2024 Governor General's Literary Awards: Finalists announced

Yesterday, 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)

Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams
Written by Shari Green
Andrews McMeel Publishing

A Crane Among Wolves
Written by June Hur
Feiwel and Friends (MacMillan Publishers)

Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix

Written by Cherie Dimaline
Feiwel and Friends (MacMillan Publishers)

Crash Landing
Written by Li Charmaine Anne
Annick Press

Mortified
Written by Kristy Jackson
HarperCollins Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

One Giant Leap
Written and illustrated by Thao Lam
Owlkids Books

Reviewed here

I’m Afraid, Said the Leaf
Written by Danielle Daniel

Illustrated by Matt James
Tundra Books (Penguin Random House Canada)

The Gulf
Written and illustrated by Adam de Souza
Tundra Books (Penguin Random House Canada)

Do You Remember?
Written and illustrated by Sydney Smith
Groundwood Books (House of Anansi Press)

Reviewed here

Skating Wild on an Inland Sea
Written by Jean E. Pendziwol

Illustrated by Todd Stewart
Groundwood Books (House of Anansi Press)

 

 

 

 

 

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

Carreauté Kid
Écrit par Marc-André Dufour-Labbé
Leméac Éditeur

Déménager au ciel
Écrit par Mélodie Bujold-Henri et Jean-Guy Forget
la courte échelle

Une bulle en dehors du temps
Écrit par Stéfani Meunier
Leméac Éditeur

Envole-toi, Mikun
Écrit par Moira-Uashteskun Bacon
Éditions Hannenorak

Les quatre vérités
Écrit par Dominique Chicoine
Les Éditions du Boréal

 

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

Histoires fantastiques (et peut-être vraies)
Écrit et illustré par Caroline Merola
la courte échelle

Jour d’orage
Écrit et illustré par Marianne Ferrer
Monsieur Ed

Le fil d’Alphée
Écrit par Marie-Andrée Arsenault

Illustré par Dominique Leroux
Les éditions la Morue verte

Le premier arbre de Noël
Écrit par Ovila Fontaine

Illustré par Charlotte Parent
Éditions de la Pastèque

Margot veut une moustache
Écrit par Iris Boudreau

Illustré par Richard Écrapou
Les Éditions de la Bagnole

 

 

 

 

 

Winning titles will be announced
on November 13, 2024.