Governor General's Literary Awards 2020

by Canada Council for the Arts

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38 books

The Canada Council for the Arts is celebrating the best in Canadian literature: Governor General’s Literary Awards recognize finalists and winners in seven categories, in both official languages, for readers of all ages.

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See the source list and commentary at ggbooks.ca

Fiction

Winner

Five Little Indians

Michelle Good, 2020

Finalists

Butter Honey Pig Bread

Francesca Ekwuyasi, 2020

Indians on Vacation

Thomas King, 2020

Noopiming

The Cure for White Ladies

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, 2020

The Baudelaire Fractal

Lisa Robertson, 2020

Poetry

Winner

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy

Anne Carson, 2020

Finalists

Eight-Track

Oana Avasilichioaei, 2019

Orrery

Donna Kane, 2020

Render

Sachiko Murakami, 2020

The Dyzgraphxst

Canisia Lubrin, 2020

Drama

Winner

Kamloopa

An Indigenous Matriarch Story

Kim Senklip Harvey, 2019

Finalists

Bug

Yolanda Bonnell, 2020

Guarded Girls

Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman, 2020

Quick Bright Things

Christopher Cook, 2020

Sound of the Beast

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, 2020

Non-fiction

Winner

This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart

A Memoir in Halves

Madhur Anand, 2020

Finalists

A History of My Brief Body

Billy-Ray Belcourt, 2020

Disfigured

On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

Amanda Leduc, 2020

Rebent Sinner

Ivan Coyote, 2019

Shame on Me

An Anatomy of Race and Belonging

Tessa McWatt, 2020

Young People’s Literature — Text

Winner

The King of Jam Sandwiches

Eric Walters, 2020

Finalists

Harvey Holds His Own

Colleen Nelson, 2020

Nevers

Sara Cassidy, 2019

Pine Island Home

Polly Horvath, 2020

The Barren Grounds

The Misewa Saga, Book 1

David A. Robertson, 2020

Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books

Winner

The Barnabus Project

Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Devin Fan, 2020

Finalists

I Talk Like a River

Jordan Scott, 2020

Our Little Kitchen

Jillian Tamaki, 2020

Weekend Dad

Naseem Hrab, 2020

Translation (French to English)

Winner

If You Hear Me

Pascale Quiviger, 2020

Finalists

Amaryllis & Little Witch

Pascal Brullemans, 2020

Back Roads

Andrée A. Michaud, 2021

The Country Will Bring Us No Peace

Matthieu Simard, 2019

The Neptune Room

Bertrand Laverdure, 2020

Translation (English to French)

Winner

Océan

Sue Goyette, 2019

Finalists

Jonny Appleseed

Joshua Whitehead, 2018

La Société du feu de l'enfer

Rawi Hage, 2020

On pleure pas au bingo

Dawn Dumont, 2019