
Giller Spotlight: Lynn Coady
Giller Spotlight: Lynn Coady
September 11, 2018
Lynn Coady was shortlisted in 2011 for her book, The Antagonist and won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2013 for Hellgoing.
What are you working on now?
I am working on a novel called The Giver.
Where is your favourite place to write?
I like writing at home, with nobody around.
What are you reading now?
I’m reading Rachel Cusk’s latest, Kudos. It’s amazing.
What is your favourite CanLit read?
Anything by Alice Munro. Alice Munro’s individual stories have come to feel like fragments of a single, profound piece of writing to me. They’re all brilliant and they all contribute to this incredible, unified whole.
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