- 2006 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the
2006 Governor General's Award s for Literary Merit were announced onOctober 16 . Winning titles were announced onNovember 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
* Peter Behrens, "
The Law of Dreams "
* Trevor Cole, "The Fearsome Particles"
*Bill Gaston , "Gargoyles"
*Paul Glennon , "The Dodecahedron, or A Frame for Frames"
*Rawi Hage , "De Niro's Game "Poetry
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John Pass , "Stumbling in the Bloom"
*Ken Babstock , "Airstream Land Yacht"
*Elizabeth Bachinsky , "Home of Sudden Service"
*Dionne Brand , "Inventory"
*Sharon Thesen , "The Good Bacteria"Drama
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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"Nonfiction
* 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 andRobert 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
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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
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Leo Yerxa , "Ancient Thunder"
*Eugenie Fernandes , "Earth Magic"
*Annouchka Gravel Galouchko andStéphan Daigle , "The Birdman"
*Jon Morse , "Casey at the Bat"
*Maxwell Newhouse , "Let's Go for a Ride"Translation (French to English)
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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
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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
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Hélène Dorion , "Ravir: les lieux"
*Paul Bélanger , "Origine des méridiens"
*Jacques Brault , "L’artisan"
*Louise Cotnoir , "Les îles"
*Benoit Jutras , "L’Étang noir"Drama
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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
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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
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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
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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"Translation - English to French
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Sophie Voillot , "Un jardin de papier" ("Salamander",Thomas Wharton )
*Dominique Fortier , "Parlez-vous boro: voyage aux pays des langues menacées" ("Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages",Mark Abley )
* Dominique Fortier, "L’Arbre: une vie" ("" byDavid Suzuki and Wayne Grady)
*Daniel Poliquin , "L’homme qui voulait boire la mer" ("The Man Who Wanted to Drink Up the Sea",Pan Bouyoucas )
*Lori Saint-Martin andPaul Gagné , "L’Odyssée de Pénélope" ("The Penelopiad ",Margaret Atwood )External links
* [http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2006/jo128049818717963491.htm Canada Council press release announcing 2006 nominees]
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