2019 Governor General's Literary Awards: Finalists announced

Today, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the finalists for the highly prestigious Governor General's Literary 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

Congratulations to the finalists 

of all the awards
and I present here those nominees of

works for young people.

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

Break in Case of Emergency
Written by Brian Francis
HarperCollins

Cold White Sun
Written by Sue Farrell Holler
Groundwood Books

Girl of the Southern Sea
Written by Michelle Kadarusman
Pajama Press
Reviewed here

Stand on the Sky
Written by Erin Bow
Scholastic

The Grey Sisters
Written by Jo Treggiari
Penguin Teen

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

Albert's Quiet Quest
Written and illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Tundra Books

Birdsong
Written and illustrated by Julie Flett
Greystone Books

How To Give Your Cat a Bath in Five Easy Steps
Written by Nicola Winstanley
Illustrated by John Martz
Tundra Books

King Mouse
Written by Cary Fagan
Illustrated by Dena Seiferling
Tundra Books

Small in the City
Written and illustrated by Sydney Smith
Groundwood Books

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

Au carrefour

par Jean-François Sénéchal

Leméac Éditeur

Dans le coeur de Florence
par Lucie Bergeron
Soulières éditeur

L'albatros et la mésange
par Dominique Demers
Éditions Québec Amérique

Mon coeur après la pluie
par Pierre Labrie
Soulières éditeur

Où est ma maison?
par Édith Bourger
Les éditions du soleil de minuit

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

Contacts
par Mélanie Leclerc
Mécanique générale

Jack et le temps perdu
par Stéphanie Lapointe
Illustrée par Delphie Côté-Lacroix
Quai no 5, Les Éditions XYZ

L'escapade de Paolo

par Lucie Papineau

Illustrée par Lucie Crovatto

Les Éditions de la Bagnole

Laurent, c'est moi!

par Stéphanie Deslauriers

Illustrée par Geneviève Després

Fonfon

Le pelleteur de nuages

par Simon Boulerice

Illustrée par Josée Bisaillon

la courte échelle

Winning titles will be announced 

on October 29, 2019

and 

presented on a later date at Rideau Hall.