Robertson, Toews among GG finalists
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The 2026 Governor General’s Literary Award short lists were revealed on Oct. 28, with finalists in 14 categories — seven in English and seven in French — announced.
The finalists in the adult fiction category are Suddenly Light by Nina Dunic, Mother of God by Sara Peters, Good Guys by Sharon Bala, The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts by Kim Fu and Property by Kate Cayley. Among the three fiction judges was Winnipeg novelist Joan Thomas, who won the award in 2019 for Five Wives.
In the adult non-fiction category, Manitoba-born, Toronto-based Miriam Toews is a finalist for A Truce That is Not Peace, her ruminations on why she writes. The other finalists are You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times by Saeed Teebi, The Lobster Trap: The Global Fight for a Seafood on the Brink by Greg Mercer, Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival by Trina Moyles and The Work of our Hands: A Cree Meditation on the Real World by Adrian Sutherland. Winnipeg author Lindsay Wong was one of the three judges in the category.
Winnipeg Swampy Cree author David A. Robertson is in the running for his third Governor General’s Literary Award, this time in the Young People’s Literature — Text category for his middle-grade novel The World’s End, the sixth and final book of his Misewa Saga.
Winners will be announced Nov. 12; each will receive $25,000. For a complete list of finalists see ggbooks.ca.
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Winnipeg author (and Free Press web editor) David Jón Fuller will be at the Indigo store in St. Vital Shopping Centre today from 1 to 4 p.m., signing copies of his debut novel Venue 13.
Published by Turnstone Press in June 2026, the book follows an aspiring theatre owner who purchases a venue, only to find it’s haunted — perfect for Halloween.
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University of Manitoba sociology and criminology professor Andrew Woolford will drop by McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location on Tuesday at 7 p.m. to launch his latest book Genocide in Canada: A Critical Approach (Fernwood Publications).
In the book, Woolford traces debates about the use of the term “genocide” in this country, particularly as it pertains to colonialism and Indigenous Peoples.
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Author Christian Laforet (also known as C.M. Forest) will be popping by Raven’s End Books (1859 Portage Ave.) on Wednesday at noon to launch and sign copies of F*ck This Place, co-written by Marcus Hawke.
The Ontario writer’s other work includes the novel Infested, the short-story collection The Roots Run Deep and the novella We All Fall Before the Harvest.
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On Friday at 7 p.m., Anishinaabe author Jesse Wente stops by McNally Robinson’s Grant Park location to launch the follow-up to his award-winning memoir/manifesto Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance.
Wente’s latest, Tough Lies, Indigenous Belonging and My Healing Through Golf, chronicles his healing path and its relation to overall themes of reconciliation, personal experiences the author has grappled with and the unexpected role the sport of golf has played in his healing.
Wente will be joined in conversation by Winnipeg-based Cree poet Rosanna Deerchild.
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The Lane Anderson Award, which celebrates the best of Canadian science writing for adult and younger readers, has released the three-book short lists in each of the categories.
The finalists in the adult award are The Lobster Trap: The Global Fight for a Seafood on the Brink by Greg Mercer, Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist by Sarah Boon and The Mind Mappers: Friendship, Betrayal and the Obsessive Quest to Chart the Brain by Eric Andrew-Gee.
In the young readers category, the finalists are: The Buzz on Wild Bees: The Little-Known Pollinators that Keep Our Planet Humming, written by Kira Vermond and illustrated by June Steube; The Gland Factory: A Tour of Your Body’s Goops, Juices, and Hormones, written by Rachel Poliquin and illustrated by Clayton Hanmer; and The Story and Science of Hope, written by Andrea Curtis and illustrated by Ana Suárez.
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