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November 08, 2023

2023 Governor General's Literary Awards Announced with Big Wins for House of Anansi Press

Today the Canada Council for the Arts announced the winners of the 2023 Governor General's Literary Awards in both English and French. Whittled down from the shortlist, which included five books nominated ...
November 16, 2022

Governor General's Literary Award Winners Revealed with Wins for Sheila Heti and Eli Baxter

This morning, the Canada Council for the Arts revealed the 2022 winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards (now branded as GGBooks). The English language winners are Sheila Heti for fiction, ...

Book cover for "The Right to Be Wrong" by Ray Robertson, featuring a red X on the cover and speech bubbles with the words: Right?, Wrong., Right!, and Wrong!!.

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Book cover for "The Right to Be Wrong" by Ray Robertson, featuring a red X on the cover and speech bubbles with the words: Right?, Wrong., Right!, and Wrong!!.

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Book cover of "Briarwood" by Natalie Hyde, showing an illustrated forest scene, with promotional text about the novel targeting middle-grade readers.

Book cover of "Syncopation" by Whitney French with a quote praising the book, and the publisher’s website, wolsakandwynn.ca, displayed on a light blue background.