3 Nova Scotians in running for Governor General's Awards

Three Nova Scotia writers have been nominated for Governor Generals Literary Awards.

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Lawrencetown writer Lesley Choyce is nominated in the English-language childrens literature category for his novel Jeremy Stone, the story of a First Nations teenager who moves from a residential school to a new community.

Pointe-de-l'glise poet Georgette LeBlanc is in the running forthe French-language poetry category with her work, Prudent.

Maria Mutch, who was born in Halifax and currently lives in Rhode Island is nominated in the non-fiction category for Know the Night: A Memoir of Survival in the Small Hours.

Winners will be announced Nov. 18.