They've announced the (Canadian) Governor General's Literary Award, which are awarded in several genres, for both French and English works.
The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton, took the English fiction prize (I still haven't seen a copy, but hope to eventually get to it; get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk), while a Stéphanie Pelletier story-collection won the French fiction award.
The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton, took the English fiction prize (I still haven't seen a copy, but hope to eventually get to it; get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk), while a Stéphanie Pelletier story-collection won the French fiction award.