2021 Governor General's 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.