No other GG category seems to stir up as much trouble as the Children’s Lit award does (although there was also a snafu in the poetry category this year). It is a young adult graphic novel that is held in high regard in the literary community and was an interesting magnet for some controversy in 2008. That number may grow though, I’m going to be starting to collect the winners of the Governor-General’s Award for Children’s Illustration in the near future now that I’ve gathered all of the fiction, poetry, and drama winners. The number of graphic novels in my CanLit collection has grown slightly – I’m up to a whole 5 titles now. As I said then, I see graphic novels as not a literary form per se, more of a blend of art and literature – a genre in its own right without parallel. In 2011, when a graphic novel, Essex County by Jeff Lemire, was chosen for Canada Reads, I wasn’t exactly thrilled. Also on this blog, I’ve also talked about how the graphic novel isn’t a genre I’m especially familiar with. I’ve talked on this blog before about how young adult lit isn’t really my thing, unless it is a particularly important or well-known piece. Shortlisted for the 2008 Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature Winner of the 2009 Doug Wright Award for Best Book Winner of the 2008 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel
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