The Giller Book Club – 2021 Wrap-Up

December 19, 2021

Launched in January 2021, The Giller Book Club is one of The Giller Foundation’s initiatives to celebrate Canadian authors year-round. In 2021, we featured the 14 longlisted authors and books from 2020. These 60-minute discussions uniquely paired the longlisted authors with Canadian icons, other writers, journalists, reviewers, presidents of publishing houses, and artistic figures as interviewers.

The 2020 longlist included:

Gil Adamson, for her novel, Ridgerunner, published by House of Anansi Press
David Bergen, for his short story collection, Here The Dark, published by Biblioasis
Lynn Coady, for her novel, Watching You Without Me, published by House of Anansi Press
Eva Crocker, for her novel, All I Ask, published by House of Anansi Press
Emma Donoghue, for her novel, The Pull of The Stars, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Francesca Ekwuyasi, for her novel, Butter Honey Pig Bread, published by Arsenal Pulp Press
Michelle Good, for her novel, Five Little Indians, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Kaie Kellough, for his short story collection, Dominoes At The Crossroads, published by Véhicule Press
Thomas King, for his novel, Indians On Vacation, published by Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.
Annabel Lyon, for her novel, Consent, published by Random House Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada
Shani Mootoo, for her novel, Polar Vortex, published by Book*hug Press
Emily St. John Mandel, for her novel, The Glass Hotel, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Seth, for his graphic novel, Clyde Fans, published by Drawn & Quarterly
Souvankham Thammavongsa, for her short story collection, How To Pronounce Knife, published by McClelland & Stewart, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada