2016 Governor General's Literary Awards: Finalists announced

This year the Governor General's Literary Awards turn 80!  These awards, currently 7 for English-language books and 7 for French-language books, are funded, administered and promoted by The Canada Council for the Arts, who announced this week the finalists for the awards.

The seven categories of books, both in French and English, for which awards are given are:

• Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Poetry
• Young People's Literature (Text)
• Young People's Literature (Illustration)
• Drama
• Translation

To be eligible, the books must have been published between September 1, 2015 and September 30, 2016 for English-language books and between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016 for French-language books.

Each winner receives $25,000. The publisher of each winning book receives $3000 to support promotional activities. Non-winning finalists each receive $1000.

Congratulations to the finalists 

for the literary awards of English or French language 

works for young people.

English-language: Young People's Literature (Text)

The Unquiet

by Mikaela Everett

Greenwillow Books

A Thousand Nights

by E. K. Johnston

Disney-Hyperion

Once, in a Town Called Moth

by Trilby Kent

Tundra Books

Calvin

by Martine Leavitt

Groundwood Books

Reviewed here

The Emperor of Any Place

by Tim Wynne-Jones

Candlewick

English-language:  Young People's Literature (Illustration)

The White Cat and the Monk

Text by Jo Ellen Bogart

Illustrations by Sydney Smith

Groundwood Books

Reviewed here

A Hungry Lion, or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals

Text and Illustrations by Lucy Ruth Cummins

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Tokyo Digs a Garden

Text by Jon-Erik Lappano

Illustrations by Kellen Hatanaka

Groundwood Books

Reviewed here

The Branch

Text by Mireille Messier

Illustrations by Pierre Pratt

Kids Can Press

Ooko

Text and Illustrations by Esmé Shapiro

Tundra Books

Reviewed here

French-language: Young People's Literature (Text)

Nouvelle-Orléans

par Camille Bouchard

Éditions Québec Amérique

Quand hurle la nuit

par Mario Brassard 

Soulières Éditeur

Fé M Fé

par Amélie Dumoulin

Éditions Québec Amérique

Hare Krishna

par François Gilbert

Leméac Éditeur

Camille

par Patrick Isabelle

Leméac Éditeur

French-language: Young People's Literature (Illustration)

Le mystère des billes d'or 

Texte de Jules Asselin 

Illustrations deNinon Pelletier 

Les Éditions L'Interlinge

Florence et Léon

Texte de Simon Boulerice 

Illustrations de Delphie Côté-Lacroix  

Éditions Québec Amérique

Grand-père et la Lune

Texte de Stéphanie Lapointe 

Illustrations de Rogé 

Les Éditions XYZ

Deux garçons et un secret

Texte de Andrée Poulin 

Illustrations de Marie Lafrance 

Les Éditions de la Bagnole

Pikiq

Texte et Illustrations de Yayo 

Les Éditions de la Bagnole

Winning titles will be announced 

on October 25, 2016 

and 

presented on November 30, 2016 at Rideau Hall.