The Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks) celebrate literature and inspire people
to read books by creators from Canada.
Fiction – English-Language Winner
Property by Kate Cayley (Coach House Books)
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Fiction – French-Language Winner
Comme les éclipses by Alex Thibodeau
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Poetry – English-Language Winner
An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze (ECW Press)
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Poetry – French-Language Winner
Le Royaume des chuchotements by Vincent Lambert
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Drama – English-Language Winner
Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill (Playwrights Canada Press)
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Drama – French-Language Winner
L’histoire de comment je me suis séparée en deux by Hoda Adra
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Non-Fiction – English-Language Winner
Black Bear by Trina Moyles
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Non-Fiction – French-Language Winner
Penser croche by Dalie Giroux
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Young People’s Literature – Text – English-Language Winner
Touching Grass by Kristy Jackson
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Young People’s Literature – Text –
French-Language Winner
Comment convaincre un fantôme de déménager by Maude Ménard-Dunn
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Young People’s Literature – Illustrated – English-Language
Aggie and the Ghost by Matthew Forsythe
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Young People’s Literature – Illustrated – French-Language
À l’enVERRE by Orbie
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Translation – English-Language Winner
Together by the Sea, translated by Katia Grubisic
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Translation – French-Language Winner
La saignée. Enquête sur l’endométriose et la misogynie médicale ordinaire, traduit par Catherine Ego
The full list of GGBooks finalists is here. A list of past winners is available on the Canada Council for the Arts website here.
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