Authors from N.L. among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards

Two authors from Newfoundland and Labrador are among the five writers nominated for the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award for English fiction.

And another author from the province is nominated for adapting a novel into a play.

Joel Thomas Hynes was nominated for his novelWe'll all be Burnt in our Beds Some Night and Kathleen Winter is in the running for her book Lost in September.

• Kathleen Winter has a giant pile of books she's been meaning to read

Newfoundland author and playwright Robert Chafe isnominated in the drama category, for adapting a Wayne Johnston novel, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, into a stage play.

Winter, who has lived in Montreal for the past few years, writes about a homeless ex-soldier camping out on the streets in Quebec as he grapples with post-traumatic stress disorder.

ThomasHynes'sbook follows a scrappy tough guy who hitchhikes across Canada to deliver his girlfriend's ashes to a beach on the outskirts of Vancouver. The book is also on the long list for the 2017 ScotiabankGiller Prize.

The Governor General awards carry a prize of $25,000. They are given annuallyin seven English and seven French categoriesfor fiction, poetry, nonfiction and young people's literature.

Competing against Winter and Thomas Hynes are Alison MacLeodfor All the Beloved Ghosts,Michael Kaan for The Water Beetlesand Jocelyn Parr for UncertainWeights and Measures.

The winners will be announced Nov. 1.