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Canada Day reading: eligible Giller Prize titles announced

Perhaps there's a drinking game in here somewhere, to be played at your fantasy Canada Day barbecue with Margaret Atwood. The Scotiabank Giller Prize has posted a list of all books eligible for the 2011 ... Read More »

June 30, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud signs two-book deal with Penguin Canada

By Sue Carter

Hamish Hamilton Canada, the literary imprint of Penguin Canada, has announced it has acquired the next two books from Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud. The untitled collection of stories and novel were acquired by ... Read More »

April 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Giller Prize broadcast moves to CBC

By Sue Carter

The Scotiabank Giller Prize ceremony broadcast will return to CBC this November, after five years on CTV. We are delighted to call the CBC home again. We consider this a perfect partnership, especially with the ... Read More »

March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Random House Canada acquires new Linden MacIntyre novel

By Sue Carter

Random House Canada has acquired a new novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize“winner Linden MacIntyre. Why Men Lie is the third book in MacIntyre's Cape Breton trilogy, following the lives of the Gillis clan. Its main ... Read More »

March 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Jacob Scheier’s first rule of awards controversies: don’t talk about awards controversies

By Scott MacDonald

Governor General's Literary Award“winning poet Jacob Scheier has weighed in on the Ali Smith/Giller Prize controversy on Now Magazine's website. As you may recall, Scheier himself was at the centre of an awards scandal after ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Arthur Slade wins TD Canadian Children’s Lit Award

By Scott MacDonald

The Scotiabank Giller Prize wasn't the only big book event held in Toronto on Tuesday night “ the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards were handed out as well. The winners are as follows: TD Canadian ... Read More »

November 10, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

CTV launches Giller reading initiative

By Scott MacDonald

As part of its efforts to promote the upcoming Scotiabank Giller Prize broadcast, CTV has launched an online reading initiative that encourages the public to pledge to read one or more of the Giller nominees ... Read More »

October 27, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

“High in antioxidants, low on caffeine”: Leah McLaren weighs in on CanLit

By Alison Potstra

Globe and Mail columnist Leah McLaren is the latest public figure to opine on the state of Can Lit. Prompted by this year's awards season, McLaren takes the discussion one step further (or, perhaps backward) by ... Read More »

October 27, 2009 | Filed under: Awards, Libraries

Ray Robertson on baiting the Giller

By Stuart Woods

Writing in the National Post books blog, novelist Ray Robertson says that while Alice Munro may have to forcibly remove her work from Scotiabank Giller Prize consideration, he doesn't even bother with the formality “ ... Read More »

October 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

“Brooding on Muskoka chairs”: Brit Giller judge on Canadian literature

By Alison Potstra

In the Sept. 12 edition of the Financial Times, British critic and novelist Victoria Glendinning, who sits on this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize jury (which announced its longlist yesterday), generously shared her thoughts on Canadian literature. Following ... Read More »

September 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Scotiabank Giller Prize

Canada Day reading: eligible Giller Prize titles announced

Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud signs two-book deal with Penguin Canada

Giller Prize broadcast moves to CBC

Random House Canada acquires new Linden MacIntyre novel

Jacob Scheier’s first rule of awards controversies: don’t talk about awards controversies

Arthur Slade wins TD Canadian Children’s Lit Award

CTV launches Giller reading initiative

“High in antioxidants, low on caffeine”: Leah McLaren weighs in on CanLit

Ray Robertson on baiting the Giller

“Brooding on Muskoka chairs”: Brit Giller judge on Canadian literature

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