1. Home
  2. Live Updates
  3. Governor generals literary award

Live Breaking News & Updates on Governor Generals Literary Award

Stay updated with breaking news from Governor generals literary award. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

GG Winners Circle: Eric Walters (Young people's literature – text)


The King of Jam Sandwiches
is a very personal book. There are few books for children that present the realities of growing up in poverty so authentically. Your novel is about survival and also about hope. What brings you hope?
My wife, my kids, my grandkids. You’ve got to have a sense of hope. I’m relentlessly optimistic, even when I shouldn’t be. This book is so much a part of who I am. Just like the main character Robbie, I really believed that if I got up earlier than everybody every single day and worked harder and longer than everybody else, then I could get somewhere. That’s been my ongoing life passage. And I always knew everything was going to work out, and I believe that continually. What’s that saying – if you haven’t reached a happy ending, it’s obviously not the ending. We just keep moving forward. ....

Eric Walters , Governor General , Literary Award Winning , Jam Sandwiches , Governor Generals Literary Award , Orca Book Publishers , The King Of Jam Sandwiches , எரிக் வால்டர்ஸ் , கவர்னர் ஜநரல் , இலக்கிய விருது வென்றது , ஜாம் சாண்ட்விச்கள் , ஆர்க நூல் வெளியீட்டாளர்கள் ,

GG Winners Circle: the Fan Brothers (Young people's literature – illustrated book)


GG Winners Circle: the Fan Brothers (Young people’s literature – illustrated book)
The Barnabus Project, about a secret lab deep underground where “failed projects” live, sees all three Fan Brothers – Terry, Eric, and Devin – team up for their first picture-book collaboration. “We feel privileged to have it all come together, and to win an award for our first official collaboration is pretty special,” says Eric. The idea for this heartwarming story about finding where you truly belong is inspired by “a little drawing Devin did 30 years ago, and we always wanted to make it into a book.”
The Fan Brothers spoke with ....

Barnabus Project , Governor Generals Literary Award , The Barnabus Project , The Fan Brothers , Tundra Books , பர்னபஸ் ப்ராஜெக்ட் , டன்ட்ரா புத்தகங்கள் ,