October 12, 2022

2022 Governor General 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.
 
I present here those finalists of
works for young people.



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


A Boy is Not a Ghost
Written by Edeet Ravel
Groundwood Books
 

Sorry for Your Loss
Written by Joanne Levy
Orca Book Publishers
 

Step
Written by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood Books
 

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
Written by Jen Ferguson
Heartdrum
 

Urchin
Written by Kate Story
Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides





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

kā-āciwīkicik/The Move

Written by Doris George and Don K. Philpot
Illustrated by Alyssa Koski
Heritage House
 

Mina
Written and illustrated by Matthew Forsythe
Simon & Schuster
 

The Big Bath House
Written by Kyo Maclear
Illustrated by Gracey Zhang
Random House Studio
 

The Sour Cherry Tree
Written by Naseem Hrab
Illustrated by Nahid Kazemi
Owlkids Books
 

Time is a Flower
Written and illustrated by Julie Morstad
Tundra Books
 







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

Cancer ascendant Autruche
Écrit par Julie Champagne
La courte échelle
 

Dessiner dans les marges et autres activités de fantôme
Écrit par Carolanne Foucher
Les Éditions de la Bagnole


Le pluie des autres
Écrit par Daphné B.
La courte échelle
 

Les bulles
Écrit par Reynald Cantin
Les Éditions du Boréal
 

Les carnets de novembre
Écrit par Marie-Hélène Jarry
La courte échelle









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

La fin des poux?
Écrit et illustré par Obie
Éditions Les 400 coups
 

Seuls
Écrit par Paul Tom
Illustré par Mélanie Baillairgé
La courte échelle
 

Trèfle
Écrit par Nadine Robert
Illustré par Qin Leng
Commes des géants
 

Truffe
Écrit par Fanny Britt
Illustré par Isabelle Arsenault
Les Éditions de la Pasteque
 

Un rhume de cheval
Écrit par Pierrette Dubé
Illustré par Enzo
Fonfon








Winning titles will be announced
on November 16, 2022.





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