Search Results by tag: Scotiabank Giller Prize

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction

Esi Edugyan's Scotiabank Giller Prize“winning novel, Half-Blood Blues, remains on top of this week's Canadian fiction bestsellers' list. For the two weeks ending Jan. 22: 1. Half-Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan (Thomas Allen Publishers, $24.95 pa, 9780887627415) 2. ... Read More »

January 30, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

$10,000 Alberta prize now open to books published out of province

By Stuart Woods

Organizers of the Alberta Readers' Choice Award, now in its third year, have taken steps to quiet a muted strain of controversy that has attached itself to the prize since its inception. The $10,000 award, ... Read More »

November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Libraries

“Giller effect” boosts e-book sales of Half-Blood Blues

By Sue Carter

The so-called "Scotiabank Giller Prize effect" is already helping e-book numbers for Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers). Yesterday, Half-Blood Blues was listed 3,376 on Amazon's bestsellers list for Kindle e-books. As of noon ... Read More »

November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Digital publishing and technology

Edugyan’s unpredictable year culminates in Giller win

By Stuart Woods

A novel that, less than a year ago, was without a Canadian publisher has won the country's most prestigious literary prize. Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues, about a jazz musician who disappears in Nazi-occupied France, was ... Read More »

November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Where to watch the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala

By Sue Carter

Tomorrow night's Scotiabank Giller Prize awards ceremony will be broadcast live on CBC's new cable channel Bold at 9 p.m. (EST), followed by a rebroadcast on the same channel at 11:05 p.m. For viewers with ... Read More »

November 7, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Slideshow: Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist

By Sue Carter

For the first time since 2004, the Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist includes six ... Read More »

October 5, 2011 | Filed under: Awards

Edugyan, deWitt among fresh faces on Giller shortlist

By Stuart Woods

In introducing the jury for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize, founder Jack Rabinovitch told a crowd of media and publishing professionals assembled in Toronto that this year's crop of nominees "dignifies world literature, not only ... Read More »

October 4, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

2011 Giller longlist a wide open field

By Stuart Woods

A sure sign the fall literary season is underway, the Scotiabank Giller Prize has announced its first round of nominees for 2011. The 17-title longlist “ the largest since the prize began announcing it in ... Read More »

September 6, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

By Steven W. Beattie

In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season's biggest books. NOVELS One of the most anticipated releases of the fall season is surely the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje, ... Read More »

August 26, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Public to vote on Giller longlist: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

This year, the Scotiabank Giller Prize is moving from CTV, its official broadcast partner for the past five years, to CBC. In conjunction with the move, the CBC has announced a new Readers' Choice contest, ... Read More »

August 2, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Scotiabank Giller Prize

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction

$10,000 Alberta prize now open to books published out of province

“Giller effect” boosts e-book sales of Half-Blood Blues

Edugyan’s unpredictable year culminates in Giller win

Where to watch the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala

Slideshow: Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist

Edugyan, deWitt among fresh faces on Giller shortlist

2011 Giller longlist a wide open field

Fall preview 2011: Canadian fiction

Public to vote on Giller longlist: UPDATED

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