The shortlisted nominees for the 2025 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 21, 2025,"Governor General’s Literary Awards shortlists announced". Quill & Quire, October 21, 2025. and the winners were announced on November 6.Nicole Thompson, "Kyle Edwards wins Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction". Toronto Star, November 6, 2025.
English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Kyle Edwards, Small CeremoniesBenjamin Hertwig, Juiceboxers Fawn Parker, Hi, It's Me Maria Reva, Endling Katherena Vermette, real ones Non-fiction Claire Cameron, How to Survive a Bear AttackShane Neilson, What to Feel, How to Feel: Lyric Essays on Neurodivergence and Neurofatherhood Vinh Nguyen, The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse Ruby Smith Dίaz, Searching for Serafim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim “Joe” Fortes Teresa Wong, All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey Poetry Karen Solie, WellwaterFarah Ghafooor, Shadow Price Lorna Goodison, Dante’s Inferno: A new translation Michael Trussler, 10:10 Douglas Walbourne-Gough, Island Drama Tara Beagan, Rise, Red RiverCatherine Banks, Downed Hearts Tara Beagan, The Ministry of Grace Alisa Palmer and Hannah Moscovitch, Fall on Your Knees Anusree Roy, Little Pretty and The Exceptional Children's literature Heather Smith, TigDeborah Ellis, The Outsmarters Kenneth Oppel, Best of All Worlds Léa Taranto, A Drop in the Ocean Richard Van Camp, Beast Children's illustration Tonya Simpson and Delreé Dumont, This Land Is a LullabyGuojing, Oasis Sid Sharp, Bog Myrtle Kathy Stinson and Brooke Kerrigan, The Rock and the Butterfly Tanya Tagaq and Cee Pootoogook, It Bears Repeating French to English translation Jessica Moore, Uiesh/Somewhere (Joséphine Bacon, Uiesh/Quelque part)Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott, Farida (Monia Mazigh, Farida) Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall, Muybridge (Guy Delisle, Muybridge) Catherine Khordoc, Baldwin, Styron and Me (Mélikah Abdelmoumen, Baldwin, Styron et moi) Donald Winkler, May Our Joy Endure (Kev Lambert, Que notre joie demeure)
French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Katia Belkhodja, Les déterréesAlexandra Boilard-Lefebvre, Une histoire silencieuse Martina Chumova, Je mets mes rêves sur la table Patrice Lessard, Rapines Cristina Vanciu, Femmes silencieuses Non-fiction Ouanessa Younsi, Soigner, écrireAlain Denault, Faire que! L’engagement politique à l’ère de l’inouï Nathalie Plaat, Mourir de froid, c’est beau, c’est long, c’est délicieux Maïka Sondarjee, Tu viens d’où? Réflexions sur le métissage et les frontières Louise Warren, Recueillir Poetry Paul Chanel Malenfant, Au passage du fleuveAngelina Guo, Comparution Catherine Harton, Les sutures Stéphane Martelly, Mourir est beau Laurence Veilleux, Aller aux corps Drama Éric Noël, Ces regards amoureux de garçons altérésMaxime Brillon, Awards Rébecca Déraspe, Fanny Olivier Kemeid, La vengeance et l’oubli Danièle LeBlanc, Paysages Children's literature Laurie Léveillé, Coup basLaura Doyle Péan, Cheer Marc-André Dufour-Labbé, Fatigué mort Catherine Fouron, Vieille branche Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier, Tête boule disco Children's illustration Stéphane Laporte and Jacques Goldstyn, Un cadeau de Noël en novembreJocelyn Boisvert and Enzo, Le livre aspirateur Annick Lefebvre and Vincent Partel-Valette, En crise Charlotte Parent, Murielle et le mystère Catherine Trudeau and Qin Leng, Le tasse de Gilles English to French translation Sylvie Bérard and Suzanne Grenier, Les soeurs de la Muée (Larissa Lai, The Tiger Flu)Marie Frankland, Rouge (Mona Awad, Rouge) Annie Goulet, Créatures obscures du 21e siècle (Kim Fu, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century) Catherine Leroux, Étude pour l’obéissance (Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience) Geneviève Robichaud and Danielle LeBlanc, Nous, Jane (Aimee Wall, We, Jane)
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