After years of secrecy and silence, Rowan McCandless leaves an abusive relationship and rediscovers her voice and identity through writing. She was never to lie to him. She was never to leave him; and she was never supposed to tell....
Governor General's Literary Awards 2022
Congratulations to the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award Winners! It has been a pleasure to work with the Canada Council for the Arts to bring you the 2022 winners in accessible formats. As they have in previous years, the Council granted us early access to the winners' list, which made it possible for us to have them here for you today. The full list of winners, and further information about the GG's and Canada Council for the Arts, can be found on the Governor General's Literary Awards website.
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 always produce every longlisted title, if our collections do not contain a book you would like to read, or your preferred format is not available, we encourage you to send us a request! To access our request form, log into your NNELS account and search for the book you want. If we do not currently have the book in our libraries, there will be a link to the Title Request Form above the filters on any page of search results.
For more great Canadian reading, check out some of the previous years' winners and nominees of the Governor General's Literary Awards!
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Author:McCandless, RowanSummary: - Author:Bird-Wilson, LisaSummary:
For readers of Tommy Orange's There There and Terese Marie Mailhot's Heart Berries, Probably Ruby is an audacious, brave and beautiful book about an adopted woman's search for her Indigenous identity. Relinquished as an infant, Ruby is...
- Author:Heti, SheilaSummary:
Here we are, just living in the first draft of creation, which was made by some great artist, who is now getting ready to tear it apart. In this first draft, a woman named Mira leaves home for school. There, she meets Annie, whose...
- Author:Maynard, Robyn, Simpson, Leanne BetasamosakeSummary:
A revolutionary collaboration about the world we're living in now, between two of our most important contemporary thinkers, writers and activists. When the world entered pandemic lockdown in spring 2020, Robyn Maynard, influential...
- Author:Huyghebaert, CélineSummary:
Remnants is an exploration of our relationships with family and perception, told through a profound investigation of a father's life and sudden death. Employing various voices and hybrid forms—including dialogues, questionnaires,...
- Author:Andraos, MaryseSummary:
Entre une mère à l'amour brutal, son amie fidèle et des amoureux·ses qui voudraient la sauver, Naïma suit le mouvement sans savoir ce que signifierait vivre une vie qu'elle pourrait dire sienne. Traquant sans relâche la lumière...
- Author:Tom, PaulSummary:
Chaque année, plus de 400 jeunes d’âge mineur arrivent seuls au Canada pour demander le statut de réfugié. Sans parents. Sans adulte pour les accompagner. Seuls raconte le parcours de trois d’entre eux : Afshin, Alain et Patricia. Leur...
- Author:Kreuter, AaronSummary:
A satiric and searing collection of poetry obsessed with television, oceans, Jewish history, and time. Nature isn't dying it's simply revising its target audience In Shifting Baseline Syndrome , Aaron Kreuter asks the hard questions:...
- Author:Levy, JoanneSummary:
Evie Walman is not obsessed with death. She does think about it a lot, though, but only because her family runs a Jewish funeral home. At twelve, Evie already knows she's going to be a funeral director when she grows up. So what if the...
- Author:Maclear, KyoSummary:
You'll walk down the street / Your aunties sounding like clip-clopping horses / geta-geta-geta / in their wooden sandals / Until you arrive... / At the bath house / The big bath house. In this celebration of Japanese culture and family...
- Author:Bhat, ShashiSummary:
A humorous coming-of-age novel and a sharp-edged look at how silence can shape a life, from the winner of the Journey Prize. A Chatelaine Summer Reads pick. Named one of the most anticipated books of the fall by CBC Books and 49th Shelf...
- Author:Hrab, NaseemSummary:
After her grandfather's death, a young girl explores her Baba Bozorg's house. As the girl wanders through the house, almost idly, her Baba Bozorg's house stands in for the man himself, with each object she describes standing as a...
- Author:Ferguson, JennySummary:
This summer, Lou will working in her family's ice-cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend and her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word. When she gets a...
- Author:Malle, MirionSummary:
Clara's at a breaking point. She's got writer's block, her friends ask a lot without giving much, her psychologist is useless, and her demanding publishing job leaves little time for self care. She seeks solace in the community around...
- Author:Morstad, JulieSummary:
** IBBY 2022 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Honor Book** An imaginative picture book that combines nature and play to talk about the passage of time.
- Author:Britt, FannySummary:
Voici enfin le grand retour d’Isabelle Arsenault et Fanny Britt à la Pastèque! Cet automne, faite connaissance avec Truffe, le petit frère de Louis... Ce nouveau livre réunit 3 histoires.
- Author:Story, KateSummary:
They say Dorthea's family is cursed. The house built by Great-Great-Grandfather on the Southside Road has never been at peace. Old people say it lies on a fairy path—a gateway to the world of the Little Strangers. All Newfoundland is...
- Author:Wilhelmy, AudréeSummary:
White Resin is an ethereal love story of the almost-impossible reconciliation between the manufactured world and the haunting and feminine nature that envelops it. In this impassioned and wildly imagined story of creation, a girl named...
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