The Governor General's Literary Awards: 2013 Nominees

The Governor General's Literary Awards are presented annually as selected by the Canada Council for the Arts. Affectionately known as the GGs, the Governor General's Literary Awards are Canada's national book awards, honouring the best of our literature in seven categories, in both official languages. These Canada Council awards celebrate and promote the excellence of Canadian writers, illustrators and translators.

This week, the finalists for the 2013 Governor General Literary Awards were announced on the CanadaCouncil website. Below are the nominees for the children's literature awards for English and French texts and illustrations:


English Children’s Literature: Text

Beverley Brenna
The White Bicycle
Red Deer Press

Shane Peacock
Becoming Holmes: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Final Case
Tundra Books

Jean E. Pendizwol
Once Upon a Northern Night
Groundwood Books

Valerie Sherrard
Counting Back from Nine
Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Teresa Toten
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
Doubleday Canada





 






English Children’s Literature: Illustration

Rachel Berman
Miss Mousie's Blind Date
Text by Tim Beiser
Tundra Books

Gary Clement
Oy, Feh, So?
Text by Cary Fagan
Groundwood Books

Matt James
Northwest Passage
Text by Stan Rogers
Groundwood Books

Jon Klassen
The Dark
Text by Lemony Snicket
HarperCollins

Julie Morstad
How To
Text by Julie Morstad
Simply Read Books








French Children's Literature: Text
 

 

Camille Bouchard

D’or et de poussière

Éditions Hurtubise

 

 

Fanny Britt

Jane, le renard & moi

Les éditions de la Pastèque

 

 

Emmanuelle Caron

Gladys et Vova 

L’école des loisirs

Lili Chartrand
Le monde fabuleux de Monsieur Fred
Dominique et compagnie

Geneviève Mativat 
À l’ombre de la grande maison
Les éditions Pierre Tisseyre

 

 

French Children's Literature: Illustration
 
 
Isabelle Arsenault
Jane, le renard & moi 
Par Fanny Britt
Les éditions de la Pastèque

Jacinthe Chevalier
Aujourd’hui, le ciel 
Par Rhéa Dufresne
Éditions de l’Isatis

Marianne Dubuc
Au carnaval des animaux 
Par Marianne Dubuc
Éditions de la courte échelle

Stéphane Jorisch
Quand je serai grand 
Par François Gravel
Éditions Hurtubise

Rogé (Roger Girard)
Mingan, mon village 
Text by Innu students from Teueikan school, Mingan
Les éditions de la Bagnole

The winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 13, 2013.

The 2013 Sunburst Fantasy Award shortlists announced

The Sunburst Award Society recently announced the shortlists for its two categories of Sunburst Awards for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic.  

These awards, presented annually in the categories of Adult and Young Adult speculative fiction, aim to recognize the novels or book-length collections of Canadian writers (citizens or landed immigrants) of fantasy, with a cash award of $1000 (Can) and a Sunburst medallion. 

 

Phyllis Gotlieb (1926-2009), one of the first published authors of contemporary Canadian science fiction, has been honoured with the naming of this award after her first novel, Sunburst, published in 1964 by Gold Medal.

The winners of the awards will be announced and presented in the fall in Toronto.  While there are only 5 titles nominated on each short-list (only the young adult list is shared here), the Sunburst Award site has lists of speculative fiction from different years.  It's a key website to find your next great CanLit fantasy read.

The Green Man
by Michael Bedard
Tundra Books

Pirate Cinema
by Cory Doctorow
Tor Teen

Seraphina
by Rachel Hartman
Doubleday Canada

Reviewed on April 14, 2013 at CanLit for LittleCanadians.

Bright’s Light
by Susan Juby
HarperCollins

Rebel Heart
by Moira Young
Doubleday Canada

Reviewed November 24, 2012 at CanLit for LittleCanadians.

2013 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards' nominees announced

Today, the 2013 nominees for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced.

Administered by the Ontario Arts Foundation, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards recognize artistic excellence in writing and illustration in English-language Canadian children’s literature. The award was established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in memory of her sister, Ruth Schwartz, a respected Toronto bookseller.  In 2004, the Schwartz family renamed the awards to honour both sisters.

While funded generously by the Ruth Schwartz Foundation ($6000 for each award) and administered by the Ontario Arts Foundation, the awards are selected by two juries of young readers, this year from North Kipling Junior Middle School in Etobicoke, Ontario.  Five students from Grades 2 and 3 select the award-winning book for the Children's Picture Book Award, and five students from Grade 8 select the Young Adult/Middle Reader Book Award recipient.  The prizes will be given out May 23 at the school.

