2022 Governor General Literary Awards: Winners announced

 

Yesterday, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the winners for the highly prestigious Governor General's Literary Awards.

Books were awarded in seven categories, both in French and English, and I'm so pleased to announce the winners of those books for young readers.

Congratulations to these winners!

 

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

 WINNER

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

Written by Jen Ferguson

Heartdrum (HarperCollins)

 

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

WINNER

The Sour Cherry Tree

Written by Naseem Hrab

Illustrated by Nahid Kazemi

Owlkids Books

 

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

 

WINNER

Cancer ascendant Autruche
Written by Julie Champagne

la courte échelle

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

WINNER

Trefle
Written by Nadine Robert
Illustrated by Qin Leng 

Comme des géants

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Congratulations to this year's finalists

and these four stellar winners  

of books for young people

 

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