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Finalists: 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards

The Governor General’s Literary Awards recognize great Canadian books. The 14 winners in 2 official languages and 7 categories reflect Canada’s rich diversity. The English finalists are listed below. Winners will be announced on November 1.

by Kerry Clare · Tagged governor general's literary awards, awards, ggs

All the Beloved Ghosts

by (author) Alison MacLeod

The Water Beetles

by (author) Michael Kaan

Uncertain Weights and Measures

by (author) Jocelyn Parr

We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night

A Novel

by (author) Joel Thomas Hynes

All the Names Between

by (author) Julie McCarthy

On Not Losing My Father's Ashes in the Flood

by (author) Richard Harrison

Selah

by (author) Nora Gould

Slow War

by (author) Benjamin Hertwig

What the Soul Doesn't Want

by (author) Lorna Crozier

1979

by (author) Michael Healey

Indian Arm

by (author) Hiro Kanagawa

The Colony of Unrequited Dreams

by (author) Robert Chafe

The Virgin Trial

by (author) Kate Hennig

Within the Glass

by (author) Anna Chatterton

All We Leave Behind

A Reporter's Journey into the Lives of Others

by (author) Carol Off

The Handover

How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of Our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational

by (author) Elaine Dewar

Where It Hurts

by (author) Sarah de Leeuw

Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined

by (author) Danielle Younge-Ullman

Hit the Ground Running

by (author) Alison Hughes

The Marrow Thieves

by (author) Cherie Dimaline

The Way Back Home

by (author) Allan Stratton

Those Who Run in the Sky

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas

Short Stories for Little Monsters

illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk

illustrated by Jan Thornhill

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