Jury
The finalists and the winners for the Governor General's Literary Awards are chosen by juries, or peer assessment committees, appointed by the Canada Council. The juries, which meet separately, consider all eligible books published between September 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009 for English-language books and between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009 for French-language books.
This year, 884 titles in the English-language categories and 657 titles in the French-language categories were submitted.
For more information on the jury/peer assessment process, read Peer Assessment: How the Council Makes its Funding Decisions.
English-language juries
Fiction:
Judy Fong Bates (Campbellford, ON)
Wayne Johnston (Toronto)
Shaena Lambert (Vancouver)
Poetry:
Janice Kulyk Keefer (Toronto)
George Murray (St. John's, NL)
John Pass (Madeira Park, BC)
Drama:
Sally Clark (Vancouver)
Bruce McManus (Winnipeg)
Drew Hayden Taylor (Curve Lake, ON)
Non-fiction:
Stephen Kimber (Halifax)
Ross A. Laird (Delta, BC)
Nelofer Pazira (Toronto)
Children's Literature - Text:
Tomson Highway (Noëlville, ON)
Pamela Porter (North Saanich, BC)
Alice Walsh (Lower Sackville, NS)
Children's Literature - Illustration:
Kyrsten Brooker (Edmonton)
Laura Jolicoeur-Simon (Dartmouth, NS)
Leo Yerxa (Ottawa)
Translation:
Betty Bednarski (Halifax)
Rhonda Mullins (Montreal)
John Murrell (Calgary)
French-language juries
Fiction:
Marie-Célie Agnant (Montreal)
Daniel Poliquin (Parrsboro, NS)
Pierre Samson (Montreal)
Poetry:
Carole David (Montreal)
Paul Chanel Malenfant (Rimouski, QC)
Benoît Doyon-Gosselin (Quebec City)
Drama:
Marie-Christine Lê Huu (Montreal)
Pierre-Yves Lemieux (Montreal)
Robert Marinier (Ottawa)
Non-fiction:
François Bugingo (Montreal)
Madeleine Gagnon (Montreal)
Roland Le Huenen (Toronto)
Children's Literature - Text:
Charlotte Gingras (Morin-Heights, QC)
Daniel Marchildon (Penetanguishene, ON)
Jean-Michel Schembré (Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, QC)
Children's Literature - Illustration:
Sylvie Daigneault (Toronto)
Virginie Egger (Montreal)
Rafael Sottolichio (Montreal)
Translation:
Jean Antonin Billard (Roxton Falls, QC)
Anne Malena (Edmonton)
Sophie Voillot (Montreal)