The shortlisted nominees for the 2017 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 4, 2017,"Finalists named for 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards". Montreal Gazette, October 4, 2017. and the winners were announced on November 1."Joel Thomas Hynes, Cherie Dimaline win Governor General’s Literary Awards". Toronto Star, November 1, 2017.
English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Joel Thomas Hynes, We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some NightMichael Kaan, The Water Beetles Alison MacLeod, All the Beloved Ghosts Jocelyn Parr, Uncertain Weights and Measures Kathleen Winter, Lost in September Non-fiction Graeme Wood, The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic StateSharon Butala, Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope Sarah de Leeuw, Where It Hurts Elaine Dewar, The Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational Carol Off, All We Leave Behind: A Reporter's Journey into the Lives of Others Poetry Richard Harrison, On Not Losing My Father's Ashes in the FloodLorna Crozier, What the Soul Doesn't Want Nora Gould, Selah Benjamin Hertwig, Slow War Julia McCarthy, All the Names Between Drama Hiro Kanagawa, Indian ArmRobert Chafe, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams Anna Chatterton, Within the Glass Michael Healey, 1979 Kate Hennig, The Virgin Trial Children's literature Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow ThievesAlison Hughes, Hit the Ground Running Aviaq Johnston, Those Who Run in the Sky Allan Stratton, The Way Back Home Danielle Younge-Ullman, Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined Children's illustration David Robertson and Julie Flett, When We Were AloneMarie-Louise Gay, Short Stories for Little Monsters Paul Harbridge and Matt James, When the Moon Comes Joanne Schwartz and Sydney Smith, Town Is By the Sea Jan Thornhill, The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk French to English translation Oana Avasilichioaei, Readopolis (Bertrand Laverdure, Lectodôme)Katia Grubisic, Brothers (David Clerson, Frères) Howard Scott, Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries (Gérard Bouchard, Raison et déraison du mythe) Pablo Strauss, The Longest Year (Daniel Grenier, L'année la plus longue) W. Donald Wilson, In Search of New Babylon (Dominique Scali, À la recherche de New Babylon)
French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Christian Guay-Poliquin, Le Poids de la neige"Governor General Literary Awards announced: Joel Thomas Hynes wins top English fiction prize". CBC News, November 1, 2017.Virginie Blanchette-Doucet, 117 Nord Mylène Bouchard, L'Imparfaite Amitié Michael Delisle, Le Palais de la fatigue Stéphane Larue, Le Plongeur Non-fiction Serge Bouchard, Les Yeux tristes de mon camionBenoît Côté, Propositions de clarté Daniel Grenier, La solitude de l'écrivain de fond Nicolas Lévesque, Je sais trop bien ne pas exister Ouanessa Younsi, Soigner, aimer Poetry Louise Dupré, La Main hantéeJean-Marc Desgent, Strange Fruits Annie Lafleur, Bec-de-lièvre Judy Quinn, Pas de tombeau pour les lieux Serge Patrice Thibodeau, L'Isle Haute en marge de Grand-Pré Drama Sébastien David, Dimanche napalmNathalie Boisvert, Antigone au printemps Emma Haché, Exercice de l'oubli Suzanne Lebeau, Trois petites sœurs Kevin McCoy, Norge Children's literature Véronique Drouin, L'importance de Mathilde PoissonAnnie Bacon, Chroniques post-apocalyptiques d'une enfant sage Jocelyn Boisvert, Les Moustiques Roxane Desjardins, Moi qui marche à tâtons dans ma jeunesse noire K. Lambert, L'élixir du baron Von Rezine Children's illustration Jacques Goldstyn, AzadahPascal Blanchet, En voiture! L'Amérique en chemin de fer Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, Louis parmi les spectres Christiane Duchesne and Marion Arbona, Fred Petitchatminou Renée Robitaille and Slavka Kolesar, La légende de Carcajou English to French translation Daniel Poliquin, Un barbare en Chine nouvelle (Alexandre Trudeau, Barbarian Lost: Travels in the New China)Carole Noël and Marianne Noël-Allen, Le Sans-papiers (Lawrence Hill, The Illegal) Paule Noyart, La disparition d'Heinrich Schlögel (Martha Baillie, The Search for Heinrich Schlögel) Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Premières lueurs : mon combat contre le trouble de stress post-traumatique (Roméo Dallaire, Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD) Sophie Voillot, Le sous-majordome (Patrick deWitt, Undermajordomo Minor)
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