2021 Craving CanLit

To celebrate Canadian authors, we’ve put together this list of fiction and graphic novels published between October 2020 and September 2021. This is the timeframe we accepted submissions for the 2021 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.

2021 Craving CanLit

To celebrate Canadian authors, we’ve put together this list of fiction and graphic novels published between October 2020 and September 2021. This is the timeframe we accepted submissions for the 2021 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.

Home of the Floating book cover

Home of the Floating Lily
Silmy Abdullah

JUNE 22, 2021
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

Life is Like Canadian Football and Other Authentic Folk Songs book cover

Life is Like Canadian Football and Other Authentic Folk Songs
Henry Adam Svec

JUNE 10, 2021
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

The Night Piece book cover

The Night Piece
André Alexis

OCTOBER 13, 2020
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

Emily's New Everything book cover

Emily’s New Everything
Elizabeth Allison

APRIL 8, 2021
SHOP LOCAL

The Almost Wife book cover

The Almost Wife
Gail Anderson-Dargatz

JULY 6, 2021
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

Her Turn book cover

Her Turn
Katherine Ashenburg

JULY 27, 2021
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The Push book cover

The Push
Ashley Audrain

JANUARY 5, 2021
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

One Who Has Been Here Before book cover

One Who Has Been Here Before
Rebecca Babcock

APRIL 12, 2021
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

Ketchup & Carbonara
Steven Bale

MAY 27, 2021
SHOP LOCAL

Censorettes book cover

Censorettes
Elizabeth Bales Frank

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Foregone book cover

Forgone
Russell Banks

MARCH 16, 201
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

Why the Rock Falls book cover

Why the Rock Falls
J.E. Barnard

NOVEMBER 14, 2020
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The Party is Here book cover

The Party is Here
Georgina Beaty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
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Erase and Rewind book cover

Erase and Rewind
Meghan Bell

MAY 18, 2021
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Bleeding Light book cover

Bleeding Light
Rob Benvie

JULY 6, 2021
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Out of Mind book cover

Out of Mind
David Bergen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
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Why Birds Sing book cover

Why Birds Sing
Nina Berkhout

OCTOBER 6, 2020
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The Most Precious Substance on Earth book cover

The Most Precious Substance on Earth
Shashi Bhat

AUGUST 24, 2021
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Music from a Strange Planet book cover

Music from a Strange Planet
Barbara Black

MAY 7, 2021
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Songs for Angel book cover

Songs for Angel
Marie-Claire Blais

JULY 6, 2021
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The Fifth book cover

The Fifth
MP Boisvert

FEBRUARY 5, 2021
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The Rebellious Tide book cover

The Rebellious Tide
Eddy Boudel Tan

JULY 13, 2021
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Astra book cover

Astra
Cedar Bowers

Unravelling
Josephine Boxwell

OCTOBER 1, 2020
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

Thirst for Justice book cover

Thirst for Justice
David R. Boyd

OCTOBER 27, 2020
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Midland book cover

Midland
Ross Breithaupt

JULY 15, 2021
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Suture book cover

Suture
Nic Brewer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
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The Doomsday Book of Fairytales book cover

The Doomsday Book of Fairy Tales
Emily Brewes

MAY 11, 2021
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Daughter of Black Lake book cover

Daughter of Black Lake
Cathy Marie Buchanan

OCTOBER 13, 2020
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White Lie book cover

White Lie
Clint Burnham

AUGUST 15, 2021
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Constant Nobody book cover

Constant Nobody
Michelle Butler Hallett

MARCH 2, 2021
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The Weight of Blood book cover

The Weight of Blood
D.B. Carew

NOVEMBER 1, 2020
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Il Vagabondo: An Urban Opera book cover

Il Vagabondo: An Urban Opera
Glenn Carley

APRIL 1, 2021
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Midnight book cover

Midnight
Brendan Carlson

JULY 20, 2021
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Night Call book cover

Night Call
Brenden Carlson

OCTOBER 17, 2020
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The Cat Possessed book cover

The Cat Possessed
Louise Carson

OCTOBER 1, 2020
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Ananias book cover

Ananias
James Case

OCTOBER 1, 2020
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What Storm What Thunder book cover

What Storm, What Thunder
Myriam J.A. Chancy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
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Waiting for a Star to Fall book cover

Waiting for a Star to Fall
Kerry Clare

OCTOBER 27, 2020
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To See Out the Nigh book cover

To See Out the Night
David Clerson

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
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Notice book cover

Notice
Dustin Cole

OCTOBER 17, 2020
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The Speed of Mercy book cover

The Speed of Mercy
Christy Ann

MARCH 23, 2021
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Second Place book cover

Second Place
Rachel Cusk

APRIL 5, 2021
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Even So book cover

Even So
Lauren B. Davis

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
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The Retreat book cover

The Retreat
Elisabeth de Mariaffi

JULY 13, 2021
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Red X book cover

Red X
David Demchuk

AUGUST 31, 2021
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Stung book cover

Stung
William Deverell

MARCH 30, 2021
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Just Like a Real Person book cover

Just Like a Real Person
Doug Diaczuk

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
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The Liquor Vicar book cover

The Liquor Vicar
Vince R. Ditrich

AUGUST 17, 2021
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Bootleg Stardust book cover

Bootleg Stardust
Glenn Dixon

APRIL 6, 2021
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The Adventures of Israel book cover

The Adventures of Isabel
Candas Jane Dorsey

OCTOBER 20, 2020
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Fishnets & Fantasies book cover

Fishnets & Fantasies
Jane Doucet

JUNE 2, 2021
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The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour book cover

The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour
Dawn Dumont

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
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Tainna book cover

Tainna
Norma Dunning

MARCH 27, 2021
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Lake Crescent book cover

Lake Crescent
J.J. Dupuis

JULY 6, 2021
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Speak, Silence book cover

Speak, Silence
Kim Echlin

Tenure book cover

Tenure
Kieran Egan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
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The Historians book cover

The Historians
Cecilia Ekbäck

NOVEMBER 3, 2020
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I Am Ariel Sharon book cover

I Am Ariel Sharon
Yara El-Ghadban

NOVEMBER 17, 2020
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Affect book cover

Affect
Charlene Elsby

OCTOBER 21, 2020
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