global WarmingWayne GradyAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerForms of DevotionDiane SchoemperlenDiane Schoemperlens acclaimed In the Language of Love expanded our expectations of the contemporary novel, using everyday words to deconstruct a young womans life and loves. In her new short story collection, Forms of Devotion, she again tests the bounds...Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistStrange HeavenLynn CoadyAmazonThe Colony of Unrequited DreamsWayne JohnstonAmazonThe Electrical FieldKerri SakamotoAmazonThe White BoneBarbara GowdyAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerHarlem DuetDjanet SearsWinner of the Governor Generals Award for Drama. Winner of the Chalmers Play Award. A rhapsodic blues tragedy. Harlem Duet could be the prelude to Shakepeares Othello, and recounts the tale of Othello and his first wife Billie (yes, before Desdemona). Se...Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistInexpressible IslandDavid YoungAmazonNot SpainRichard SangerAmazonSandra Shamas: A Trilogy of PerformancesSandra ShamasAmazonSelkirk AvenueBruce McManusAmazon
1997 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

1997 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerAwake and DreamingKit PearsonTheo and her young, irresponsible mother seem trapped in their miserable, poverty-stricken life. Theo dreams of belonging to a “real” family, and her dream seems to come true when she is mysteriously adopted by the large, warm Kaldor family. But as time pa...Amazon1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistDippersBarbara NicholAmazonOne Thing That’s TrueCheryl FoggoAmazonThe Fishing SummerTeddy JamAmazonWish Me LuckJames HeneghanAmazon
1997 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

1997 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerThe PartyBarbara ReidIts Grans birthday, and the whole family is celebrating with a big party! While the adults enjoy the festivities, the children have their own kind of fun! There are hiding places to find, fabulous make-believe games to play, delicious food to eat, and a ...Amazon1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistFlying DimitriBlair DrawsonAmazonRumpelstiltskinMarie-Louise GayAmazonThe Angel TreeRobin MullerAmazonThe First Red Maple LeafLudmila ZemanAmazon
1997 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English)

1997 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerThe EuguelionHoward Scott...Amazon1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistA Drifting YearDavid HomelAmazonBaroque at DawnPatricia ClaxtonAmazonCanadians of OldJane BrierleyAmazonThe Goldberg VariationsNancy HustonAmazon
1997 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1997 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerLand to Light OnDionne BrandA classic, prize-winning novel about an epic migration and a lone woman haunted by the past in frontier Waipu. In the 1850s, a group of settlers established a community at Waipu in the northern part of New Zealand. They were led there by a stern preacher, ...Amazon1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistA Broken BowlPatrick FriesenAmazonApparatusDon McKayAmazonAutobiographyMarilyn BoweringAmazonIn Cannon CaveCarole Glasser LangilleAmazon
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