KITCHENER --
Three Guelph authors are among the finalists for the 2020 Governor General Literary Awards.
According to a news release, the finalists were announced Tuesday after the 2020 awards were postponed due to the pandemic.
A total of 70 books across seven categories in both French and English are nominated.
The awards are one of Canada’s oldest and most prestigious literary award programs, offering a total of $450,000 in prizes.
According to the news release, the themes of the books nominated this year are gender bending, boundary pushing and come from a diverse cohort of authors.
The three Guelph finalists are nominated in three separate categories.