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