The Governor General's Literary Award for Non-fiction (English) is awarded annually for a book written by a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.

1998

• David Adams Richards – Lines on the Water - A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi

Also shortlisted:

• Wayne Grady – The Quiet Limit of the World - A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global Warming
• Charlotte Gray – Mrs. King - The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King
• Judy Schultz – Mamie's Children - Three Generations of Prairie Women
• Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson – Stolen Life - The Journey of a Cree Woman

Added 02 February 2006.
Updated 07 November 2007.