2020 Craving CanLit

To celebrate Canadian authors, we’ve put together this list of fiction and graphic novels published between October 2019 and September 2020. This is the timeframe we accepted submissions for the 2020 Giller Prize. If we’ve missed someone, please email us at info [at] scotiabankgillerprize.ca so we can add them.

Please note we do our best to keep this page up-to-date. The most accurate information including publication dates can be found on the publisher’s website.

2020 Craving CanLit

To celebrate Canadian authors, we’ve put together this list of fiction and graphic novels published between October 2019 and September 2020. This is the timeframe we accepted submissions for the 2020 Giller Prize. If we’ve missed someone, please email us at info [at] scotiabankgillerprize.ca so we can add them.

Please note we do our best to keep this page up-to-date. The most accurate information including publication dates can be found on the publisher’s website.

Ridgerunner book cover

Ridgerunner
Gil Adamson

MAY 12, 2020
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A Russian Sister book cover

A Russian Sister
Caroline Adderson

AUGUST 18, 2020
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In the Beggarly Style of Imitation book cover

In the Beggarly Style of Imitation
Jean Marc Ah-Sen

MAY 18, 2020
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I Can't Get You Out of My Mind book cover

I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind
Marianne Apostolides

APRIL 7, 2020
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In the Wild book cover

Alone in the Wild
Kelley Armstrong

FEBRUARY 11, 2020
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Every Step She Takes book cover

Every Step She Takes
K.L. Armstrong

JUNE 30, 2020
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Filthy Sugar book cover

Filthy Sugar
Heather Babcock

MAY 22, 2020
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Evie of the Deepthorn book cover

Evie of the Deepthorn
André Babyn

FEBRUARY 8, 2020
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Woman on the Edge book cover

Woman on the Edge
Samantha M. Bailey

NOVEMBER 26, 2019
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A Song from Faraway book cover

A Song from Faraway
Deni Ellis Béchard

MAY 12, 2020
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The Structure is Rotten, Comrade
Viken Berberian

JUNE 4, 2019
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Here the Dark book cover

Here the Dark
David Bergen

MARCH 10, 2020
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Good Mothers Don't book cover

Good Mother’s Don’t
Laura Best

JUNE 3, 2020
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Noopiming book cover

Noopiming
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
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Always Brave, Sometimes Kind book cover

Always Brave, Sometimes Kind
Katie Bickell

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
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A Family Affair book cover

A Family Affair
Nadine Bismuth

AUGUST 25, 2020
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The Good German book cover

The Good German
Dennis Bock

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
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After Elias book cover

After Elias
Eddy Boudel Tan

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
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Where the Waters Meet book cover

Where the Waters Meet
Stéphanie Boulay

MARCH 30, 2020
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Seeking Shade book cover

Seeking Shade
Frances Boyle

AUGUST 5, 2020
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Honey book cover

Honey
Brenda Brooks

OCTOBER 1, 2019
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Recipe for a Perfect Wife book cover

Recipe for a Perfect Wife
Karma Brown

DECEMBER 21, 2019
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Brighten the Corner Where You Are book cover

Brighten the Corner Where You Are
Carol Bruneau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
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Orphans of Empire book cover

Orphan’s of Empire
Grant Buday

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
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The Desirable Sister book cover

The Desirable Sister
Taslim Burkowicz

OCTOBER 28, 2019
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Blaze Island book cover

Blaze Island
Catherine Bush

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
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The Wild Heavens book cover

The Wild Heavens
Sarah Louise Butler

MARCH 21, 2020
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Mina's Child book cover

Mina’s Child
Paul F. Butler

MAY 22, 2020
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Some People's Children book cover

Some People’s Children
Bridget Canning

APRIL 17, 2020
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The Handsome Man book cover

The Handsome Man
Brad Casey

APRIL 28, 2020
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How a Woman Becomes a Lake book cover

How a Woman Becomes a Lake
Marjorie Celona

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
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The Library of Legends book cover

The Library of Legends
Janie Chang

APRIL 28, 2020
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Dancing After Ten
Vivian Chong

JUNE 30, 2020
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Broken Man on a Halifax Pier book club

Broken Man on a Halifax Pier
Lesley Choyce

OCTOBER 12, 2019
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Watching You Without Me book cover

Watching You Without Me
Lynn Coady

OCTOBER 1, 2019
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A Grandmother Named Love book cover

A Grandmother Named Love
A.S. Compton

OCTOBER 15, 2019
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One Madder Woman book cover

One Madder Woman
Dede Crane

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
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The Spoon Stealer book cover

The Spoon Stealer
Lesley Crewe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
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All I Ask book cover

All I Ask
Eva Crocker

AUGUST 4, 2020
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Seeing Martin book cover

Seeing Martin
Su Croll

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
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The Envy of Paradise book cover

The Envy of Paradise
Jocelyn Cullity

OCTOBER 15, 2019
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The Transaction book cover

The Transaction
Guglielmo D’izzia

MAY 1, 2020
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The Inquirer book cover

The Inquirer
Jaclyn Dawn

OCTOBER 1, 2019
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Primary Obsessions book cover

Primary Obsessions
Charles Demers

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
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Lightness book cover

Lightness
Fanie Demeule

FEBRUARY 14, 2020
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Rolling Thunder book cover

Rolling Thunder
A.J. Devlin

MAY 15, 2020
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Seven book cover

Seven
Farzana Doctor

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
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The Pull of the Stars book cover

The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue

JULY 21, 2020
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Symphony No. 3
Chris Eaton

OCTOBER 8, 2019
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Butter Honey Pig Bread book cover

Butter Honey Pig Bread
Francesca Ekwuyasi

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
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Like Rum Drunk Angels book cover

Like Rum-Drunk Angels
Tyler Enfield

MARCH 3, 2020
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The Daughter Who Walked Away book cover

The Daughter Who Walked Away
Kimia Eslah

NOVEMBER 1, 2019
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The Swan Suit book cover

The Swan Suit
Katherine Fawcett

MARCH 14, 2020
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The Finder book cover

The Finder
Will Ferguson

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
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Carousel book cover

Carousel
April Ford

MAY 8, 2020
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The Electric Baths book cover

The Electric Baths
Jean-Michel Fortier

AUGUST 1, 2020
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Exile Blues book cover

Exile Blues
Douglas Gary Freeman

NOVEMBER 1, 2019
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Universal Disorder book cover

Universal Disorder
Bernice Friesen

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
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Bone Black book cover

Bone Black
Carol Rose GoldenEagle

OCTOBER 19, 2019
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Five Little Indians book cover

Five Little Indians
Michelle Good

APRIL 14, 2020
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