Each winner of the 1989 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. [1] The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. [2]
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction |  Paul Quarrington, Whale Music |
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| Non-fiction | Robert Calder, Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham |
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| Poetry | Heather Spears, The Word for Sand |
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| Drama | Judith Thompson, The Other Side of the Dark | |
| Children's literature | Diana Wieler, Bad Boy |
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| Children's illustration | Robin Muller, The Magic Paintbrush |
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| French to English translation | Wayne Grady, On the Eighth Day |
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| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction | Louis Hamelin, La Rage |
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| Non-fiction | Lise Noël, L'Intolérance : une problématique générale |
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| Poetry | Pierre DesRuisseaux, Monème |
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| Drama | Michel Garneau, Mademoiselle Rouge |
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| Children's literature | Charles Montpetit, Temps mort |
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| Children's illustration | Stéphane Poulin, Benjamin et la saga des oreillers |
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| English to French translation | Jean Antonin Billard, Les Âges de l'amour |
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