Here are the two short-lists of nominees announced today:

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In the CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY, the nominees are:

A Few Bites
by Cybèle Young
Groundwood Books

A Hen for Izzy Pippik
by Aubrey Davis
Illustrated by Marie Lafrance
Kids Can Press

Larf
by Ashley Spires
Kids Can Press

Virginia Wolf
by Kyo Maclear
Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Kids Can Press

Wishes
by Jean Little
Illustrated by Geneviève Côté
Scholastic Canada

• • •                                       

In the  YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE READER CATEGORY, the nominees are:

 
A Tinfoil Sky
by Cyndi Sand-Eveland
Tundra Books

 
Hunted
by Cheryl Rainfield
Fitzhenry & Whiteside








Seraphina
by Rachel Hartman
Doubleday Canada








The Grave Robber’s Apprentice
by Allan Stratton
HarperCollins Canada








The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
by Susin Nielsen
Tundra

Congratulations to all nominees

Le Prix Tamarac et Le Prix Peuplier: 2013 Nominees

This listing completes the posting of the nominees for the Ontario Library Association's 2012-2013 Forest of Reading® awards.  The two categories and three award programs for French language readers are included here.  The unique covers of so many of these books make me want to relearn my high-school French so that I too could share in the delight of these reads!

Mardi, jour d'Halloween
par Danielle Simard
Illustré par Caroline Merola & Danielle Simard
Soulières éditeur

Le petit chevalier qui n'aimait pas la pluie
par Gilles Tibo
Illustré par Geneviève Després
Les éditions Imagine

Ziiip Sur Terre!
par Johanne Mercier
Illustré par Gabrielle Grimard
Les éditions FouLire inc.

Safran plein de plumes
par Nadine Descheneaux
Illustré par Patrice Audet
Boomerang éditeur jeunesse inc.

Fatima et les voleurs de clémentines
par Mireille Messier
Illustré par Gabrielle Grimard
Éditions de la Bagnole

Du soccer extrême
par François Gravel
Illustré par Philippe Germain
Les éditions FouLire inc.

Un hiver abominable
par Diane Groulx
Illustré par Jocelyn Jalette
Éditions du Phoenix








Billy Stuart: 1. Les Zintrépides
par Alain M. Bergeron
Illustré par Sampar
Éditions Michel Quintin

Téo et Pépito: Un duo d`enfer
par Marie-Christine Morin
Illustré par José Morin
Les éditions FouLire inc.

Arachnéa
par Rhéa Dufresne
Illustré par Marion Arbona
Éditions de l'Isatis

Le mystère des jumelles Barnes
par Carole Tremblay
Bayard Canada Livres 

Madame Wenham
par Patrick Senécal
Les Éditions de la Bagnole

Hackerboy
par Julie Champagne
Bayard Canada Livres 

Pacific Express: Terreur sur la ligne d`acier
par Anne Bernard-Lenoir
Illustré par Pierre-Yves Cezard
Les éditions de la courte échelle

Tu me prends en photo
par Marie-Francine Hébert
Illustré par Jean-Luc Trudel
Les Éditions Les 400 Coups








Morgan, le chevalier sans peur
par Corinne De Vailly
Les Éditions Goélette

Aventures dans l'histoire : À la rescousse de Thierry
par René Cochaux
Illustré par Sarah Chamaillard
Éditions du Phoenix

Dominique Demers
par Christine Ouin
Les Éditions Goélette

Biodôme: Dans le sens du poil
par Frédéric Antoine
Illustré par Yohann Morin
Boomerang éditeur jeunesse

Madeleine de Verchères : La combattante en jupons
par Marie Roberge
Éditions de l'Isatis

Aujourd'hui, peut-être…
par Dominique Demers
Illustré par Gabrielle Grimard
Les éditions Héritage inc.

Le meilleur endroit/Le pire endroit
par Andrée Poulin
Illustré par Philippe Béha
Les éditions Imagine

Le zoo de Yayaho
par Geneviève Lemieux
Illustré par Bruno St-Aubin
Bayard Canada Livres inc.

Nicolas fou de soccer
par Gilles Tibo
Illustré par Bruno St-Aubin
Éditions Scholastic

Prince Olivier et le dragon
par Caroline Merola
Les éditions Imagine

Juliette et Roméo
par Louise Portal
Illustré par Philippe Béha
Éditions Hurtubise inc.

Il a une faim de loup!
par Amélie Duceppe
Illustré par Rémy Simard
Les éditions Héritage inc.

Chapeau Charlotte!
par Mireille Messier
Illustré par Benoît Laverdière
Les Éditions de la Bagnole

Victor et la dent perdue
par Alain M. Bergeron
Fil et Julie Éditions Hurtubise inc.

Salto: L'ultime défi
par Pierre Labrie
Illustré par Tristan Demers
Boomerang éditeur jeunesse inc.







Remaining nominees are listed here:

Blue Spruce and Silver Birch

  

Red Maple, White Pine and Golden Oak