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.

The End of Me book cover

The End of Me
John Gould

MAY 1, 2020
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The Shape of Family book cover

The Shape of Family
Shilpi Somaya Gowda

OCTOBER 15, 2019
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The Forgotten Home Child book cover

The Forgotten Home Child
Genevieve Graham

MARCH 3, 2020
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Twelve Stories book cover

Twelve Stories
Emmett Grogan

Swimmers in Winter book cover

Swimmers in the Winter
Faye Guenther

MAY 4, 2020
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The Swap book cover

The Swap
Robyn Harding

JUNE 23, 2020
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The Oracle of Cumae book cover

The Oracle of Cumae
Melissa Hardy

OCTOBER 8, 2019
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Throw Down Your Shadows book cover

Throw Down Your Shadows
Deborah Hemming

MAY 22, 2020
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Crosshairs book cover

Crosshairs
Catherine Hernandez

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
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Daughters of Smoke and Fire book cover

Daughters of Smoke and Fire
Ava Homa

MAY 12, 2020
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The Brideship Wife book cover

The Brideship Wife
Leslie Howard

MAY 5, 2020
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The Good Son book cover

The Good Son
Carolyn Huizinga Mills

MARCH 20, 2021
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Rabbit Foot book cover

Rabbit Foot Bill
Helen Humphreys

AUGUST 18, 2020
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Return to Spinner's Inlet

Return to Spinner’s Inlet
Don Hunter

OCTOBER 29, 2019
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The Certainties book cover

The Certainties
Aislinn Hunter

MAY 18, 2021
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The Company We Keep book cover

The Company We Keep
Frances Itani

AUGUST 18, 2020
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The Braver Thing book cover

The Braver Thing
Clifford Jackman

AUGUST 11, 2020
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The Wheaton book cover

The Wheaton
Joanne Jackson

NOVEMBER 1, 2019
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The Journey Prize book cover

The Journey Prize
Amy Jones

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
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The Last High book cover

The Last High
Daniel Kalla

MAY 12, 2020
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No Going Back book cover

No Going Back
Sheena Kamal

APRIL 14, 2020
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Dominoes at the Crossroads book cover

Dominoes at the Crossroads
Kaie Kellough

JANUARY 20, 2020
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A Harsh and Private Beauty book cover

A Harsh and Private Beauty
Kate Kelly

OCTOBER 15, 2019
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Last Impressions book cover

Last Impressions
Joseph Kertes

MARCH 3, 2020
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Obsidian book cover

Obsidian
Thomas King

JANUARY 28, 2020
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Indians on Vacation book cover

Indians on Vacation
Thomas King

AUGUST 25, 2020
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A Stab at Life
Richard King

APRIL 1, 2020
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Sorry I Missed You book cover

Sorry I Missed You
Suzy Krause

JUNE 1, 2020
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Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters book cover

Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters
Anita Kushwaha

JANUARY 1, 2020
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You Will Love What You Have Killed book cover

You Will Love What You Have Killed
Kevin Lambert

AUGUST 25, 2020
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Petra book cover

Petra
Shaena Lambert

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
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Allaigna's Song Aria book cover

Allaigna’s Song: Aria
JM Landels

APRIL 15, 2020
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The End of Her book cover

The End of Her 
Shari Lapena

JULY 28, 2020
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Neptune Room
Bertrand Laverdure

AUGUST 18, 2020
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In Veritas book cover

In Veritas
C.J. Lavigne

MAY 1, 2020
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Home Sickness book cover

Home Sickness
Chih-Ying Lay

FEBRUARY 14, 2020
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Coming Up for Air book cover

Coming Up for Air
Sarah Leipciger

MARCH 3, 2020
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You Are Not What We Expected book cover

You Are Not What We Expected
Sidura Ludwig

MAY 5, 2020
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When We Were Vikings book cover

When We Were Vikings
Andrew David MacDonald

AUGUST 25, 2020
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The Crooked Thing book cover

The Crooked Thing
March MacDonald

OCTOBER 2, 2020
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The Girl He Left Behind book cover

The Girl He Left Behind
Beatrice MacNeil

MAY 12, 2020
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The Glass Hotel book cover

The Glass Hotel
Emily St.  John Mandel

MARCH 24, 2020
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If You Want to Make God Laugh book cover

If You Want to Make God Laugh
Bianca Marais

JULY 7, 2020
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Things Worth Buying book cover

Things Worth Burying
Matt Mayr

APRIL 1, 2020
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Kate Wake book cover

Kate Wake
Mariianne Mays Wiebe

DECEMBER 2019
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You Can't Catch Me book cover

You Can’t Catch Me
Catherine McKenzie

AUGUST 18, 2020
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Sister Dear book cover

Dear Sister
Hannah Mary Mckinnon

MAY 26, 2020
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Billy the Kid book cover

Billy (The Kid)
Peter Meech

FEBRUARY 7, 2020
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The Work book cover

The Work
Maria Meindl

NOVEMBER 1, 2019
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Pallbearing book cover

Pallbearing
Michael Melgaard

FEBRUARY 4, 2020
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Back Roads book cover

Back Roads
Andrée A. Michaud

MARCH 31, 2020
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Never Forget book cover

Never Forget
Martin Michaud

JANUARY 18, 2020
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Polar Vortex book cover

Polar Vortex
Shani Mootoo

MARCH 3, 2020
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A Roll of the Bones book cover

A Roll of the Bones
Trudy J. Morgan-Cole

OCTOBER 14, 2019
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The War Widow book cover

The War Widow
Tara Moss

MAY 5, 2020
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Dirty Birds book cover

Dirty Birds
Morgan Murray

AUGUST 15, 2020
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A Diary in the Age of Water book cover

A Diary in the Age of Water
Nina Munteanu

JUNE 15, 2020
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Hurry Home book cover

Hurry Home
Roz Nay

JULY 7, 2020
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The Ghost in the House book cover

The Ghost in the House
Sara O’Leary

JULY 7, 2020
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Stay Where I Can See You book cover

Dirty Birds
Morgan Murray

MARCH 31, 2020
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