A list of finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards

OTTAWA – A list of finalists for this year’s Governor General’s Literary Awards, in top categories:

Fiction:

– Michael Crummey of St. John’s for “Sweetland” (Doubleday Canada)

– Bill Gaston of Victoria for “Juliet Was a Surprise” (Hamish Hamilton)

– Claire Holden Rothman of Westmount, Que., for “My October” (Penguin Canada)

– Thomas King of Guelph, Ont., for “The Back of the Turtle” (HarperCollins)

– Joan Thomas of Winnipeg for “The Opening Sky” (McClelland & Stewart)

Non-fiction:

– Michael Harris of Toronto for “The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection” (HarperCollins)

– Arno Kopecky of Squamish, B.C., for “The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway” (Douglas & McIntyre)

– Edmund Metatawabin with Alexandra Shimo of Fort Albany, Ont. /Toronto for “Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey through the Turbulent Waters of Native History” (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, a division of Random House of Canada)

– Maria Mutch of North Kingstown, Rhode Island for “Know the Night: A Memoir of Survival in the Small Hours” (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, a division of Random House of Canada)

Poetry:

– Sadiqa de Meijer of Kingston, Ont., for “Leaving Howe Island” (Oolichan Books)

– Julie Joosten of Toronto for “Light Light” (BookThug)

– Christopher Levenson of Vancouver for “Night Vision” (Quattro Books)

– Garth Martens of Victoria for “Prologue for the Age of Consequence” (House of Anansi Press)

– Arleen Paré of Victoria for “Lake of Two Mountains” (Brick Books)

Drama:

– Rick Chafe of Winnipeg for “The Secret Mask” (Playwrights Canada Press)

– Sean Dixon of Toronto for “A God in Need of Help” (Coach House Books)

– Janet Munsil of Victoria for “That Elusive Spark” (Playwrights Canada Press)

– Jordan Tannahill of Toronto for “Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays” (Playwrights Canada Press)

For the full list, go to: http://ggbooks.ca/