2024 Governor General’s Finalists

This year, Brandi Bird (left) and six other BC-based authors made it to the shortlist of the GG’s Literary Awards within four categories. Read about the finalists and their work here.FULL STORY

 

AUTHORS & BOOKS

Maia Caron

In a captivating dual-timeline narrative, The Last Secret (Doubleday $25.00) by Maia Caron intricately weaves the stories of two remarkable… FULL STORY

Anosh Irani

In Behind the Moon (Talonbooks $21.95), award-winning playwright, Anosh Irani, explores the character of Ayub, a man haunted by his… FULL STORY

Anna Mouat

This collection for ages 8-11, Amelia Daydreams (Vintage Ink Books $19.99) by Anna Mouat, follows the daydreams of Amelia, a… FULL STORY

David M. McGowan

Author David M. McGowan’s collection, People of the West: A short story timeline (Self-published $9.95), features nine short stories spanning… FULL STORY

Marcus Hondro

Marcus Hondro’s book, The Keeley Miller Finding Club (Self-published $13.57) for ages 10-18, follows two strangers, Norman and Koey, who… FULL STORY

Meneka Repka

Marianne is excited to eat the mangoes from her family’s tree, but when she and her cousin Zoe check it… FULL STORY

Minelle Mahtani

Author Minelle Mahtani’s memoir, May It Have a Happy Ending (Doubleday $34.95) explores the emotional complexities of motherhood, grief and self-discovery. As… FULL STORY

Maureen Palmer

Offering a new approach to helping a loved one with a drinking problem, Maureen Palmer moves away from the traditional… FULL STORY

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes

The revised and updated edition of A River Captured: The Columbia River Treaty and Catastrophic Change (Rocky Mountain Books $25.00) by Eileen… FULL STORY

Frank Wolf

Join adventurer Frank Wolf on his journeys through Canada’s northern wilderness in his latest book, Two Springs, One Summer (Rocky Mountain Books $28.00). In under… FULL STORY

David Korinetz

In the land of Coronus, the bodiless Warlock, Gamel has possessed King Brian and launched an invasion of the city… FULL STORY

Bambi Edlund

A rat, tired of being shooed away and missing out on the peanuts given to squirrels, decides to become more… FULL STORY

Mike Deas

Illustrated by Salt Spring Island based Mike Deas, Bee & Flea and the Fall Fiasco (Owlkids $18.95) for ages 6-9,… FULL STORY

Sophie Kohn

Katrina, a spotted hyena, loves to laugh because she finds the world hilarious, but this frustrates her clan since hyena… FULL STORY

Harold Rhenisch

Bridging the settler and Indigenous experiences of the Pacific Northwest’s land and water, The Salmon Shanties: A Cascadian Song Cycle… FULL STORY

Sarah Marie Wiebe

In Hot Mess: Mothering Through a Code Red Climate Emergency (Fernwood Publishing $25.00), due out in September, Sarah Marie Wiebe… FULL STORY

Vanessa Winn

Victoria based author, Vanessa Winn, has contributed to writing Métis Matriarchs: Agents of Transition (University of Regina Press $34.95), due… FULL STORY

Dawn Lo

During a visit to the ocean, a curious little girl searching for a seashell discovers an octopus instead. Their encounter… FULL STORY

Karlene Harvey

This story, The Hawk Shadow (Kids Can Press $23.99) for ages 4-7, written by Jan Bourdeau Waboose and illustrated by… FULL STORY

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