# 2007 Governor General's Awards

The 2007 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 16, winners announced November 27, and awards presented December 13. The prize for writers and illustrators was $25,000 and "a specially crafted copy of the winning book".
The $25,000 cash prize had been "increased from $15,000 in celebration of the Canada Council's 50th anniversary". The publishers of winning books continued to receive $3000, the creators of losing finalists $1000.

## English

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero | David Chariandy, Soucouyant Barbara Gowdy, Helpless Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals M. G. Vassanji, The Assassin's Song |
| Non-fiction | Karolyn Smardz Frost, I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad | Rodrigo Bascunan and Christian Pearce, Enter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent John English, Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968 Stephanie Nolen, 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa Bridget Stutchbury, Silence of the Songbirds: How We Are Losing the World's Songbirds and What We Can Do to Save Them |
| Poetry | Don Domanski, All Our Wonder Unavenged | Margaret Atwood, The Door Brian Henderson, Nerve Language Dennis Lee, Yesno Rob Winger, Muybridge's Horse |
| Drama | Colleen Murphy, The December Man | Salvatore Antonio, In Gabriel's Kitchen Anosh Irani, The Bombay Plays: The Matka King and Bombay Black Rosa Labordé, Léo Morris Panych, What Lies Before Us |
| Children's literature | Iain Lawrence, Gemini Summer | Hugh Brewster, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting Christopher Paul Curtis, Elijah of Buxton John Wilson, The Alchemist's Dream Eva Wiseman, Kanada |
| Children's illustration | Duncan Weller, The Boy from the Sun | Wallace Edwards, The Painted Circus Joanne Fitzgerald, The Blue Hippopotamus Jirina Marton, Marja's Skis Dusan Petricic, My New Shirt |
| French to English translation | Nigel Spencer, Augustino and the Choir of Destruction (Marie-Claire Blais, Augustino et le chœur de la déstruction) | Sheila Fischman, My Sister's Blue Eyes (Jacques Poulin, Les Yeux bleus de Mistassini) Robert Majzels and Erín Moure, Notebook of Roses and Civilization (Nicole Brossard, Cahier de roses et de civilisation) Rhonda Mullins, The Decline of the Hollywood Empire (Hervé Fischer, Le déclin de l'empire hollywoodien) John Murrell, Two Plays: John and Beatrice; Helen's Necklace (Carole Fréchette, Jean et Béatrice and Le collier d'Hélène) |

## French

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Sylvain Trudel, La mer de la tranquillité | Esther Croft, Le reste du temps Robert Lalonde, Espèces en voie de disparition Anthony Phelps, La contrainte de l'inachevé Hélène Rioux, Mercredi soir au Bout du monde |
| Non-fiction | Annette Hayward, La querelle du régionalisme au Québec (1904-1931): Vers l'autonomisation de la littérature québécoise | Roland Bourneuf, Pierres de touche Denise Brassard, Le souffle du passage: Poésie et essai chez Fernand Ouellette André Cellard, Une toupie sur la tête: Visages de la folie à Saint-Jean-de-Dieu Michel Cormier, La Russie des illusions: Regard d'un correspondent |
| Poetry | Serge Patrice Thibodeau, Seul on est | Martine Audet, Les manivelles Mario Brassard, La somme des vents contraires Catherine Fortin, Le silence est une voie navigable Rino Morin Rossignol, Intifada du cœur |
| Drama | Daniel Danis, Le chant du Dire-Dire | Sébastien Harrisson, Floes et D'Alaska Steve Laplante, Le Long de la Principale Suzanne Lebeau, Souliers de sable Wajdi Mouawad, Assoiffés |
| Children's literature | François Barcelo, La fatigante et le fainéant | Sophie Gironnay, Philou, architecte et associés André Leblanc, L'envers de la chanson: Des enfants au travail 1850-1950 Sylvain Meunier, Piercings sanglants Hélène Vachon, Les saisons vues par Schouster |
| Children's illustration | Geneviève Côté, La petite rapporteuse de mots | Stéphane-Yves Barroux, Superbricoleur: Le roi de la clef à molette Manon Gauthier, Ma maman du photomaton Caroline Merola, Une nuit en ville Daniel Sylvestre, Ma vie de reptile |
| English to French translation | Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Dernières notes (Tamas Dobozy, Last Notes and Other Stories) | Suzanne Anfossi, Trudeau: Citoyen du monde, tome 1: 1919-1968 (John English, Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968) Marie Frankland, La chaise berçante (A. M. Klein, The Rocking Chair) Claudine Vivier, Pas l'ombre d'une trace (Norah McClintock, Not a Trace) Sophie Voillot, La fin de l'alphabet (C. S. Richardson, The End of the Alphabet) |