Articles related to "Governor General Award"

A look at the fiction and nonfiction winners of the Governor General Awards, from 2000-2008.

A look at the stories and the successes that made Canadian authors Douglas Coupland, Michael Ondaatje and Margaret Atwood household literary figures.

A look at the stories and the successes that made Canadian authors Douglas Coupland, Michael Ondaatje and Margaret Atwood household literary figures.

A look at the stories and the successes that made Canadian authors Douglas Coupland, Michael Ondaatje and Margaret Atwood household literary figures.

Alice Munro - Women caught between moving and standing still....or images like the earthy smell of summer rain or blood soaked grass worn down...

Ellen Louks Fairclough was Canada's first woman to be a federal cabinet minister.

The New York Times dubbed Evelyn Hart a Ballet Heroine. Now this world-renowned ballerina has created an intimate evening of her life - The Hart of Art.

Writing can be a lonely challenge. However, annual awards that offer enticing prizes can help the writer to raise their profile, promote their book and maintain hope.

A Look Back at the Last Nine Years of Canada's Most Prestigious Literature Award, the Governor General Award.

Michael Healey's award-winning new Canadian classic The Drawer Boy, set in rural Ontario, Canada, continues to enthrall audiences around the world.

For the first time in 54 years, Ontario's Stratford Shakespearean Festival makes history with an African-Canadian play, an all-black cast and a black director.

The novel describes the odyssey of a young Irish man who leaves his homeland and travels to Dublin, Limerick, and Liverpool before crossing the ocean to reach America.

Teaching poetry to teenagers is often as successful as the poets one selects. These three Canadian poets appeal to high school students with their language and content.

Author, television personality, war correspondent and humourist, Pierre Berton was a man of many hats; one great accomplishment was illuminating Canada's history

Canada is often equated with winters and ice hockey. However, this vast country has been the point of origin for well known athletes, doctors and inventors.

Vern Thiessen is a fascinating playwright, especially if you are a history buff.

Emily Carr is known throughout the world for her artwork but she was also an award winning writer.

Canadian literary great Margaret Atwood will set out on a book tour like no other to promote her latest novel The Year of the Flood.

October 24th will mark a special day in Paul Quarrington's life as he receives the prestigious Matt Cohen Award for his work in Canadian literature.

These four authors showed the world that there is more to Canada and to Canadian Literature than just hockey and beer.

Although she has lived in Paris since 1950, Mavis Gallant remains one of Canada's most prolific and admired short story writers.

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town was Leacock's best known work but his most financially rewarding effort was a text book which became a university standard for 20 years

These three Canadian authors have soared to the top of the charts with their best selling books and helped put Canada on the literary map.

These two animal books will engage and delight readers and encourage youngsters to learn their alphabet and start to write.

An interview with emerging playwright Ellen Chorley, who at only 24 is already a Playwright-in-Residence, producer, and actress.