2008 Juries
The finalists of the Governor General’s Literary Awards are chosen by independent juries (seven English and seven French categories) appointed by the Canada Council. The juries, which meet separately, consider all eligible books published between September 1, 2007 and September 30, 2008 for English-language books and between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008 for French-language books. This year, a total of 906 titles in the English-language categories and 563 titles in the French-language categories, were submitted.
Fiction: Shauna Singh Baldwin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Greg Hollingshead (Edmonton), Jane Urquhart (Stratford)
Poetry: Di Brandt (Brandon, MB), Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (Toronto), Connie Fife (Nanaimo, B.C.)
Drama: Margaret Hollingsworth (Toronto), Sunil Kuruvilla (Waterloo), Kent Stetson (Montreal)
Non-fiction: Marian Botsford Fraser (Toronto), Terry Glavin (Victoria), Chantal Hébert (Montreal)
Children’s Literature – Text: Michael Kusugak (Rankin Inlet, NU), Kevin Major (St. John’s, NL), Teresa Toten (Toronto)
Children’s Literature – Illustration: Victor Bosson (Victoria), Jirina Marton (Colborne, ON), Janie Jaehyun Park (Toronto)
Translation: Lorin Card (Kelowna), Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood (Verdun), John Van Burek (Toronto)
Fiction: Lise Bissonnette (Montreal), Ying Chen (Vancouver), Robert Lalonde (Montreal)
Poetry: Franz Benjamin (Montreal), Martine Jacquot (Waterville, NB), Pauline Michel (Montreal)
Drama: Michel Marc Bouchard (Montreal), Royds Fuentes-Imbert (Montreal), Geneviève Pineault (Sudbury)
Non-fiction: Hervé Fischer (Montreal), Monique LaRue (Montreal), Victor Teboul (Montreal)
Children’s Literature – Text: Ginette Anfousse (Rivière-Rouge, QC), Édith Bourget (Saint-Jacques, NB), Michel Noël (Saint-Damien, QC)
Children’s Literature – Illustration: Jean-Paul Eid (Montreal), Joanne Ouellet (Lac Beauport, QC), Christine Sioui (Montreal)
Translation: Pierre Anctil (Ottawa), Émile Martel (Montreal), Paule Noyart (Bromont, QC)