[Video] Giller Book Club: Pick a Colour
On December 3, 2025, we hosted the Giller Book Club with Souvankham Thammavongsa and Dionne Irving. Souvankham is the author of PICK A COLOUR, winner of the 2025 Giller Prize. Dionne is the author of THE ISLANDS, a finalist for the 2024 Giller Prize
2025 Holiday Giveaway
In the spirit of the holiday season, we're gifting the 2025 Giller Prize-longlisted books to 14 lucky readers! From December 1 to December 14, we will be giving away one book each day.
Souvankham Thammavongsa is the Winner of the 2025 Giller Prize
Souvankham Thammavongsa has been named the winner of the 2025 Giller Prize for her novel, Pick a Colour, published by Knopf Canada, taking home $100,000.
How to Watch the 2025 Giller Prize Ceremony
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.
The Giller Prize Proudly Presents its 2025 Shortlist
Five remarkable Canadian writers have been named to the 2025 Giller Prize Shortlist. Representing the boldness, inventiveness, and transformational power of Canadian literature, these five titles stand as a stirring testament to the essentiality of Canadian fiction as the prize celebrates its 32nd year as the country’s most distinguished fiction award.
Giller Spotlight: André Alexis
André Alexis is an author of novels, short stories, and plays. His 2015 novel, Fifteen Dogs, won the Giller Prize, Canada Reads, and the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. In 2017, he was awarded the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for fiction. His internationally acclaimed debut, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. He is also the author of Days by Moonlight, which won the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and was longlisted for the Giller Prize, The Hidden Keys, Pastoral, Asylum, and Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa. Alexis lives in Toronto.
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February 14, 2025 - Submission Deadline 2:
April 17, 2025 - Submission Deadline 3:
June 20, 2025 - Submission Deadline 4:
August 15, 2025 - Longlist Announcement:
September 15, 2025 - Shortlist Announcement:
October 6, 2025 - Winner Announcement:
November 17, 2025
