Alistair MacLeod served tirelessly as a Giller Prize juror in 2000, 2004 and 2009. His intimate understanding of writerly craft and his collegial regard for his fellow literary craftspersons distinguished his time and decisions made with fellow jurors.
As we mourn the loss to Canada and to the literature of short story artist extraordinaire Mavis Gallant, we can rejoice at the wealth of acclaimed and award-winning work – not just short stories, but novels, plays and essays – and the innumerable vivid reading experiences with which she has left readers, Canadian and worldwide.
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.
Between the Pages: An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists will take you inside the minds and creative lives of the five writers who've made it onto the 2013 shortlist.
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