On Nov. 28, this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award recipients were celebrated at a Rideau Hall gala.
Click on the thumbnails to see photos of the English-language winners.
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- Eleanor Catton, winner of the fiction award for <i>The Luminaries</i> (McClelland & Stewart), with His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston
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(photo: Cpl Carbe Orellana, photographer to the Governor General, © Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, 2013)
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- Sandra Djwa, winner of the non-fiction award for <i>Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page</i> (McGill Queen's University Press), with His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston
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(photo: Cpl Carbe Orellana, photographer to the Governor General, © Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, 2013)
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- Nicolas Billon, winner of the drama award for <i>Fault Lines: Greenland “ Iceland “ Faroe Islands</i> (Coach House Books), with His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston
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(photo: Cpl Carbe Orellana, photographer to the Governor General, © Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, 2013)
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- Katherena Vermette, winner of the poetry award for <i>North End Love Songs</i> (The Muses' Company), with His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston
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(photo: Cpl Carbe Orellana, photographer to the Governor General, © Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, 2013)
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- Donald Winkler, winner of the translation award for <i>The Major Verbs</i>, written by Pierre Nepveu (Signal Editions), with His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston
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(photo: Cpl Carbe Orellana, photographer to the Governor General, © Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, 2013)
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- Matt James, winner of the children's literature illustration award for <i> Northwest Passage</i> (Groundwood Books), with His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston
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(photo: Cpl Carbe Orellana, photographer to the Governor General, © Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, 2013)
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- Teresa Toten, winner of the children's literature text award for <i>The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B</i> (Doubleday Canada), with His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston
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(photo: Cpl Carbe Orellana, photographer to the Governor General, © Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, 2013)
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