The Canada Council for the Arts presents
the winners of the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards
The Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks) celebrate literature and inspire people to read books by creators from Canada. They provide finalists and winners with valuable recognition from peers and readers across the country.
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The most notable books of 2024
2024 English-language winners 2024 French-language winners 2024 English-language winners and finalists 2024 French-language winners and finalists
Fiction
The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Chris Eaton
Francesca Ekwuyasi
Jen Ferguson
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Michael Delisle
Andrée Michaud
Maya Ombasic
Poetry
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Kathryn Mockler
Heather Nolan
Tolu Oloruntoba
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Bathélemy Bolivar
Virginie Chaloux-Gendron
Daria Colonna
Drama
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Kevin Kerr
Marcia Johnson
Kamila Sediego
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Madeleine Blais-Dahlem
Antoine Côté Legault
Anne-Marie Olivier
Non-fiction
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Jordan Abel
Robyn Maynard
Mary Soderstrom
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
Pierrot Ross-Tremblay
Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny
Young People’s Literature – Text
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Sarah Everett
Louisa Onomé
Ken Setterington
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Mario Brassard
Christine Sioui Wawanoloath
Élise Turcotte
Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Kyrsten Brooker
Shauntay Grant
Kevin Sylvester
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Clément de Gaulejac
Diane Obomsawin
Isabelle Picard
Translation
Charlie Muskrat
Éditions Hannenorak; translation of Charlie Muskrat, by Harold Johnson (in French only)
Cours vers le danger
Les Éditions du Boréal; translation of Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory, by Sarah Polley (in French only)
Mourir pour la cause : Révolution dans le Québec des années 1960
Éditions Pow Pow; translation of Are You Willing to Die for the Cause? Revolution in 1960s Quebec, by Chris Oliveros (in French only)
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Peter Feldstein
Jessica Moore
Anne-Marie Wheeler
PEER ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Jeannot Clair
Danielle LeBlanc
Nésida Loyer
Visit the 2024 GGBooks partner websites to find the year’s most notable books.
The Canada Council for the Arts thanks this year’s GGBooks partners for their contributions to the promotion of literature from Canada.
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