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1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1996 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Englishman's BoyGuy VanderhaegheFrom the national bestselling author of The Last Crossing, a story thats “by turns a western, a critique of Hollywood, and a novel of ideas” (The New York Times Book Review). In 1920s Hollywood, elusive producer Damon Ira Chance is obsessed with making mo...Amazon1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistAlias GraceMargaret AtwoodAmazonComing Down from WaAudrey ThomasAmazonLet Me Be the OneElisabeth HarvorAmazonTeaching Pigs to SingCordelia StrubeAmazonThe Green LibraryJanice Kulyk KeeferAmazon
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1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

1996 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerThe MonumentColleen Wagner"A young soldier has been convicted of war crimes committed during a genocide. Like a good soldier, he obeyed his surperiors only to find that, at the conclusion of war, he became the scapegoat for crimes "everyone was doing." As he is about to be executed...Amazon1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistMad Boy ChronicleMichael O'BrienAmazonMother TongueBetty QuanAmazonThe Glace Bay Miners' MuseumWendy LillAmazonThe Little YearsJohn MightonAmazon
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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 - Young People’s Literature — Text

1995 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerThe MaestroTim Wynne-JonesBurl Crow hasnt had many breaks in his young life. His father is a manipulative lout with a dangerous temper; his mother, worn down by years of abuse, now resorts to her little helpers to get her through the days. Then he meets Nathaniel Orlando Gow, the ...Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistMission ImpossibleBeth GoobieAmazonOut of the DarkWelwyn Wilton KatzAmazonRanVan A Worthy OpponentDiana WielerAmazonTessHazel HutchinsAmazon
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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 - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books

1995 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerThe Last Quest of GilgameshLudmila ZemanFrightened by the thought of dying, Gilgamesh braves a series of dangers in an effort to learn the secret of eternal life, but although he meets the survivor of the great flood and is offered a chance at perpetual youth, he never achieves ......Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistAska's Sea CreaturesWarabé AskaAmazonJust Stay PutGary ClementAmazonThe Killick: A Newfoundland StoryGeoff ButlerAmazonWoodland ChristmasFrances TyrrellAmazon
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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 - Translation (French to English)

1995 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerWhy Must a Black Writer Write About Sex?David HomelFollows the sexual exploits of two black men living in a run-down apartment in Montreal and their encounters with a variety of white women....Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistBlack SquirrelWayne GradyAmazonNo Song, But SilenceSheila FischmanAmazonThe Road to ChlifaSusan OuriouAmazonTrudeau and the End of a Canadian DreamPaul Leduc Browne and Michelle WeinrothAmazon
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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 - Poetry

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

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerVoiceAnne SzumigalskiAnne Szumigalski, renowned for her breakout poetry collection Woman Reading in Bath, her Governor Generals Award winning collection Voice, and many other books in between, was one of Canadas most prominent poets. With her published works, as well as with...Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistJerusalem, BelovedDi BrandtAmazonNight WalkRoo BorsonAmazonStations of the Left HandDon DomanskiAmazonThe Ecstasy of SkepticsSteven HeightonAmazon
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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 - Non-fiction

1995 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerShadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwenRosemary SullivanThere is no doubt Rosemary Sullivan is a biographer of extraordinary talent. Her first biography, By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life was a bestseller and nominated for a Governor Generals Award. Her third biography, The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood, Starting...Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistLeaning on the WindSid MartyAmazonShooting the HippoLinda McQuaigAmazonThe Last House of Ulster: A Family in BelfastCharles ForanAmazon
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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 - Fiction

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

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Roaring GirlGreg Hollingshead“Writing doesn’t get much better,” The Edmonton Journal enthused when The Roaring Girl was first published in 1995. Readers and award committees agreed, bestowing Hollingshead with bestselling-author status and a Governor Generals Award for Fiction. These...Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistHighways and DancehallsDiana AtkinsonAmazonMister SandmanBarbara GowdyAmazonThe Age of LongingRichard B. WrightAmazonThe Jaguar TempleJulie KeithAmazon
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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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1994 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

1994 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerAdam and Eve and Pinch-MeJulie Johnston...Amazon1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistJosepha: A Prairie Boy's StoryJim McGuganAmazonOut of the BlueSarah EllisAmazonPast TenseKen RobertsAmazonThe Burning TimeCarol MatasAmazon
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