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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
March 01, 2021 - 8:44 AM
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield s next adventure will be set in the far-off world of space fiction.
Random House Canada announced on Tuesday that Hadfield s debut novel, The Apollo Murders, is scheduled to hit shelves on Oct. 12.
In a statement, Hadfield says the thriller will be rooted in the little-known reality of the Cold War-era space race, and will feature characters both real and imagined.
Random House Canada says the story centres on a NASA crew racing against their Soviet rivals to reach the far side of the moon, but someone on-board the Apollo module has murder on the mind.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield draws from real-life space thrills in debut novel news957.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news957.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield’s next adventure will be set in the far-off world of space fiction. Random House Canada announced on Tuesday that Hadfield’s debut novel, “The Apollo Murders,” is scheduled to hit shelves on Oct. 12. In a statement, Hadfield says the thriller will be rooted in the “little-known reality” of the Cold War-era […]