2015 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award April 2026 The shortlisted nominees for the 2015 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 7, 2015,"Governor-General’s Literary Awards announces finalists". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014. and the winners were announced on October 28. English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Guy Vanderhaeghe, Daddy Lenin and Other StoriesKate Cayley, How You Were Born Rachel Cusk, Outline Helen Humphreys, The Evening Chorus Clifford Jackman, The Winter Family Non-fiction Mark L. Winston, Bee Time: Lessons from the HiveTed Bishop, The Social Life of Ink: Culture, Wonder, and Our Relationship with the Written Word David Halton, Dispatches from the Front: Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice at War Michael Harris, Party of One: Stephen Harper and Canada's Radical Makeover Armand Garnet Ruffo, Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird Poetry Robyn Sarah, My Shoes Are Killing MeKayla Czaga, For Your Safety Please Hold On Liz Howard, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent M. Travis Lane, Crossover Patrick Lane, Washita Drama David Yee, carried away on the crest of a waveBeth Graham, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble Tara Grammy and Tom Arthur Davis, Mahmoud Bryden MacDonald, Odd Ducks Marcus Youssef and James Long, Winners and Losers Children's literature Caroline Pignat, The Gospel TruthDan Bar-el, Audrey (cow) Darren Groth, Are You Seeing Me? Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules Emil Sher, Young Man with Camera Children's illustration JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith, Sidewalk FlowersAndy Jones and Darka Erdelji, Jack, the King of Ashes Kyo Maclear and Marion Arbona, The Good Little Book John Martz, A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories Mélanie Watt, Bug in a Vacuum French to English translation Rhonda Mullins, Twenty-One Cardinals (Jocelyne Saucier, Les Héritiers de la mine)David Scott Hamilton, Captive (Claudine Dumont, Anabiose) Lazer Lederhendler, The Lake (Perrine Leblanc, Malabourg) Susan Ouriou and Christelle Morelli, Stolen Sisters: The Story of Two Missing Girls, Their Families and How Canada Has Failed Indigenous Women (Emmanuelle Walter, Sœurs volées: Enquête sur un féminicide au Canada) Donald Winkler, Arvida (Samuel Archibald, Arvida) French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Nicolas Dickner, Six degrés de libertéFrançoise de Luca, Sena Marilyne Fortin, La Fabrica Catherine Harton, Traité des peaux Dominique Scali, À la recherche de New Babylon Non-fiction Jean-Philippe Warren, Honoré Beaugrand : La plume et l'épée (1848-1906)Alain Asselin, Jacques Cayouette and Jacques Mathieu, Curieuses histoires de plantes du Canada, tome 1 Ying Chen, La lenteur des montagnes Chantal Savoie, Les femmes de lettres canadiennes-françaises au tournant du XXe siècle Patricia Smart, De Marie de l'Incarnation à Nelly Arcan; Se dire, se faire par l'écriture intime Poetry Joël Pourbaix, Le mal du pays est un art oubliéMartine Audet, Tête première / Dos / Contre dos François Baril Pelletier, Les trésors tamisés Jean-Philippe Dupuis, Langue maternelle René Lapierre, La carte des feux Drama Fabien Cloutier, Pour réussir un pouletSimon Boudreault, En cas de pluie, aucun remboursement Jean-Rock Gaudreault, Jouez, Monsieur Molière! Annick Lefebvre, J'accuse Olivier Sylvestre, La beauté du monde Children's literature Louis-Philippe Hébert, Marie RéparatriceCamille Bouchard, Les Forces du désordre Denis Côté, Dessine-moi un martien Roger Des Roches, Boîtamémoire Sandra Dussault, Direction Saint-Creux-des-Meuh-Meuh Children's illustration André Marois and Patrick Doyon, Le voleur de sandwichsJacques Goldstyn, L'arbragan Mireille Levert, Quand j'écris avec mon cœur Mélanie Perreault and Marion Arbona, Rosalie entre chien et chat Renée Robitaille and Philippe Béha, Douze oiseaux English to French translation Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Solomon Gursky (Mordecai Richler, Solomon Gursky Was Here)Christiane Duchesne, Élisabeth dans le pétrin (Susan Glickman, Bernadette in the Doghouse) Catherine Ego, Voisins et ennemis. La Guerre de sécession et l'invention du Canada (John Boyko, Blood and Daring : How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation) Marie Frankland, MxT (Sina Queyras, MxT) Rachel Martinez, Ma vie (racontée malgré moi) par Henry K. Larsen (Susin Nielsen, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen) References External links Governor General's Awards Category:Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards