2011 Governor General’s Award Winners Announced

Canada’s Governor General’s Awards are given annually to books published in Canada.  There are two awards given for children’s literature for French and English — one in illustration, and one for text.  This year’s winners in the text category are Christopher Moore for From Then to Now: A Short History of the World (Tundra Books) and Martin Fournier for Les aventures de Radisson – 1. L’enfer ne brûle pas (Les éditions du Septentrion).  In the illustration category, the winners are Cybele Young for Ten Birds (Kids Can) and Caroline Merola for Lili et les poilus (Dominique et Compagnie, a division of Éditions Héritage.)   Congratulations winners!  Check out the Canada Council website for full information on all the winners.  And oh, by the way, congratulations to the awards themselves — this is their 75th anniversary of awarding excellence in Canadian literature.