Madeleine Thien has been named the winner of the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada. The announcement was made at a black-tie dinner and award ceremony hosted by Steve Patterson, attended by nearly 500 members of the publishing, media and arts communities.
This year's awards ceremony in Toronto, hosted by Steve Patterson, will take place on Monday, November 7, 2016. You can watch the gala streamed live online at CBC Books , via the CBC Books Facebook page, or on CBC Television
We are very saddened at Austin Clarke’s passing at the age of 81 on June 26, 2016. This is an enormous loss, first and foremost for Clarke’s family and community but also to the wider world of outstanding Canadian literature.
The 2016 jury members are: Canadian writers Lawrence Hill (Jury Chair), Jeet Heer and Kathleen Winter, along with British author Samantha Harvey and Scottish writer Alan Warner.
If you can fit it into a tweet, we welcome you to share your congratulations and questions with André Alexis, author of the Giller Prize-winning Fifteen Dogs. The Twitter chat will take place on November 12 at 2 p.m.
André Alexis has been named the winner of the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs, published by Coach House Books.
Between the Pages: An Evening With the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists November 1, 2015 If you aren’t joining us this evening for the live event at Koerner Hall [...]
Elana Rabinovitch, Executive Director of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, today announced that for the first time in its history, the Prize has appointed a jury panel of five individuals.
Giller Prize founder Jack Rabinovitch and Scotiabank President & CEO Brian Porter had prepared remarks for the Scotiabank Giller Prize festivities on Monday, November 10th, but circumstances prevented them from delivering them. We want to share those remarks with you.
If you can fit it into a tweet, we welcome you to share your congratulations and questions with Sean Michaels, author of the Giller Prize-winning Us Conductors. The Twitter chat will take place on November 12 at 2 p.m.