The Governor General's Literary Awards are among Canada's oldest and most prestigious prizes. The awards, worth $25,000 each, annually recognize the best published books in Canada.
The prizes are given to seven English-language and seven French-language books in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people's literature — text, young people's literature — illustration, drama and translation.
The seven English-language winners are:
- Fiction: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
- Nonfiction: This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart by Madhur Anand
- Poetry: Norma Jeane Baker of Troy by Anne Carson
- Young people's literature — text: The King of Jam Sandwiches by Eric Walters
- Young people's literature — illustrated books: The Barnabus Project by The Fan Brothers
- Translation: If You Hear Me by Pascale Quiviger, translated by Lazer Lederhendler
- Drama: Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story by Kim Senklip Harvey
