# 2006 Governor General's Awards

The 2006 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (68 books) were announced October 16, winners announced November 21 and awards presented December 13. The prize for writers and illustrators was $15,000 and "a specially bound copy of the winning book".
In a novelty, the winners were announced at simultaneous press conferences in Toronto and Montreal, with English-language assembled in Toronto and French-language winners assembled in Montreal. The finale spanned two days in Ottawa, with presentations December 13 at Rideau Hall, the Governor General's residence; readings and books signings at Library and Archives Canada on December 14.

## English

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Peter Behrens, The Law of Dreams | Trevor Cole, The Fearsome Particles Bill Gaston, Gargoyles Paul Glennon, The Dodecahedron, or A Frame for Frames Rawi Hage, De Niro's Game |
| Non-fiction | Ross King, The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism | Afua Cooper, The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal Susanne Reber and Robert Renaud, Starlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild Michael Strangelove, The Empire of Mind: Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement Christine Wiesenthal, The Half-Lives of Pat Lowther |
| Poetry | John Pass, Stumbling in the Bloom | Ken Babstock, Airstream Land Yacht Elizabeth Bachinsky, Home of Sudden Service Dionne Brand, Inventory Sharon Thesen, The Good Bacteria |
| Drama | Daniel MacIvor, I Still Love You | Morwyn Brebner, The Optimists Lisa Codrington, Cast Iron Jason Sherman, Adapt or Die: Plays New and Used Drew Hayden Taylor, In a World Created by a Drunken God |
| Children's literature | William Gilkerson, Pirate's Passage | André Alexis, Ingrid and the Wolf Glen Huser, Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen Teresa Toten, Me and the Blondes Budge Wilson, Friendships |
| Children's illustration | Leo Yerxa, Ancient Thunder | Eugenie Fernandes, Earth Magic Annouchka Gravel Galouchko and Stéphan Daigle, The Birdman Jon Morse, Casey at the Bat Maxwell Newhouse, Let's Go for a Ride |
| French to English translation | Hugh Hazelton, Vetiver (Vétiver, Joël Des Rosiers) | Sheila Fischman, The Bicycle Eater (Le Mangeur de bicyclette, Larry Tremblay) Linda Gaboriau, Assorted Candies (Bonbons assortis, Michel Tremblay) Lazer Lederhendler, The Immaculate Conception (L'Immaculée Conception, Gaétan Soucy) Fred A. Reed, A Threat from Within: A Century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism (Au nom de la Torah : une histoire de l'opposition juive au sionisme, Yakov M. Rabkin) |

## French

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Andrée Laberge, La Rivière du loup | Michael Delisle, Le sort de fille Louis Hamelin, Sauvages Jocelyne Saucier, Jeanne sur les routes Pierre Yergeau, La Cité des vents |
| Non-fiction | Pierre Ouellet, À force de voir: histoire de regards | Marie-Françoise Guédon, Le rêve et la forêt: histoires de chamanes nabesna Thierry Hentsch, Le temps aboli: l'Occident et ses grands récits Michaël La Chance, Paroxysmes: la parole hyperbolique Catherine Mavrikakis, Condamner à mort: les meurtres et la loi à l'écran |
| Poetry | Hélène Dorion, Ravir: les lieux | Paul Bélanger, Origine des méridiens Jacques Brault, L'artisan Louise Cotnoir, Les îles Benoît Jutras, L'Étang noir |
| Drama | Évelyne de la Chenelière, Désordre public | Olivier Choinière, Venise-en-Québec Jean-Marc Dalpé, Août: un repas à la campagne Reynald Robinson, Blue Bayou, la maison de l'étalon |
| Children's literature | Dany Laferrière, Je suis fou de Vava | Édith Bourget, Les saisons d'Henri Fernande D. Lamy, Cauchemar aveugle Françoise Lepage, Poupeska Daniel Mativat, Nuits rouges |
| Children's illustration | Rogé, Le gros monstre qui aimait trop lire | Steve Adams, Le trésor de Jacob Marie Lafrance, Le petit chien de laine Lino, Les cendres de maman Frédéric Normandin, Je suis fou de Vava |
| English to French translation | Sophie Voillot, Un jardin de papier (Salamander, Thomas Wharton) | Dominique Fortier, Parlez-vous boro: voyage aux pays des langues menacées (Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages, Mark Abley) Dominique Fortier, L'Arbre: une vie (Tree: A Life Story, David Suzuki and Wayne Grady) Daniel Poliquin, L'homme qui voulait boire la mer (The Man Who Wanted to Drink Up the Sea, Pan Bouyoucas) Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, L'Odyssée de Pénélope (The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood) |