2014 Governor General's Literary Awards: Finalists announced

I know that I've created a blog just for book awards but I think that several major awards always bear mentioning on both blogs.  Here is an abbreviated posting about the recently-announced shortlists for the 2014 Governor General's Literary Awards. A full post is available at http://canlitforlittlecanadiansawards.blogspot.ca/2014/10/2014-governor-generals-literary-awards.html

The Governor General's Literary Awards are Canada's national book awards, honouring the best of our literature in seven categories, in both official languages.  On October 7, 2014, the finalists for the 2014 Governor General Literary Awards were announced on the Canada Council website. Below are the nominees for the children's literature awards for English and French texts and illustrations.

English Children’s Literature: Text 

Jonathan Auxier 

The Night Gardener 

(Penguin Canada)

Reviewed here

Lesley Choyce 

Jeremy Stone 

(Red Deer Press)

Reviewed here

Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley 

Skraelings 

(Inhabit Media Inc.)

Raziel Reid

When Everything Feels like the Movies 

(Arsenal Pulp Press)

Mariko Tamaki 

This One Summer 

(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)

Reviewed here

English Children’s Literature: Illustration 

Marie-Louise Gay

Any Questions?

(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)

Reviewed here

Qin Leng

Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin

Text by Chieri Uegaki

(Kids Can Press)

Renata Liwska

Once Upon a Memory

Text by Nina Laden

(Little, Brown and Company)

Julie Morstad

Julia, Child

Text by Kyo Maclear

(Tundra Books)

Reviewed here

Jillian Tamaki

This One Summer

Text by Mariko Tamaki

(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)

Reviewed here

French Children's Literature: Text 

Linda Amyot

Le jardin d'Amsterdam 

(Leméac Éditeur)

India Desjardins

Le Noël de Marguerite 

(Les Éditions de la Pastèque)

Patrick Isabelle

Eux 

(Leméac Éditeur)

Jean-François Sénéchal

Feu 

(Leméac Éditeur)

Mélanie Tellier

Fiona 

(Marchand de feuilles)

French Children's Literature: Illustration

Pascal Blanchet

Le Noël de Marguerite

Écrit par India Desjardins

(Les Éditions de la Pastèque)

Marianne Dubuc

Le lion et l'oiseau

(Les Éditions de la Pastèque)

Manon Gauthier

Grand-mère, elle et moi

Écrit par Yves Nadon

(Éditions Les 400 coups)

Isabelle Malenfant

Pablo trouve un trésor

Écrit par Andrée Poulin

(Éditions Les 400 coups)

Pierre Pratt

Gustave

Écrit par Rémy Simard

(Les Éditions de la Pastèque)

The winners will be announced on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at http://ggbooks.ca/