{"id":139815,"date":"2025-10-23T05:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/139815\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T05:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:17:11","slug":"governor-generals-literary-award-finalists-announced-including-titles-by-vermette-parker-reva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/139815\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor General\u2019s Literary Award finalists announced, including titles by vermette, Parker, Reva"},"content":{"rendered":"

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katherena vermette\u2019s novel real ones is one of five books up for the English-language Governor General\u2019s Literary Award.vanda4\/Supplied<\/p>\n

Books by katherena vermette, Fawn Parker and Maria Reva are among the fiction finalists for the Governor General\u2019s Literary Awards this year.<\/p>\n

Vermette\u2019s novel real ones<\/a>, about two Michif sisters whose mother is accused of falsely claiming Indigenous heritage, is one of five books up for the English-language fiction prize, alongside Parker\u2019s autofictional depiction of grief Hi, It\u2019s Me<\/a> and Reva\u2019s debut novel Endling, about a scientist who studies rare snails.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the finalists in that category are Benjamin Hertwig\u2019s Juiceboxers, about four young soldiers serving in Afghanistan, and Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards, which follows a hockey team of Ojibwe high schoolers.<\/p>\n

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Author Benjamin HertwigSupplied<\/p>\n

Globe readers share their favourite Canadian books<\/a><\/p>\n

The Canada Council for the Arts named 70 finalists across seven categories in both English and French on Tuesday. The 14 winners, who each receive $25,000, will be announced Nov. 6.<\/p>\n

The non-fiction finalists include Claire Cameron\u2019s How to Survive a Bear Attack, Teresa Wong\u2019s All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey, and The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse: A Memoir by Vinh Nguyen.<\/p>\n

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Author Fawn ParkerPenguin Randomhouse<\/p>\n

Also in contention are What to Feel, How to Feel by Shane Neilson and Searching for Serafim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim \u2019Joe\u2019 Fortes by Ruby Smith Diaz.<\/p>\n

The Governor General\u2019s Literary Awards will also dole out honours for drama, writing and illustration in children\u2019s literature, as well as French-to-English translation. There are separate French-language categories for francophone writing.<\/p>\n

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