Finalists: 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards
The Governor General’s Literary Awards recognize great Canadian books. The 14 winners in 2 official languages and 7 categories reflect Canada’s rich diversity. The English finalists are listed below. Winners will be announced on November 1.
All the Beloved Ghosts
The Water Beetles
Uncertain Weights and Measures
We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night
A Novel
All the Names Between
On Not Losing My Father's Ashes in the Flood
Selah
Slow War
What the Soul Doesn't Want
1979
Indian Arm
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
The Virgin Trial
Within the Glass
All We Leave Behind
A Reporter's Journey into the Lives of Others
The Handover
How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of Our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational
Where It Hurts
Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined
Hit the Ground Running
The Marrow Thieves
The Way Back Home
Those Who Run in the Sky
Inuktitut