Governor-General's Literary Award Winners Revealed Nino Ricci won the English-language fiction award for
The Origin of Species, while two
Globe and Mail writers took honors for non-fiction (Christie Blatchford for
Fifteen Days, about Canadian Army units in Afghanistan) and children's literature (John Ibbitson for
The Landing). The prizes, seven each for English- and French-language work, are worth C$25,000.
CBC 11/18/08