Students in Grades 4–6 participated in the program by reading the 40 shortlisted titles (20 French and 20 English) and voting for their favourite in each category.
2020 Governor General’s Literary Award winners announced
The annual awards were delayed from their traditional fall timing because of complications around COVID-19.
GG Winners Circle: The Fan Brothers (Young people’s literature – illustrated book)
“To win an award for our first official collaboration was pretty special.”
GG Winners Circle: Michelle Good (English-language fiction)
“More hearts and minds will have the opportunity to consider what I’m trying to say in this book.”
GG Winners Circle: Madhur Anand (Nonfiction)
“My heart wasn’t quite ready to hear it. It still isn’t.”
GG Winners Circle: Eric Walters (Young people’s literature – text)
“This book is so much a part of who I am.”
Michelle Good wins $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award
“We can not ever forget it happened, just like we can never forget the holocaust, we can never forget 9/11,” Good said in her acceptance speech.
Jack Wang wins Danuta Gleed for debut short-fiction collection
Runners-up will each receive $1,000.
Will Ferguson, Katrina Onstad among Crime Writers of Canada award winners
The winners were announced in a virtual ceremony on May 27.
Emerging queer writers celebrated as finalists announced for Dayne Ogilvie Prize
The winner, to be announced in a virtual event on June 23, will receive $10,000.
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