Giller Prize

Culture, In the News, Literature

Edugyan Wins Giller

November 9, 2011, By Susanne Marshall

Congratulations to Esi Edugyan, winner of this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize! Edugyan’s win was announced at last night’s Giller gala. Half-Blood Blues, set amidst the jazz scene in Europe before and after the Second World War, has been greatly praised since its release

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Culture, In the News, Literature

The GG Shortlists Appear

October 11, 2011, By Susanne Marshall

Hard on the heels of the other members of the “big three” English-language fiction triumvirate in Canada, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Literary Awards shortlists were announced today. In the English-language fiction category, the awaited shortlist reads:

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In the News, Literature

Giller Prize Announces Shortlist

October 4, 2011, By Davina Choy

Last month, 17 Canadian books were named to the Giller Prize longlist. Those 17 were winnowed down to six shortlisted books, and those six have been announced today. The six Canadian books shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, worth $50,000, are:

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Literature, Stories About Storytellers

Stories About Storytellers: Alice Munro

September 15, 2011, By Douglas Gibson
Alice Munro

TCE Blog is proud to present the first of eight excerpts from Douglas Gibson’s new book Stories About Storytellers, which will appear each Friday.

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