Governor General s Literary Award Winners Read at National Library of Canada Skip navigational links. For the eighth consecutive year, the National Library of Canada celebrates the Governor General s Literary Awards by inviting winners to read from their works. This year, the Gala Reading takes place in the Library s recently renovated auditorium on Wednesday, November 17, the evening following the announcement of the winners.
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We are proud to celebrate the accomplishments of Canada s best writers, illustrators and translators in this most literary of settings, Canada s home of the book. In A Day and Radio Canada television personality Odette Gough. The readings, in both English and French, will be followed by an autographing session. The Gala Reading is the highlight of the Library s fall literary program. The National Library, whose mandate it is to collect, preserve and promote Canada s published heritage, is the premier literary programmer in the National Capital Region.