Jack Rabinovitch, founder of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, today announced the award-winning, three-member jury panel for the 2014 prize. They are: Canadian author Shauna Singh Baldwin, British novelist Justin Cartwright, and American writer Francine Prose.
Lynn Coady has been named the 2013 winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her short story collection Hellgoing, published by House of Anansi Press. The announcement was made at a black-tie dinner and award ceremony hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, attended by nearly 500 members of the publishing, media and arts communities.
Congratulations to Alice Munro for being awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature! Alice Munro has long been associated with the Giller Prize, starting with the inaugural prize jury on which she worked with Mordecai Richler and David Staines.
Today in a morning press event at the Soho House in downtown Toronto, more than 100 media and members of the publishing industry gathered to hear the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury announce its shortlist.
The Scotiabank Giller Prize today announced its 2013 longlist from the University of British Columbia’s famed Museum of Anthropology. The event was co-hosted by UBC’s Creative Writing Program and the Vancouver Writers Fest (VWF).
The 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist announcement will take place at 8:30 a.m. PST on September 16 on the spectacular UBC campus, in the Great Hall of the University’s Museum of Anthropology. The event will be co-hosted by UBC’s Creative Writing Program and the Vancouver Writers Fest (VWF).
Today in a morning press conference at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Toronto, more than 100 media and members of the publishing industry gathered to hear the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury announce its shortlist
Today, in a morning press conference that drew over 100 media and members of the publishing industry, the Scotiabank Giller Prize announced its 2011 shortlist. The six finalists were selected by an esteemed jury panel made up of award-winning Canadian writer and 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Annabel Lyon; American author, memoirist and Guggenheim fellow Howard Norman; and acclaimed UK playwright and prize-winning novelist Andrew O’Hagan.
Johanna Skibsrud has been named the 2010 winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel The Sentimentalists, published by Gaspereau Press. The announcement was made live on Bravo!, BookTelevision and CTV.ca at a black-tie dinner and award ceremony that drew nearly 500 members of the publishing, media and arts communities. Hosted by CTV’s Seamus O’Regan, the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala premieres on CTV tomorrow at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ET and is now available on demand on CTV.ca (on-demand broadcast and complete broadcast listings are available at giller.CTV.ca).
Today, in a morning press conference that drew over 100 media and members of the publishing industry, the Scotiabank Giller Prize announced its 2009 shortlist. The five finalists were selected by an esteemed jury panel made up of celebrated American novelist and short story writer Russell Banks, acclaimed UK author and journalist Victoria Glendinning, and distinguished professor and award-winning author Alistair MacLeod. The shortlist was chosen from 96 books submitted for consideration by 39 publishing houses from every region of the country.