Scotiabank Giller Prize 2016 Longlist
Wednesday, Sep 07, 2016 at 10:13am
The longlist for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize was announced this past week, comprising 12 Canadian writers all vying to win the $100,000 award. The list was selected by a panel of five judges, who will pare their selections down to a six-book shortlist to be announced on Monday Setpember 26th.
The 2016 Giller longlist is:
- Mona Awad for 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl (Penguin Canada)
- Gary Barwin for Yiddish for Pirates (Random House Canada)
- Andrew Battershill for Pillow (Coach House Books)
- David Bergen for Stranger (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
- Emma Donoghue for The Wonder (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
- Catherine Leroux for The Party Wall (Biblioasis, translated by Lazer Lederhendler)
- Kathy Page for The Two of Us (Biblioasis)
- Susan Perly for Death Valley (Wolsak and Wynn Publishers)
- Kerry Lee Powell for Willem De Kooning’s Paintbrush (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
- Steven Price for By Gaslight (McClelland & Stewart)
- Madeleine Thien for Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Alfred A. Knopf Canada)
- Zoe Whittall for The Best Kind of People (House of Anansi Press Inc.)
We had the pleasure of launching David Bergen's Stranger in front of a packed house on Tuesday September 6. Catherine Leroux will be reading from The Party Wall at Thin Air 2016: The Winnipeg International Writers Festival. You can also join us here at the store for an evening with Zoe Whittall on Saturday November 26.
You can see the official announcement here, and don't forget to join us for our Giller Light Bash on November 7!
Categories: Awards, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Prairie InkA Saskatoon Pirate Party!
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 9:50pm
AAAAAARRRRRRR Matey!
Sunday, June 14th at 10:00am, Prairie Ink welcomes any and all aspiring buccaneers to join us for breakfast. Big or small, short or tall, you are free to pillage our kitchen and loot our bakery! We provide the grog, Swashbuckling Bacon and Buccaneer Blueberry pancakes.
Dress up in your most piratical outfit, practice your pirate lingo, and enjoy a buffet too tasty for any landlubber!
Featuring shark-infested waters, plank walking, and the Pirate Tales of the Notorious Black Max!
$15 per person (excluding tax gratuity) by reservation only at the Prairie Ink Restaurant. No need to make a reservation for your parrot. Also, don't bring your parrot.
Categories: Saskatoon, Ongoing Kids Events in Saskatoon, Prairie InkSpooOOooOOooky Boo Brunch!
Friday, Oct 03, 2014 at 12:43pm
SASKATOON - Dress up in your best costume and join us for a Boo-tiful brunch buffet on Sunday, October 26th at 9:30 am.
Enjoy Boo-berry pancakes and other Ghoooulish Goodies on our Boo Brunch Buffet and creep, crawl, hop, dance or walk through the store in our Costume Parade! Then, join us for some spooOOooOOooky stories in our story circle!
Tickets on sale now at Prairie Ink Restaurant. Buy in person or by calling (306)-955-3579. Tickets are $15
Categories: Saskatoon, Ongoing Kids Events in Saskatoon, Prairie Ink