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Ottawa, October 7, 2015 – The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the 2015 shortlist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards.
English-language finalists:
Drama
Beth Graham (Edmonton)
The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble, Playwrights Canada Press
Tara Grammy and Tom Arthur Davis (Los Angeles, Calif./Toronto)
Mahmoud, Playwrights Canada Press
Bryden MacDonald (Toronto)
Odd Ducks, Talonbooks
David Yee (Toronto)
carried away on the crest of a wave, Playwrights Canada Press
Marcus Youssef and James Long (Vancouver/New Westminster, B.C.)
Winners and Losers, Talonbooks
French-language finalists:
Drama
Simon Boudreault (Montreal)
En cas de pluie, aucun remboursement, L’instant même/ Dramaturges Éditeurs
Fabien Cloutier (Quebec City)
Pour réussir un poulet, Les éditions de L'instant même and Dramaturges Éditeurs
Jean-Rock Gaudreault (Longueuil, Que.)
Jouez, Monsieur Molière!, Lansman Éditeur
Annick Lefebvre (Montreal)
J'accuse, Dramaturges Éditeurs
Olivier Sylvestre (Montreal)
La beauté du monde, Leméac Éditeur
Governor General’s Literary Awards
The Canada Council for the Arts funds, administers and promotes the Governor General’s Literary Awards, Canada's oldest and most prestigious literary awards program with a total value of $450,000. Each winner will receive $25,000. The publisher of each winning book will receive $3,000 to support promotional activities. Non-winning finalists each receive $1,000.
Awards presentation at Rideau Hall
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will present the 2015 GG Literary Awards on Wednesday, December 2 at 6 pm at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa. Media representatives wishing to cover the awards presentation should contact Marie-Ève Létourneau at the Rideau Hall Press Office, at 613-998-0287 or marie-eve.letourneau@gg.ca.
The 2015 peer assessment committees
The finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards are chosen by peer assessment committees, 7 in English and 7 in French, who consider all eligible books published between September 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015 for English-language books and between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015 for French-language books.
English-language committees
Drama: Leanna Brodie, Michael A. Miller, Bernardine Stapleton
French-language committees
Drama: Jasmine Dubé, Mélanie Léger, Ally Ntumba Beya
For more information, visit: http://canadacouncil.ca/council/news-room/news/2015/gg-finalists
2015-10-07
Ottawa: The shortlist for the Governors General's Award for Drama announced