Governor General's Winners
Governor General's Literary Awards winners were announced October 28, 2015. Awards are presented in both official languages in a number of different categories for both adults and children.
These are the adult English winners for 2015:
Drama
Winner:
Carried Away on the Crest of a Wave by David Yee
Other finalists in the Drama category:
Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble by Beth Graham
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Mahmoud by Tara Grammy and Tom Arthur Davis
Odd Ducks by Bryden MacDonald
Winners and Losers by Marcus Youssef and James Long
Fiction
Winner:
Daddy Lenin and Other Stories by Guy Vanderhaeghe
• eBook
Other finalists in the Fiction category:
The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys
• eBook
How You Were Born by Kate Cayley
Outline by Rachel Cusk
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• eBook
• Large Print
The Winter Family by Clifford Jackman
• eBook
• Large Print
Non-Fiction
Winner:
Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive by Mark L. Winston
Other finalists in the Non-Fiction category:
Dispatches from the Front: Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice of War by David Halton
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Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird by Armand Garnet Ruffo
Party of One: Stephen Harper and Canada's Radical Makeover by Michael Harris
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The Social Life of Ink: Culture, Wonder and Our Relationship with the Written Word by Ted Bishop
Poetry
Winner:
My Shoes are Killing Me by Robyn Sarah
• eBook
Other finalists in the Poetry category:
Crossover by M. Travis Lane
For Your Safety Please Hold On by Kayla Czaga
Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent by Liz Howard
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Washita by Patrick Lane
If you’re interested in more, check out the complete list of winners.
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