Words At Large

GG Non-fiction nominees

Posted by Words At Large Admin on November 13 at 11:57 PM

Award winning Truths

From vanishing species to gun culture in Canada ,the nominees for this year's Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction cover a lot of ground and Words At Large is there.

The jury's out on this $25,000. award and we won't hear til November 27th just who the lucky winner is. Could it be the former parliamentarian with the inside scoop on the private life of one of Canada's most controversial prime ministers? How about the archaeologist who dug up traces of the underground railroad in a school in Toronto? Then there's the hiphop magazine duo who investigate guns and music; a biologist who has an answer for our vanishing songbirds and finally a challenging yet hopeful experience with AIDS in Africa.

The Words at Large podcast will have more on this year's 5 nominated books.

The nominees are:

Enter the Babylon SystemRodrigo Bascuñán & Christian Pearce - Enter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent









Citizen of the WorldJohn English - Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968











28: Stories of AIDS in AfricaStephanie Nolen - 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa











I’ve Got a Home in Glory LandKarolyn Smardz Frost - I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad











Silence of the SongbirdsBridget Stutchbury - Silence of the Songbirds: How We Are Losing the World’s Songbirds and What We Can Do to Save Them











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