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      Governor General's Literary Award Winners

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      2015 Children's Literature

      The Gospel Truth

      Pignat, Caroline

      Winner · Children's Literature

      2015 Children's Illustration

      Sidewalk Flowers

      Lawson, JonArno

      Winner · Children's Illustration

      2015 Translation

      Twenty-One Cardinals

      Saucier, Jocelyne

      Winner · Translation

      2014 Children's Literature

      When Everything Feels Like the Movies

      Reid, Raziel

      Winner · Children's Literature

      2013 Fiction

      The Luminaries

      Catton, Eleanor

      Winner · Fiction

      2012 Translation

      Mai at the Predators' Ball

      Blais, Marie-Claire

      Winner · Translation

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      Children's Literature

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      41 results across this category

      Children's Illustration

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      34 results across this category

      Translation

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      21 results across this category

      Fiction

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      19 results across this category

      Children's Illustrated

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      5 results across this category

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