Giller Prize 2019 longlist

Saturday, Sep 07, 2019 at 4:41pm

The Scotiabank Giller Prize, which was created in honour of the late literary journalist Doris Giller and recognizes excellence in Canadian literature, unveiled its longlist for the 2019 award.

The longlist includes:

• Days by Moonlight by André Alexis
• The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
• Immigrant City by David Bezmozgis
• Greenwood by Michael Christie
• Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles
• The Innocents by Michael Crummey
• Dream Sequence by Adam Foulds
• Late Breaking by K.D. Miller
• Dual Citizens by Alix Ohlin
• Lampedusa by Steven Price
• Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta
• Reproduction by Ian Williams

The shortlist will be announced on September 30th, and the winner revealed on November 18th.

If you're in Winnipeg, we hope to see you at our annual Giller Light Bash on November 18th, which takes place inside Prairie Ink Restaurant at our Grant Park location. For more details and to book your seats online, see this page.

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