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Giller Mantella Scholarship Returns for the Second Consecutive Year to Empower Diverse Youth Voices in Canadian Literature

The Giller Foundation and Mantella Corporation are proud to announce the return of the Giller Mantella Scholarship which is dedicated to supporting underserved Black, Indigenous, and racialized students across Canada. Building on the success of 2024's three inaugural $10,000 recipients, and responding to a high demand, the program now expands to include second and third-year undergraduate students alongside high school graduates.

2025-01-29T11:52:30-05:00Announcements, News|Comments Off on Giller Mantella Scholarship Returns for the Second Consecutive Year to Empower Diverse Youth Voices in Canadian Literature

The Giller Prize Presents its 2024 Shortlist

Today the Giller Prize announced its shortlist for Canada’s pre-eminent literary award for Canadian fiction. This year’s Giller Prize shortlist celebrates five of the country’s top authors as it marks its 31st anniversary raising the profiles of literary fiction writers from all across the country.

2024-10-09T10:28:06-04:00Announcements|Comments Off on The Giller Prize Presents its 2024 Shortlist

Giller Prize Spotlight: Conor Kerr

Conor Kerr is a MĂ©tis/Ukrainian writer living in Edmonton. A member of the MĂ©tis Nation of Alberta, he is descended from the Lac Ste. Anne MĂ©tis and the Papaschase Cree Nation. His Ukrainian family are settlers in Treaty 4 and 6 territories in Saskatchewan. He grew up in Saskatoon, Edmonton, and other prairie towns and cities. In 2022, he was named one of CBC’s Writers to Watch.  He is the author of the poetry collections An Explosion of Feathers and Old Gods, as well as the novel Avenue of Champions, which was shortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award, longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and won the 2022 ReLIT award. Conor is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta, where he teaches creative writing.

2024-10-07T11:32:35-04:00Giller Spotlight|Comments Off on Giller Prize Spotlight: Conor Kerr

Giller Prize Spotlight: Anne Michaels

Anne Michael's books have been translated into more than forty-five languages and have won dozens of international awards, including the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Guardian Fiction Prize, and the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction. She has been short-listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, twice short-listed for the Giller Prize, and twice long-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her novel Fugitive Pieces was adapted into a feature film. From 2015 to 2019, she was Toronto’s poet laureate. She lives in Canada.

2024-10-02T12:07:50-04:00Giller Spotlight|Comments Off on Giller Prize Spotlight: Anne Michaels