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.

City of a Thousand Gates book cover

City of a Thousand Gates
Rebecca Sacks

FEBRUARY 2, 2021
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Fake it So Real book cover

Fake it So Real
Susan Sanford Blades

OCTOBER 10, 2020
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Bramah and the Beggar Boy book cover

Bramah and the Beggar Boy
Renée Sarojini Saklikar

JULY 17, 2021
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And Miles to go Before I Sleep book cover

And Miles to go Before I Sleep
Jocelyne Saucier

JUNE 15, 2021
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The Willow Wren book cover

The Willow Wren
Philipp Schott

MARCH 23, 2021
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Arrow's Rest book cover

Arrow’s Rest
Joel Scott

MAY 11, 2021
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Humane book cover

Humane
Anna Marie Sewell

NOVEMBER 2, 2020
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The Second History book cover

The Second History
Rebecca Silver Slayter

AUGUST 3, 2021
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Pharo and the Clever Assassin book cover

Pharo and the Clever Assassin
Steve Skurka

MAY 5, 2021
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Only if We're Caught book cover

Only if We’re Caught
Theressa Slind

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
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Can We Talk book cover

Can We Talk?
Sam Smith

JULY 6, 2021
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Fall of Night book cover

Fall of Night
D.K. Stone

NOVEMBER 4, 2020
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Girl Minus X
Anne Stone

OCTOBER 6, 2020
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The Listeners book cover

The Listeners
Jordan Tannahill

AUGUST 17, 2021
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Love, Life book cover

Love, Life
Berni Stapleton

JUNE 30, 2021
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Easily Fooled book cover

Easily Fooled
H. Nigel Thomas

APRIL 1, 2021
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Em book cover

Em
Kim Thúy

NOVEMBER 2, 2020
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Yume book cover

Yume
Sifton Tracey Anipare

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
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Maker book cover

Maker
Jim Upton

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
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God's Zoo book cover

God’s Zoo
Pablo Urbanyi

OCTOBER 1, 2020
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All the Night Gone book cover

All the Night Gone
Sabrina Uswak

NOVEMBER 3, 2020
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Rough book cover

Rough
Robin Van Eck

NOVEMBER 1, 2020
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Nothing but Life book club

Nothing But Life
Brent van Staalduinen

FEBRUARY 16, 2021
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August Into Winter by Guy Vanderhaeghe

August Into Winter
Guy Vanderhaeghe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
SHOP LOCAL | INDIGO