Canadian Book Awards Giller

In canada souvankham thammavongsa has won this year s c 100 000 a 106 150 giller prize for her short story collection how to pronounce knife bloomsbury.

Canadian book awards giller. This year the shortlist consisted of five novels. It s often referred to as canada s most prestigious literary prize. The giller foundation launches the giller book club a scotiabank giller prize first emma truax 2020 12 07t11 21 19 05 00 december 7th 2020 the giller foundation is thrilled to announce the debut of the giller book club kicking off today.

How to pronounce knife is a stunning collection of stories that portray the immigrant experience in achingly beautiful prose the emotional expanse chronicled in this collection is. Social sharing 100k prize goes to the year s best work of canadian. Ian williams has won the 2019 scotiabank giller prize canada s richest literary award for fiction for his novel reproduction.

Of thammavongsa s collection the prize jury said. The scotiabank giller prize for 2020 will be awarded on monday november 9. The giller is awarded to a canadian novel or book of short stories published in english including translations.

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