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.

The Centaur's Wife book cover

The Centaur’s Wife
Amanda Leduc

FEBRUARY 16, 2021
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

Image book cover

Image Decay
Mark Lisac

NOVEMBER 1, 2020
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

Breaking Right book cover

Breaking Right
D.A. Lockhart

APRIL 15, 2021
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

One Kingdom Under Heaven book cover

One Kingdom Under Heaven
Alastair Luft

JUNE 17, 2021
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

The Dying Detective book cover

The Dying Detective
Gerald Lynch

OCTOBER 1, 2020
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

The Crooked Thing book cover

The Crooked Thing
Mary MacDonald

OCTOBER 2, 2020
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Tenderness book cover

Tenderness
Alison MacLeod

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
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Kill the Mall book cover

Kill the Mall
Pasha Malla

FEBRUARY 2, 2021
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

Faux Friends book cover

Faux Friends
A.J. McCarthy

JUNE 10, 2021
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Once More, With Feeling book cover

Once More, With Feeling
Sophie McCreesh

AUGUST 24, 2021
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Urban Disturbances book cover

Urban Disturbances
Bruce McDougall

FEBRUARY 20, 2021
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To Know You're Alive book cover

You Know You’re Alive
Dakota McFadzean

NOVEMBER 1, 2020
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Every City is Every Other City book cover

Every City is Every Other City
John McFetridge

JUNE 1, 2021
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The Winter Wives book cover

The Winter Wives
Linden MacIntyre

JULY 27, 2021
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The Running Trees book cover

The Running Trees
Amber McMillan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
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Day for Night book cover

Day for Night
Jean McNeil

MAY 25, 2021
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The Snow Line book cover

The Snow Line
Tessa McWatt

AUGUST 24, 2021
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Business book cover

Business
J.P. Meyboom

JUNE 29, 2021
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Down in the Ground book cover

Down in the Ground
Bruce Meyer

OCTOBER 1, 2020
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Marilla Before Anne book club

Marilla Before Anne
Louise Michalos

MAY 25, 2021
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Mirror Lake book cover

Mirror Lake
Andrée A. Michaud

MARCH 2, 2021
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Without Blood book cover

Without Blood
Martin Michaud

JANUARY 19, 2021
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Handwringers book cover

handwringers
Sarah Mintz

MAY 4, 2021
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The Detective and the Spy book cover

The Detective and the Spy
Angela Misri

OCTOBER 24, 2020
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

The Annual Migration of Clouds book cover

The Annual Migration of Clouds
Premee Mohamed

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
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New Girl in Little Cove book cover

New Girl in Little Cove
Damhnait Monaghan

MARCH 2, 2021
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Such Miracles and Mischiefs book cover

Such Miracles and Mischiefs
Trudy J. Morgan-Cole

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
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The List of Last Chances book cover

The List of Last Chances
Christina Myers

APRIL 30, 2021
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Monster Child book cover

Monster Child
Rahela Nayebzadah

MAY 18, 2021
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Dominion of Mercy book cover

Dominion of Mercy
Danial Neil

APRIL 15, 2021
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The Medusa book cover

The Medusa Deep
David Neil Lee

JUNE 15, 2021
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A History of What Comes Next book cover

A History of What Comes Next
Sylvain Neuvel

FEBRUARY 2, 2021
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Letters from Johnny book cover

Letters from Johnny
Wayne Ng

APRIL 1, 2021
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Starr Sign book cover

Starr Sign
C.S. O’Cinneide

MARCH 9, 2021
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This Eden book cover

This Eden
Ed O’Loughlin

JUNE 8, 2021
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Goth Girls of Banff book cover

Goth Girls of Banff
John O’Neill

NOVEMBER 15, 2020
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We Want What We Want book cover

We Want What We Want
Alix Ohlin

JULY 27, 2021
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The Son of the House book cover

The Son of the House
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia

Prologue to Love book cover

Prologue to Love
Martha Ostenso

NOVEMBER 18, 2020
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO

A Funny Kind of Paradise book cover

A Funny Kind of Paradise
Jo Owens

MARCH 9, 2021
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The Book of Form and Emptiness book cover

The Book of Form and Emptiness
Ruth Ozeki

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
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Radium Girl book cover

Radium Girl
Sofi Papamarko

MAY 11, 2021
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Season of Smoke book cover

Season of Smoke
A.G. Pasquella

FEBRUARY 2, 2021
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Stella Atlantis book cover

Stella Atlantis
Susan Perly

NOVEMBER 3, 2020
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The Woman in Valencia book cover

The Woman in Valencia
Annie Perreault

MARCH 15, 2021
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The Lover, the Lake book cover

The Lover, the Lake
Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau

MAY 1, 2021
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Like Me book cover

Like Me
Hayley Phelan

JULY 6, 2021
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Soulstar book cover

Soulstar
C.L. Polk

FEBRUARY 16, 2021
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Deceptions book cover

Deceptions
Anna Porter

APRIL 6, 2021
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The Sister's Tale book cover

The Sister’s Tale
Beth Powning

MAY 25, 2021
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Sunday Drive to Gun Club Road book cover

Sunday Drive to Gun Club Road
Marion Quednau

MAY 1, 2021
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Gutter Child book cover

Gutter Child
Jael Richardson

JANUARY 26, 2021
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Hour of the Crab book cover

Hour of the Crab
Patricia Robertson

FEBRUARY 9, 2021
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Return of the Trickster book cover

Return of the Trickster
Eden Robinson

MARCH 2, 2021
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Tuscan Daughter book cover

Tuscan Daughter
Lisa Rochon

JULY 13, 2021
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Saints and Martyrs book cover

Saints and Martyrs
Aaron Roe

JANUARY 4, 2022
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The Octopus Has Three Hearts book cover

The Octopus Has Three Hearts
Rachel Rose

APRIL 24, 2021
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Evolution's Magnum Opus book cover

Evolution’s Magnum Opus
Stephen Roth

JANUARY 23, 2021
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Last Hummingbird West of Chile book cover

Last Hummingbird West of Chile
Nicholas Ruddock

JUNE 15, 2021
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Tell Me My Name book cover

Tell Me My Name
Erin Ruddy

OCTOBER 3, 2020
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO