The 2025 Giller Prize ceremony honouring the finalists and announcing the winner will be hosted by the incomparable Rick Mercer tonight at 9 p.m. (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, and CBC’s YouTube channel.

Listeners can tune in to a broadcast special on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.

This year’s finalists are:

• Mona Awad for her novel We Love You, Bunny, published by Scribner Canada
• Eddy Boudel Tan for his novel The Tiger and the Cosmonaut, published by Viking Canada
• Emma Donoghue for her novel The Paris Express, published by Harper Avenue
• Emma Knight for her novel The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, published by Viking Canada
• Souvankham Thammavongsa for her novel Pick a Colour, published by Knopf Canada

We will share the winner’s name at 10 p.m. ET.

To avoid spoilers, we recommend not looking at our social media channels and email newsletter until after you’ve watched the ceremony.

Get to know this year’s finalists:

Mona Awad

• Article: The Bunnies are back and out for blood in Mona Awad’s anticipated sequel
• Podcast: Bookends with Mattea Roach

Eddy Boudel Tan

• Article: ‘The hardest book I’ve ever written’: B.C.’s Eddy Boudel Tan reflects on his Giller-Prize shortlisted novel
• Podcast: North by Northwest with Margaret Gallagher

Souvankham Thammavongsa

• Article: The boxing ring and the nail salon are not that different for author Souvankham Thammavongsa
• Podcast: Bookends with Mattea Roach