Dianne Warren‘s debut novel COOL WATER (Harper Canada/Phyllis Bruce Books) won the Governor General’s Award for fiction. As the National Post points out, Kathleen Winter’s debut novel ANNABEL was the only book nominated for all three of Canada’s major literary prizes, but has not won any of the honors.Full GG winners The Costa Book Awards shortlists for five categories were just announced in the UK. Winners will be named on January 5, with the overall Costa winner to be picked on January 25.Among the candidates: First Novel Witness the Night, by Kishwar Desai Coconut Unlimited, by Nikesh Shukla The Temple-Goers, […]