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

Short Stories for Little Monsters
