2006 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2006 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 16. Winning titles were announced on November 21. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000 and a copy of their book bound by Montreal bookbinder Lise Dubois.
English-language finalists
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Non-fiction
- Ross King, The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism
- Afua Cooper, The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal
- Susanne Reber and Robert Renaud, Starlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild
- Michael Strangelove, The Empire of Mind: Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement
- Christine Wiesenthal, The Half-Lives of Pat Lowther
Children's literature (text)
- William Gilkerson, Pirate's Passage
- André Alexis, Ingrid and the Wolf
- Glen Huser, Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen
- Teresa Toten, Me and the Blondes
- Budge Wilson, Friendships
Children's literature (illustration)
- Leo Yerxa, Ancient Thunder
- Eugenie Fernandes, Earth Magic
- Annouchka Gravel Galouchko and Stéphan Daigle, The Birdman
- Jon Morse, Casey at the Bat
- Maxwell Newhouse, Let's Go for a Ride
French-to-English translation
- Hugh Hazelton, Vetiver (Vétiver, Joël Des Rosiers)
- Sheila Fischman, The Bicycle Eater (Le Mangeur de bicyclette, Larry Tremblay)
- Linda Gaboriau, Assorted Candies (Bonbons assortis, Michel Tremblay)
- Lazer Lederhendler, The Immaculate Conception (L’Immaculée Conception, Gaétan Soucy)
- Fred A. Reed, A Threat from Within: A Century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism (Au nom de la Torah : une histoire de l’opposition juive au sionisme, Yakov M. Rabkin)
French-language finalists
Fiction
- Andrée Laberge, La rivière du loup
- Michael Delisle, Le sort de Fille
- Louis Hamelin, Sauvages
- Jocelyne Saucier, Jeanne sur les routes
- Pierre Yergeau, La Cité des Vents
Poetry
Drama
- Évelyne de la Chenelière, Désordre public
- Olivier Choinière, Venise-en-Québec
- Jean-Marc Dalpé, Août: un repas à la campagne
- Reynald Robinson, Blue Bayou, la maison de l’étalon
Non-fiction
- Pierre Ouellet, À force de voir: histoire de regards
- Marie-Françoise Guédon, Le rêve et la forêt: histoires de chamanes nabesna
- Thierry Hentsch, Le temps aboli: l’Occident et ses grands récits
- Michaël La Chance, Paroxysmes: la parole hyperbolique
- Catherine Mavrikakis, Condamner à mort: les meurtres et la loi à l’écran
Children's literature (text)
- Dany Laferrière, Je suis fou de Vava
- Édith Bourget, Les saisons d’Henri
- Fernande D. Lamy, Cauchemar aveugle
- Françoise Lepage, Poupeska
- Daniel Mativat, Nuits rouges
Children's literature (illustration)
- Rogé, Le gros monstre qui aimait trop lire
- Steve Adams, Le trésor de Jacob
- Marie Lafrance, Le petit chien de laine
- Lino, Les cendres de maman
- Frédéric Normandin, Je suis fou de Vava
English-to-French translation
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