The winners of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards have been announced, with Joel Thomas Hynes of St. John's taking home the English fiction prize. The Canada Council for the Arts announced the winners Wednesday morning, picking 14 winning books out of 70 English and French finalists. The Governor General's Literary Awards have been handed out 81 years and are considered the most prestigious literary prizes in the country. Each winner receives a $25,000 prize and the publisher gets $3,000 to go towards promotions. Other English-language winners were The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (young people's literature- text), When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson and Julie Flett (young people's literature - illustrated books) and Readopolis by Oana Avasilichioaei (French to English translation).

Source: CBC News November 01, 2017 12:00 UTC