The winners have been announced for this year's Governor General's Literary Awards. Vancouver-born, Montreal-based Madeleine Thien (TEE'-ehn) has won the fiction prize. And Saskatoon's Bill Waiser has received the non-fiction award. Tara Lapointe of the Canada Council of the Arts reveals some notable past winners. (The awards will be presented at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on November 30th.)

Date: 2016-10-25
Placeline: OTTAWA.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 14 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << there are people that you wouldn't be surprised obviously to know he had won the GGG like Margaret Atwood or a Michael on. She or Mordecai richler or Timothy Finley Jane or car they're all on the list >>

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