New, established authors in the running for Scotiabank Giller Prize
The works of literary newcomers and established authors are all vying for spots on the Scotiabank Giller Prize short list slated to be announced Monday morning.
The long list of 12 titles for the $100,000 award was announced earlier this month.
Winnipeg-based author David Bergen, who won the Giller in 2005 for “The Time in Between,” is in the running this year for his novel “Stranger” (HarperCollins).
Irish-born, London, Ont.based Emma Donoghue, who made the long list four years ago for “The Sealed Letter,” is in contention for the 2016 prize for her new book “The Wonder” (HarperCollins).
Two of the Giller longlisted authors are already finalists for other lucrative literary prizes this fall.
Vancouver-born, Montrealbased Madeleine Thien made the cut for “Do Not Say We Have Nothing” (Knopf Canada), which is also up for the Man Booker Prize.
Montreal-born, Moncton, N.B.-based Kerry Lee Powell made the Giller long list for her short-story collection “Willem De Kooning’s Paintbrush” (HarperAvenue, an imprint of HarperCollins), which is already a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize.
Montreal-born author Mona Awad was also recognized for her debut “13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl” (Penguin Random House Canada), which received the $40,000 Amazon.ca First Novel Award in May. Andrew Battershill is in contention for his debut “Pillow” (Coach House Books).
British-born Kathy Page, who lives in Salt Spring Island, B.C., was recognized for her short-story collection “The Two of Us” (A John Metcalf Book, an imprint of Biblioasis).
Other novels on the long list are Hamilton-based Gary Barwin for “Yiddish for Pirates” (Random House Canada); Toronto-based Susan Perly for “Death Valley” (Buckrider Books); Montreal’s Catherine Leroux for “The Party Wall” translated by Lazer Lederhendler (Biblioasis International Translation Series); Victoria-based Steven Price for “By Gaslight” (McClelland & Stewart) and Toronto-based Zoe Whittall for “The Best Kind of People” (House of Anansi Press).
This year’s jury is made up of Canadian writers Lawrence Hill (jury chair), Jeet Heer and Kathleen Winter, along with British author Samantha Harvey and Scottish writer Alan Warner.
The Scotiabank Giller Prize awards $100,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English, and $10,000 to each of the finalists.
This year’s award will be handed out Nov. 7.