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

Review here

 

Step

Written by Deborah Ellis

Groundwood Books

Review here

 

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

Review here

 

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.