2006 Governor General's Awards

The 2006 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (68 books) were announced October 16, winners announced November 21 and awards presented December 13.[1] The prize for writers and illustrators was $15,000 and "a specially bound copy of the winning book".[1]

In a novelty, the winners were announced at simultaneous press conferences in Toronto and Montreal, with English-language assembled in Toronto and French-language winners assembled in Montreal. The finale spanned two days in Ottawa, with presentations December 13 at Rideau Hall, the Governor General's residence; readings and books signings at Library and Archives Canada on December 14.[1]

English

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Peter Behrens, The Law of Dreams
Non-fiction Blue ribbon 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
Poetry Blue ribbon John Pass, Stumbling in the Bloom
Drama Blue ribbon Daniel MacIvor, I Still Love You
  • Morwyn Brebner, The Optimists
  • Lisa Codrington, Cast Iron
  • Jason Sherman, Adapt or Die: Plays New and Used
  • Drew Hayden Taylor, In a World Created by a Drunken God
Children's literature Blue ribbon William Gilkerson, Pirate's Passage
Children's illustration Blue ribbon 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 Blue ribbon Hugh Hazelton, Vetiver (Vétiver, Joël Des Rosiers)

French

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Andrée Laberge, La Rivière du loup
Non-fiction Blue ribbon 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
Poetry Blue ribbon Hélène Dorion, Ravir: les lieux
Drama Blue ribbon 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
Children's literature Blue ribbon 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 illustration Blue ribbon 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 Blue ribbon Sophie Voillot, Un jardin de papier (Salamander, Thomas Wharton)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Canada Council for the Arts announces finalists for the 2006 Governor General's Literary Awards". News Releases – 2006. Canada Council (canadacouncil.ca). October 16, 2006. Archived 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
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