Today, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the finalists for the highly prestigious Governor General's Literary Awards. These will be the first GGs presented by our new Governor General, Julie Payette, who was just sworn in two days ago.
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
Congratulations to the finalists
for the literary awards of English or French language
works for young people.
English-language: Young People's Literature (Text)
Written by Danielle Younge-Ullman
Razorbill
Reviewed here
Written by Alison Hughes
Orca Book Publishers
Written by Cherie Dimaline
Dancing Cat Books
Written by Allan Stratton
Scholastic Canada
Written by Aviaq Johnston
Inhabit Media
English-language: Young People's Literature (Illustration)
Written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
Written and illustrated by Jan Thornhill
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
Written by Joanne Schwartz
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
Written by Paul Harbridge
Illustrated by Matt James
Tundra Books
Written by David A. Robertson
Illustrated by Julie Flett
HighWater Press
par Annie Bacon
Bayard Canada
par K. Lambert
Éditions Pierre Tisseyre
par Jocelyn Boisvert
Soulières éditeur
par Véronique Drouin
Bayard Canada
par Roxanne Desjardins
Les Herbes rouges
French-language: Young People's Literature (Illustration)
par Jacques Goldstyn
Les Éditions de la Pastèque
par Pascal Blanchet
Les Éditions de la Pastèque
Fred Petitchatminou
par Christiane Duchesne
Illustré de Marion Arbona
Les Éditions de la Bagnole
La légende de Carcajou
par Renée Robitaille
Illustré de Slavka Kolesar
Planète rebelle
Louis parmi les spectres
par Fanny Britt
Illustré de Isabelle Arsenault
Les Éditions de la Pastèque
Winning titles will be announced
on November 1, 2017
and
presented on a later date at Rideau Hall.
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