Foran, Garfinkel and Gwyn Shortlisted for Governor General’s Literary Awards

By Westwood Creative ArtistsOctober 15, 2011News

WCA is thrilled to announce that Charles Foran, Jonathan Garfinkel and Richard Gwyn have all been shortlisted for 2011 Governor General’s Literary Awards; Garfinkel in the Drama category, Gwyn and Foran in the Non-fiction category. The GGs, Canada’s national book awards celebrate the excellence of Canadian writers, illustrators and translators.

Charles Foran, Mordecai: The Life & Times (Alfred A. Knopf Canada)

Jonathan Garfinkel, House of Many Tongues
(Playwrights Canada Press)

Richard Gwyn, Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Volume Two: 1867-1891
(Random House Canada)

For more information please visit:

http://987321654.canadacouncil.net/en/newsandevents-nouvellesetevenements/News%20release%20-%20communique_11oct.aspx

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Foran, Garfinkel and Gwyn Shortlisted for Governor General’s Literary Awards

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