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Posted: Jun 01, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: June 1
The winners of the 2020 Governor General s Literary Awards were announced on June 1, 2021. The books above won in the English-language categories.(CBC, Canada Council for the Arts) comments
Among the winners is Cree writer Michelle Good for her debut novel
Five Little Indians and renowned Canadian American poet Anne Carson for her original work
The Governor General s Literary Awards are among Canada s oldest and most prestigious prizes. The awards, worth $25,000 each, annually recognize the best published books in Canada.
The seven English-language winners are:
Fiction: Intimate and ambitious, Michelle Good s
Five Little Indians is a heart-breaking account of lives shaped and destroyed by the residential school system. Here is powerful testimony, expertly crafted and wisely observed, tragic yet full of redemptive moments. An unflinching, compassionate and moving novel about the struggle to live and love in
By iHeartMedia s Corey Olson
Feb 26, 2021
With COVID cases falling and vaccinations rising, prospects are for friendlier skies ahead in the battered travel industry. A recent survey found nearly 60 percent of Americans plan to take a trip this year, and travel agents are starting to see early signs of that optimism. We re definitely at the very beginnings of a comeback, says Catherine Banks, vice president of Dallas-based Legacy Travel. We recently broke a record for trip inquiries since pre-COVID, so it s definitely coming back.but it s not there yet.
There are growing signs of pent-up demand for travel. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is planning to hire 6,000 new security officers in anticipation of a summer travel surge. Banks expects the same thing. We are tired of being at home, tired of stay-cations or going somewhere an hour away, she tells KTRH. It s time for a real trip, and everybody s feeling it.