2018 Governor General's Literary Awards Finalists
The Canada Council for the Arts celebrates great books: our Governor General’s Literary Awards recognize finalists and winners in seven categories for both official languages and for readers of all ages.
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Beirut Hellfire Society
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Jonny Appleseed
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The Red Word
A Novel
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Women Talking
A Novel
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Zolitude
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Night Became Years
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The Blue Clerk
Ars Poetica in 59 Versos
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This Wound is a World
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Wayside Sang
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Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom
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Gertrude and Alice
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Paradise Lost
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The Men in White
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This Is How We Got Here
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Dead Reckoning
How I Came to Meet the Man Who Murdered My Father
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Heart Berries
A Memoir
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Homes
A Refugee Story
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Mamaskatch
A Cree Coming of Age
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The Wife's Tale
A Personal History
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Ebb and Flow
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Learning to Breathe
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Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
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The Journey of Little Charlie
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