Governor General's Literary Awards Shortlist 2022
The Governor General's Literary Awards were created in 1936 by the country's 15th Governor General, John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. Buchan was also an author best known for the adventure novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps.
The awards are presented in 14 categories – 7 in English and 7 in French. The winner in each category receives $25,000 and all finalists are awarded $1,000.
The following are the nominees in the five English Adult categories that you can borrow with your Toronto Public Library card.
The complete list of nominees can be found at Governor General's Literary Awards, including Young People's literature and French titles. You can also use the reading lists at the end of this post to borrow these titles through Toronto Public Library.
The winners will be announced on November 16, 2022.
Drama
Everybody Just C@lm the F#ck Down by Robert Chafe
Inheritance: A Pick-the-Path Experience by Daniel Arnold, Darrell Dennis and Medina Hahn
Iphigenia and the Furies (On Tauran Land) & Antigone: 方 by Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)
Lady Sunrise by Marjorie Chan
The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key by Dorothy Dittrich
Fiction
All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac
Finding Edward by Sheila Murray
Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson
Pure Colour by Sheila Heti
The Most Precious Substance on Earth by Shashi Bhat
Non-Fiction
Aki-way-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth by Eli Baxter
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner
Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis by Britt Wray
Persephone's Children: A Life in Fragments by Rowan McCandless
Rehearsals for Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Poetry
Dream of No One But Myself by David Bradford
H of H Playbook by Anne Carson
Horrible Dance by Avery Lake
Shifting Baseline Syndrome by Aaron Kreuter
Title on order
Shadow Blight by Annick MacAskill is not currently available through Toronto Public Library. It will be added to the catalogue as soon as possible.
Translation
In this category, the award is presented to the translator of the work.
History of the Jews in Quebec by Pierre Anctil, translated by Judith Weisz Woodsworth
Remnants by Céline Huyghebaert, translated by Aleshia Jensen
This is How I Disappear by Mirion Malle, translated by Aleshia Jensen and Bronwyn Haslam
White Resin by Audrée Wilhelmy, translated Susan Ouriou
Title on order
They Called Us Savages: A Hereditary Chief's Quest for Truth and Harmony by Dominique Rankin and Marie-Josée Tardif, translated by Ben Vrignon is not currently available through Toronto Public Library. It will be added to the catalogue as soon as possible.
Related links
If you'd like to borrow the nominated tiles in the Young People's literature and French categories through the library, check out the following reading lists:
- Romans et nouvelles 2022
- Littérature jeunesse - texte 2022
- Littérature jeunesse - livres illustrés 2022
- Young People's Literature 2022
Edited on October 12: added reference and links to reading lists.
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