Finalists for 2015 Governor General's Literary Awards revealed
Erin Balser | CBC | Posted: August 29, 2017 5:41 PM | Last Updated: August 29, 2017
Guy Vanderhaghe, Helen Humphreys, David Halton and Patrick Lane are among this year's finalists for the Governor General's Literary Awards.
The shortlisted authors were revealed Tuesday morning by the Canada Council for the Arts, which oversees the annual Canadian prize. The Governor General's Literary Awards, also known as the GGs, offer awards in seven different categories for both English and French-language authors.
The winners will be revealed on October 28. You can explore all the English-language finalists on our special Governor General's Literary Awards collection page.
Each category winner will receive $25,000, with the other remaining finalists taking home $1,000 each.
The finalists in the Fiction category are:
- Daddy Lenin and Other Stories by Guy Vanderhaghe
- How You Were Born by Kate Cayley
- Outline by Rachel Cusk
- The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys
- The Winter Family by Clifford Jackman
The finalists in the Non-fiction category are:
- Bee Time by Mark L. Winston
- Dispatches from the Front by David Halton
- Norval Morrisseau by Armand Garnet Ruffo
- Party of One by Michael Harris
- The Social Life of Ink by Ted Bishop
The finalists in the Poetry category are:
- Crossover by M. Travis Lane
- For Your Safety Please Hold On by Kayla Czaga
- Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent by Liz Howard
- My Shoes are Killing Me by Robyn Sarah
- Washita by Patrick Lane
To see the finalists for Drama, Translation, Children's Text and Children's Illustration, head to our special Governor General's Literary Awards page.