The Man Booker
Congratulations to Anna Burns (from Northern Ireland)
and her novel Milkman
Canadian book short-listed...
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
Dragonfly Song
Wendy Orr
Published by Pajama Press
Ages: 9-13
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Picture the Sky
Barbara Reid
Published by North Winds Press/Scholastic Canda
Ages: 3-8
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Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation
Monique Gray Smith
Published by Orca Book Publishers
Age: 9-13
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Town is by the Sea
Written by Joanne Schwartz
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Published by Groundwood Books
Age: 5-9
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Congratulations to award winner...
When the Moon Comes
Written by Paul Hardbridge
Illustrated by Matt James
Published by Tundra Books
Age: 4-8
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TD Fan Choice Award
for young readers
website
Congratulations to award winner...
Picture the Sky
Barbara Reid
Published by Scholastic Canada
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Governor General's Literary Award
Awarded on October 30
website
'The prizes, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, are awarded in seven English-language categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, young people's literature--text, young people's literature--illustration, dram and translation. Seven French-language awards are also given out in the same categories.' -CBC books
Fiction
Women Talking
Miriam Toews
Published by Penguin Random House Canada
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Zolitude (short story collection)
Paige Cooper
Published by Biblioasis
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Beirut Hellfire Society
Rawi Hage
Published by Penguin Random House Canada
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Congratulation to award winner...
The Red Word
Sarah Henstra
Published by ECW Press
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Johnny Appleseed
Joshua Whitehead
Published by Arsenal Pulp Press
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Young People's Literature --text
Congratulations to award winner...
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
Jonathan Auxier
Published by Tundra Books
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The Journey of Little Charlie
Christopher Paul Curtis
Published by Scholastic Canada
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Learning to Breathe
Janice Lynn Mather
Published by Simon & Schuster Canada
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Winnie's Great War
Lindsay Mattick and Josh Greenhut
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Published by HarperCollins Canada
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Ebb & Flow
Heather Smith
Published by Kids Can Press
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Young People's Literature --illustration
Ocean Meets Sky
Eric Fan & Terry Fan
Published by Simon & Schuster Canada
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Africville
Shauntay Grant
Illustrated by Eva Campbell
Published by Groundwood Press
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Go Show the World
Wab Kinew
Illustrated by Joe Morse
Published by Tundra Books
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Congratulations to award winner...
They Say Blue
Jillian Tamaki
Published by Groundwood Press
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At the Pond
Werner Zimmerman
Published by Scholastic Canada
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Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
Awarded on November 7
website
The Saturday Night Ghost Club
Craig Davidson
Published by Penguin Random House
'Balancing a fine line between childhood wonder and adult understanding.'
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Washington Black
Esi Edugyan
Published by HarperCollins
'A young hero's awakening amidst overwhelming obstacles.'
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Beirut Hellfire Society
Rawi Hage
Published by Penguin Random House
'A powerful investigation of the nature of death and what comes next.'
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Land Mammals and Sea Creatures
Jen Neale
Published by ECW Press
'A story of fish guts and human frailties.'
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Congratulations to award winner...
Dear Evelyn
Kathy Page
Published by Biblioasis
'A startling tale of time's impact on love and family.'
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Scotiabank Giller Prize
Awarded on November 19
website
French Exit
Patrick deWitt
published by House of Anansi Press
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Songs for the Cold of Heart
Eric Dupont
translated by Peter McCambridge
published by QC Fiction, an imprint of Baraka Books
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Congratulations to award winner...
Washington Black
Esi Edugyan
published by Patrick Crean Editions,
an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
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Motherhood
Sheila Heti
published by Knopf Canada
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An Ocean of Minutes
Thea Lim
published by Viking Canada
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'The 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlisted books are available in accessible format for print-disabled Canadians through the National Network for Equittable Library Service NNELS (nnels.ca) and the Centre for Equittable Library Access CELA (celalibrary.ca).'This is so cool! And I'd like to thank these library services and Scotiabank Giller for making these books available for people like me.
More...
The Largest Award of Its Kind Celebrates the Best in Canadian Children's Literature
It's an Honour Just to be Nominated, Probably
2019 Forest of Reading Nominated Titles Announced
'multi-artist mural on Mayne Island' photo by ldyck
Next Post: Sunday, October 21 (at approximately 5 PM)
Art Class (short story)
Follow a twelve-year-old undiagnosed learning challenged girl from class to class.
