The shortlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize has been announced. The award will be handed out on November 11th; five novels are in the running.
The shortlist for the 2008
Scotiabank Giller Prize has been announced. 5 authors will vie for the prize that will be announced on November 11, 2008 in a television special. Jack Rabinovitch founded The Giller Prize in 1994 in honour of his late wife Doris Giller, who died of cancer in April 1993.Since 2005 it has been known as the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
The shortlist is:
Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden, published by Viking Canada
Barnacle Love by Anthony Da Sa, published by Doubleday Canada
Good To a Fault by Marina Endicott, published by Freehand Books
Cockroach by Rawi Hage, published by House of Anansi
The Boys in the Trees by Mary Swan, published by Henry Holt
The finalists were chosen by
Margaret Atwood,
Bob Rae, and
Colm Toibin.
The official website is running a
contest in which the grand prize is a trip to any Canadian literary festival the winner chooses. Participants are asked to guess the winner of the Giller prize.
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