2012 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2012 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 11, and the winners were announced on November 13.

English
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Linda Spalding, The Purchase
Non-fiction Ross King, Leonardo and the Last Supper
  • Nahlah Ayed, A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring
  • Carol Bishop-Gwyn, The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca
  • Wade Davis, Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
  • Noah Richler, What We Talk About When We Talk About War
Poetry Julie Bruck, Monkey Ranch
Drama Catherine Banks, It Is Solved By Walking
  • Trina Davies, The Romeo Initiative
  • Karen Hines, Drama: Pilot Episode
  • Cathy Ostlere and Dennis Garnhum, Lost: A Memoir
  • Anusree Roy, Brothel #9
Children's literature Susin Nielsen, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
Children's illustration Isabelle Arsenault, Virginia Wolf
French to English translation Nigel Spencer, Mai at the Predator's Ball (Marie-Claire Blais, Mai au bal des prédateurs)
  • Sheila Fischman, Ru (Kim Thúy, Ru)
  • Michael Gilson, Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan (André Cédilot and André Noël, Mafia Inc. : Grandeur et misère du clan sicilien au Québec)
  • John Murrell, The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs and Thinking of Yu (Carole Fréchette, La Petite pièce en haut de l'escalier and Je pense à Yu)
  • Shelley Tepperman, The List (Jennifer Tremblay, La liste)

French
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction France Daigle, Pour sûr
Non-fiction Normand Chaurette, Comment tuer Shakespeare
  • Pierre Nepveu, Gaston Miron : La vie d'un homme
  • Pascal Riendeau, Méditation et vision de l'essai : Roland Barthes, Milan Kundera et Jacques Brault
  • Yannick Roy, La révélation inachevée : le personnage à l'épreuve de la vérité romanesque
Poetry Maude Smith Gagnon, Un drap. Une place.
  • Corinne Chevarier, Anatomie de l'objet
  • Fredric Gary Comeau, Souffles
  • Hélène Dorion, Cœurs, comme livres d'amour
  • Christian Saint-Germain, Tomahawk
Drama Geneviève Billette, Contre le temps
Children's literature Aline Apostolska, Un été d'amour et de cendres
  • Biz, La chute de Sparte (withdrawn from competition)[1]
  • Louise Bombardier, Quand j'étais chien
  • Camille Bouchard, Le coup de la giraffe
  • François Gravel, Hò
Children's illustration Élise Gravel, La clé à molette
  • Marion Arbona, Lapin-Chagrin et les jours d'Elko
  • Manon Gauthier, Giroflée Pois-Cassé
  • Émilie Leduc, La ronde des mois
  • Katty Maurey, Quand j'étais chien
English to French translation Alain Roy, Glenn Gould (Mark Kingwell)
gollark: So why do we have this... Japanese dictionary bot?
gollark: I run a small South American nation from home.
gollark: I picked the last option which was just "more weapons for everyone", so weaponization is up 1.8%.
gollark: > Residents of an isolated countryside community were powerless to do anything when two armed robbers picked clean the village’s three shops in broad daylight. It took the police two hours to arrive on the scene, provoking hysterical outrage over the lack of police presence in outlying rural settlements.Why am I *getting* this issue? Anrak doesn't HAVE police.
gollark: I can't see any *problems* with using self-replicating immortal cancer to stick posters to walls...

References
  1. "Governor General’s Literary Award nod snubbed by Quebec author". Toronto Star, October 3, 2012.
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