# 2014 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2014 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 7, 2014, and the winners were announced on November 18. Each winner was awarded $25,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts.

## English

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Thomas King, The Back of the Turtle | Michael Crummey, Sweetland Bill Gaston, Juliet Was a Surprise Claire Holden Rothman, My October Joan Thomas, The Opening Sky |
| Non-fiction | Michael Harris, The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection | Arno Kopecky, The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo, Up Ghost River: A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History Maria Mutch, Know the Night: A Memoir of Survival in the Small Hours |
| Poetry | Arleen Paré, Lake of Two Mountains | Christopher Levenson, Night Vision Garth Martens, Prologue for the Age of Consequence Sadiqa de Meijer, Leaving Howe Island Julie Joosten, Light Light |
| Drama | Jordan Tannahill, Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays | Rick Chafe, The Secret Mask Sean Dixon, A God in Need of Help Janet Munsil, That Elusive Spark |
| Children's literature | Raziel Reid, When Everything Feels Like the Movies | Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener Lesley Choyce, Jeremy Stone Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Skraelings Mariko Tamaki, This One Summer |
| Children's illustration | Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer | Marie-Louise Gay, Any Questions? Qin Leng, Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin Renata Liwska, Once Upon a Memory Julie Morstad, Julia, Child |
| French to English translation | Peter Feldstein, Paul-Émile Borduas: A Critical Biography (François-Marc Gagnon, Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960) : biographie critique et analyse de l'œuvre) | Sheila Fischman, Wonder (Dominique Fortier, Les larmes de saint Laurent) Linda Gaboriau, Christina, The Girl King (Michel Marc Bouchard, Christine, la reine-garçon) Maureen Labonté, And Slowly Beauty (Michel Nadeau, Lentement la beauté) Rhonda Mullins, Guyana (Élise Turcotte, Guyana) |

## French

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Andrée A. Michaud, Bondrée | Michael Delisle, Le Feu de mon père Alain Farah, Pourquoi Bologne Robert Lalonde, C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier Larry Tremblay, L'orangeraie |
| Non-fiction | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Tenir tête | Catherine Ferland and Dave Corriveau, La Corriveau: De l'histoire à la légende Bertrand Gervais, Un défaut de fabrication Nicolas Lévesque and Catherine Mavrikakis, Ce que dit l'écorce Jean-Jacques Pelletier, Questions d'écriture: Réponses à des lecteurs |
| Poetry | José Acquelin, Anarchie de la lumière | Joséphine Bacon, Un thé dans la toundra/Nipishapui nete mushuat Paul Chanel Malenfant, Toujours jamais Georgette LeBlanc, Prudent Julie Stanton, Mémorial pour Geneviève et autres tombeaux |
| Drama | Carole Fréchette, Small Talk | François Archambault, Tu te souviendras de moi Simon Boudreault, As is (tel quel) Olivier Kemeid, Moi, dans les ruines rouges du siècle Étienne Lepage, Histoires pour faire des cauchemars |
| Children's literature | Linda Amyot, Le jardin d'Amsterdam | India Desjardins, Le Noël de Marguerite Patrick Isabelle, Eux Jean-François Sénéchal, Feu Mélanie Tellier, Fiona |
| Children's illustration | Marianne Dubuc, Le lion et l'oiseau | Pascal Blanchet, Le Noël de Marguerite Manon Gauthier, Grand-mère, elle et moi… Isabelle Malenfant, Pablo trouve un trésor Pierre Pratt, Gustave |
| English to French translation | Daniel Poliquin, L'Indien malcommode: un portrait inattendu des Autochtones d'Amérique du Nord (Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America) | Éric Fontaine, Les Blondes (Emily Schultz, The Blondes) Hervé Juste, Poisson d'avril (Josip Novakovich, April Fool's Day) Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, La femme Hokusai (Katherine Govier, The Ghost Brush) Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Une brève histoire des Indiens au Canada (Thomas King, A Short History of Indians in Canada) |