1 Hour Photo is the story of Mas Yamamoto, a man whose life was swept up by the major currents of the 20th century. From growing up in a fishing village on the banks of the Fraser River, to being confined at a Japanese Canadian...
Governor General's Literary Awards 2019
The Governor General’s Literary Awards are given annually to the best English-language and the best French-language book in each of seven categories:
- Fiction
- Literary Non-fiction
- Poetry
- Drama
- Young People’s Literature (Text)
- Young People’s Literature (Illustrated Books)
- Translation (from French to English, and English to French).
Check out some of the 2019 finalists, below, and read about the 4 winners, here! More titles will be added to this collection over the coming month, so feel free to check back to see what has been included. While we cannot produce all 70 longlisted titles, we encourage you to request the ones you would like to read, in whatever format you need. To access our request form, log into your NNELS account and search for the book you want; if you cannot find it, look for the link to the title request form above the filters on any page of search results.
For more great Canadian reading, please check out the winners and nominees from 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
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Author:Shigematsu, TetsuroSummary: -
Author:Francis, BrianSummary:Life has been a struggle for Toby Goodman. Her mother died by suicide five years ago, and her father left their small town before Toby was born. Now a teenager living on her grandparents' dairy farm, Toby has trouble letting people in....
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Author:Werb, DanSummary:For decades, American hungers sustained Tijuana. In this scientific detective story, a public health expert reveals what happens when a border city's lifeline is brutally severed. Despite its reputation as a carnival of vice, Tijuana...
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Author:Holler, Sue FarrellSummary:"A stranger-than-fiction story based on the real-life experiences of a young boy who was smuggled out of Ethiopia amid political unrest to start a new life from nothing in Calgary, Alberta."--
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Author:Micros, MarianneSummary:Myth, folklore, and magic permeate the stories in Marianne Micros' collection Eye. Set in ancient and modern Greece, and in contemporary Europe and North America, these tales tell of evil-eye curses, women healers, ghosts, a changeling...
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Author:Thomas, JoanSummary:In the tradition of The Poisonwood Bible and State of Wonder, a novel set in the rainforest of Ecuador about five women left behind when their missionary husbands are killed. Based on the shocking real-life events In 1956, a small group...
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Author:Walker, AlanSummary:A landmark biography of the Polish composer by a leading authority on Chopin and his time.Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C.,...
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Author:Benaway, GwenSummary:In her third collection of poetry, Holy Wild, Gwen Benaway explores the complexities of being an Indigenous trans woman in expansive lyric poems. She holds up the Indigenous trans body as a site of struggle, liberation, and beauty. A...
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Author:Bruck, JulieSummary:Both "grave and brave, serious and hilarious"-new poems from a Governor General's Award-winning poet.
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Author:Taylor, Charles, Calvé, NicolasSummary:Avec cette somme sur la nature du langage, Charles Taylor offre à ses lecteurs le livre qui était présent en arrière-plan de ses travaux précédents, notamment «Les Sources du moi» et «L’Âge séculier». En s’appuyant sur quatre décennies...
- Author:Canty, DanielSummary:
Écrivain touche-à-tout et artiste multidisciplinaire, Daniel Canty, né en 1972, se mue cette fois en autobiographe précoce et livresque. Entre l'essai et le récit, il revisite dans La Société des grands fonds une série de chroniques...
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Author:Miller, K. D.Summary:Linked short stories based on the paintings of Alex Colville and haunted by supernatural elements.
- Author:Voisard, Anne-MarieSummary:
Cet essai est né d'une expérience vécue. Il ne prend pas pour autant la forme d'un témoignage. Il ne s'agit pas non plus de rouvrir, par les voies détournées de l'écriture, deux procès que des règlements hors cour auraient laissé...
- Author:Boulerice, SimonSummary:
Elliot adore les nuages, mais il déteste les taches blanches qui sont apparues sur ses mains et grandissent un peu plus chaque jour. À l’école, ses camarades de classe, intrigués, commencent à poser des questions. Pourquoi changes-tu de...
- Author:Barwin, Gary, Saint-Martin, Lori, Gagné, PaulSummary:
Les Amériques ne figurent encore sur aucune carte quand Moshé décide de fuir son shtetl misérable et les pogroms qui le ravagent. Répondant à l’appel du large et de l’inconnu, le boychik de quatorze ans embarque comme moussaillon sur un...
- Author:Winter, Kathleen, Voillot, SophieSummary:
Un homme erre dans les rues de Montréal. Selon l’état civil, il s’appelle Jimmy Blanchard, mais il s’exprime dans le plus pur anglais du XVIIIe siècle. Lui-même affirme qu’il n’est nul autre que le général James Wolfe, vainqueur de la...
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Author:Parris, AmandaSummary:In this striking debut, Amanda Parris turns the spotlight on the Black women who organize communities, support their incarcerated loved ones, and battle institutions, living each day by a ride-or-die philosophy, strengthening their...
- Author:Dimaline, Cherie, Stratford, MadeleineSummary:
Dans un monde ravagé qui court à sa perte, les êtres humains ont perdu la capacité de rêver. Seuls les peuples autochtones ont su préserver cette faculté dont le secret réside dans la moelle de leurs os. Frenchie, un jeune Métis, fuit...
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Author:Harvey, Brian J.Summary:An adventure story set against the backdrop of a son trying to understand his father. After a 25-year break from boating, Brian Harvey circumnavigates Vancouver Island with his wife, his dog, and a box of documents that surfaced after...
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Author:Hunter, CatherineSummary:"St. Boniface Elegies includes short lyric poems on the themes of domestic life and loss; longer poems that explore the role of the poet within a changing cityscape; and a series of poems that engage with poetic tradition. Hunter plays...
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