2024 Governor General's Literary Awards: Winners announced

 

Last month, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the finalists for its highly prestigious Governor General's Literary Awards. Of the seven categories of books, which are presented for both French and English titles, two categories are specific for books for young people, one for text and one for illustration. Today, the winners of these awards were announced.

Hearty congratulations to all winners 

of this year's Governor General's Literary Awards.

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

Crash Landing

Written by Li Charmaine Anne

Annick Press

 

 

 

 

 WINNER

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

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

Illustrated by Todd Stewart

Groundwood Books

 

 

WINNER

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

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

 WINNER

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

Le premier arbre de Noël
Écrit par Ovila Fontaine
Illustré par Charlotte Parent
Éditions de la Pastèque

 

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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2021 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
and I present here those of

works for young people.

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

Blood Like Magic

Written by Liselle Sambury

Margaret K. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster

 

The Fabulous Zed Watson 

Written by Kevin Sylvester and Basil Sylvester

HarperCollins

 

Firefly

Written by Philippa Dowding

DCB

Reviewed here

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Lee's Notes From the Field

Written by Angela Ahn

Tundra

Unravel

Written by Sharon Jennings

Red Deer Press

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

The Library Bus

Written by Bahram Rahman

Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

Pajama Press

Reviewed here

Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh/This is How I Know

Written by Brittany Luby
Illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
Translated by Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere
Groundwood Books

Reviewed here

 

On the Trapline

Written by David A. Robertson

Illustrated by Julie Flett

Tundra

 

Out Into the Big Wide Lake

Written by Paul Harbridge

Illustrated by Josée Bisaillon

Tundra

 

The Wind and the Trees

Written and illustrated by Todd Stewart

Owlkids Books

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

Les avenues
Written by Jean-François Sénéchal
Leméac Éditeur

Comme un ouragan
Written by Jonathan Bécotte
Les éditions Héritage

Le Dernier Viking
Written by Mario Fecteau
Les Éditions du Boréal

Stella, qu'est-ce que tu fais là? (Tome 1)

Written by Sandra Sirois

Éditions Hurtubise

Tara voulait jouer

Written by Frédérick Wolfe

Leméac Éditeur

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

À qui appartiennent les nuages?
Written by Mario Brassard
Illustrated by Gérard DuBois
Les Éditions de la Pastèque

Bouées: dérives identitaires, amours imaginaires et détours capillaires
Written and illustrated by Catherine Lepage
Les Éditions de la Pastèque 

La langue au chat et autres poèmes pas bêtes
Written by François Gravel
Illustrated by Laurent Pinabel
Éditions Les 400 coups

Ma maison-tête
Written and illustrated by Vigg
Fonfon
 

Le tricot
Written and illustrated by Jacques Goldstyn
Les Éditions de la Pastèque

Winning titles will be announced 

on November 17, 2021.

Governor General's Literary Awards: 2020 Finalists

Yesterday, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the finalists for the Governor General's Literary Awards for books published in 2020. Normally this announcement and that of the winners would have taken place last fall. However, because of the pandemic, the announcements of the finalists and the winners have been deferred until this spring. (The 2021 awards will again take place in the fall of this year.) 

 

Awards are given in seven different categories:

• Fiction
• Poetry
• Drama
• Non-fiction
• Young People's Literature - Text
• Young People's Literature - Children's Illustration
• Translation 

Please join me in congratulating this year's finalists in the two categories for young readers. 

Young People's Literature -  Text

(Jury: Catherine Austen, Cary Fagan, Shenaaz Nanji)

 

Harvey Holds His Own

Written by Colleen Nelson
Pajama Press

Reviewed here

Nevers

Written by Sara Cassidy

Orca Book Publishers

Pine Island Home

Written by Polly Horvath

Puffin Canada

The Barren Grounds (Book One of The Misewa Saga)

Written by David A. Robertson

Puffin Canada

The King of Jam Sandwiches

Written by Eric Walters

Orca Book Publishers

Reviewed here

 

 

 

 

 

 

Young People's Literature - Illustrated Books

(Jury: Wallace Edwards, Bonnie Farmer, Kyo Maclear)

 

I Talk Like a River

Written by Jordan Scott

Illustrated by Sydney Smith

Neal Porter Books / Holiday House

 

Our Little Kitchen

Written and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

Groundwood Books 

Reviewed here

 

Swift Fox All Along

Written by Rebecca Thomas

Illustrated by Maya McKibbin

Annick Press

 

The Barnabus Project

Written and illustrated by The Fan Brothers 

Tundra Books

 

Weekend Dad

Written by Nassem Hrab

Illustrated by Frank Viva

Groundwood Books

Reviewed here

 

As part of the Toronto International Festival of Authors, there will be six virtual events on May 27 and 28 featuring readings from the finalists in both these categories. You can register for these events here.

The winners will be announced on June 1, 2021.

Congratulations to all finalists!

Governor General's Literary Awards 2012: Finalists

The Governor General's Literary Awards were announced today on the Canada Council for the Arts' website.  Of the seven awards, the two related to children's book text and illustration are described here on the CanLit for LittleCanadians Awards site.