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 Keening book cover

The Keening
Anne Emery

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
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Great Adventures for the Faint of Heart book cover

Great Adventures for the Faint of Heart
Cary Fagan

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
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Operation Angus book cover

Operation Angus
Terry Fallis

AUGUST 31, 2021
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Satellite Love book cover

Satellite Love
Genki Ferguson

MARCH 2, 2021
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Cul-de-Sac book cover

Cul-de-Sac
Joy Fielding

AUGUST 10, 2021
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The Memory Bell book cover

The Memory Bell
Kat Flannery

JULY 1, 2021
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Instructor book cover

Instructor
Beth Follett

MARCH 1, 2021
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Murder on the Orford Mountain Railway book cover

Murder on the Orford Mountain Railway
Nick Fonda

MAY 1, 2021
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Manikanetish book cover

Manikanetish
Naomi Fontaine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
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Half Life book cover

Half Life
Krista Foss

MARCH 2, 2021
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The Ancient Dead book cover

The Ancient Dead
Barbara Fradkin

JANUARY 26, 2021
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Charity book cover

Charity
Keath Fraser

FEBRUARY 2, 2021
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The Day She Died book cover

The Day She Died
S.M. Freedman

APRIL 27, 2021
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Saltus book cover

Saltus
Tara Gereaux

APRIL 24, 2021
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The Quiet is Loud book cover

The Quiet is Loud
Samantha Garner

MAY 4, 2021
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The Artist & the Assassin book cover

The Artist and the Assassin
Mark Frutkin

APRIL 31, 2021
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Ghost Forest
Pik-Shuen Fung

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
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Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch
Rivka Galchen

JUNE 8, 2021
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The Relatives book cover

The Relatives
Camilla Gibb

MARCH 23, 2021
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Mama's Boy Game Over book cover

Mama’s Boy Game Over
David Goudreault

NOVEMBER 10, 2020
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The Good Father book cover

The Good Father
Wayne Grady

APRIL 27, 2021
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Choosing Eleonore book cover

Choosing Eleonore
Andrée Gratton

APRIL 1, 2021
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Five Ways to Disappear book cover

Five Ways to Disappear
R.M. Greenaway

APRIL 13, 2021
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Becoming Leidah book cover

Becoming Leidah
Michelle Grierson

APRIL 13, 2021
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Twelve Stories book cover

Twelve Stories
Emmett Grogan

Instamom book cover

Instamom
Chantel Guertin

JUNE 29, 2021
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Permanent Tourists book cover

Permanent Tourists
Genni Gunn

OCTOBER 1, 2020
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Tiny Ruins book cover

Tiny Ruins
Nicole Haldoupis

OCTOBER 5, 2020
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Bonnie Jack book cover

Bonnie Jack
Ian Hamilton

JUNE 1, 2021
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I Am the Earth the Plants Grow Through book cover

I Am the Earth the Plants Grow Through
Jack Hannan

AUGUST 1, 2021
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The World of After book cover

The World of After
Stephen Henighan

APRIL 17, 2021
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Better Luck Next Time book cover

Better Luck Next Time
Kate Hilton

NOVEMBER 11, 2020
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A Brief View from the Coastal Suite book cover

A Brief View from the Coastal Suite
Karen Hofmann

MAY 1, 2021
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Light on a Part of the Field book cover

Light on a Part of the Field
Kevin Holowack

JANUARY 4, 2022
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The Good Son book cover

The Good Son
Carolyn Huizinga Mills

MARCH 20, 2021
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The Hanged Woman's Daughter

The Hanged Woman’s Daughter
Nellie P. Strowbridge

MARCH 10, 2021
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Murder Run book cover

Murder Run
John Hunt

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Burning the Night book cover

Burning the Night
Glen Huser

MAY 15, 2021
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Love Like Water, Love Like Fire book cover

Love Like Water, Love Like Fire
Mikhail Iossel

MAY 14, 2021
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Hana Khan Carries On book cover

Hana Khan Carries On
Uzma Jalaluddin

APRIL 6, 2021
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Savage Gerry book cover

Savage Gerry
John Jantunen

APRIL 13, 2021
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Czech Techno book cover

Czech Techno
Mark Jarman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020
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Victoria Sees It book cover

Victoria Sees It
Carrie Jenkins

APRIL 13, 2021
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November Rain book cover

November Rain
Maureen Jennings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020
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The Mystery of Right and Wrong book cover

The Mystery of Right and Wrong
Wayne Johnston

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
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Cradle of the Deep book cover

Cradle of the Deep
Dietrich Kalteis

NOVEMBER 3, 2020
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The Sweetness in the Lime book cover

The Sweetness in the Lime
Stephen Kimber

OCTOBER 5, 2020
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Banking on Life book cover

Banking on Life
Richard King

APRIL 1, 2021
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You Are Eating an Orange You Are Naked

You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked.
Sheung-King

OCTOBER 27, 2020
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Sufferenace book cover

Sufferance
Thomas King

MAY 18, 2021
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The Captive book cover

The Captive
Fiona King Foster

JANUARY 12, 2021
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Tales from the Bottom of My Sole book cover

Tales from the Bottom of My Sole
David Kingston Yeh

OCTOBER 21, 2020
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The Hunter and the Old Woman book cover

The Hunter and the Old Woman
Pamela Korgemagi

AUGUST 3, 2021
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Not a Happy Family book cover

Not a Happy Family
Shari Lapena

JULY 27, 201
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The Creep book cover

The Creep
Michael LaPointe

JUNE 1, 2021
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And This is the Cure book cover

…And This is the Cure
Annette Lapointe

DECEMBER 20, 2020
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Daniil & Vanya book cover

Daniil and Vanya
Marie-Hélène Larochelle

OCTOBER 1, 2020
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A Boring Wife Settles the Score book cover

A Boring Wife Settles the Score
Marie-Renée Lavoie

JULY 6, 2021
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A Town Called Solace book cover

A Town Called Solace
Mary Lawson

JANUARY 1, 2021
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Unlocking book cover

Unlocking
Amy LeBlanc

JUNE 15, 2021
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