The Governor General's Literary Awards are given annually to the best English-language and the best French-language books. Each laureate receives $25,000 and a specially crafted copy of the winning book. The 2010 the English fiction and non-fiction shortlist is below. The winner's will be announced mid-November.
Fiction
, Annabel
, Room
, Waiting for Joe.
, Motorcycles & Sweetgrass.
, Cool Water.
Non-fiction
, The Boy in the Moon, A father's search for his disabled son.
, A History of Marriage.
, Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada.
, Burmese Lessons: A Love Story.
, Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000.
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Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that doctors call it an orphan syndrome: perhaps 300 people around the world also live with it. Walker turns twelve in 2008, but he w...
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Joe Beaudry and his wife, Laurie, are on the lam, having gone bust, spectacularly: they've lost the house that was Joe's gift from his dad, lost the business Joe started when he got marri...
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A story of magic, family, a mysterious stranger . . . and a band of marauding raccoons. Otter Lake is a sleepy Anishnawbe community where little happens. Until the day a handsome stra...
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Winner of the 2010 Governor General's Award for Fiction. Juliet, Saskatchewan, is a blink-of-an-eye kind of town -- the welcome sign announces a population of 1,011 people -- and it's ea...
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Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that doctors call it an orphan syndrome: perhaps 300 people around the world also live with it. Walker turns twelve in 2008, but he w...
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A History of Marriage is a fascinating exploration of how marriage developed, and in light of the forces that continue to shape it, how marriage is likely to look in the future. Elizabeth...
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Burmese Lessons is a love story. Unlike conventional love stories, this one takes the reader into a world as dangerous and heartbreaking as it is enchanting. When Karen Connelly finds her...
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This magnificent second volume, written with exclusive access to Trudeau's private papers and letters, completes what the Globe and Mail called "the most illuminating Trudeau portrait yet...
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