The Giller Prize (1994–2004) and Scotiabank Giller Prize (2005–2014): A Bibliography
Andrew David Irvine*
For the price of a meal in this town you can buy all the books. Eat at home and buy the books. Jack Rabinovitch1
Founded in 1994 by Jack Rabinovitch, the Giller Prize was established to honour Rabinovitch’s late wife, the journalist Doris Giller, who had died from cancer a year earlier.2 Since its inception, the prize has served to recognize excellence in Canadian English-language fiction, including both novels and short stories. Initially the award was endowed to provide an annual cash prize of $25,000.3 In 2005, the Giller Prize partnered with Scotiabank to create the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Under the new arrangement, the annual purse doubled in size to $50,000, with $40,000 going to the winner and $2,500 going to each of four additional finalists.4 Beginning in 2008, $50,000 was given to the winner and $5,000
* Andrew Irvine holds the position of Professor and Head of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. Errata may be sent to the author at [email protected]. 1 Quoted in Deborah Dundas, “Giller Prize shortlist ‘so good,’ it expands to six,” 6 October 2014, accessed 17 September 2015, www.thestar.com/entertainment/ books/2014/10/06/giller_prize_2014_shortlist_announced.html. 2 “The Giller Prize Story: An Oral History: Part One,” 8 October 2013, accessed 11 November 2014, www.quillandquire.com/awards/2013/10/08/the-giller- prize-story-an-oral-history-part-one; cf. Jack Rabinovitch, “Introduction,” The Scotiabank Giller Prize – 15 Years, (Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2008), xi–xxi for additional detail. 3 “Canada’s Premier Prize for Fiction Names Its Finalists,” press release, 4 October 1994, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_100494.html. 4 “The Giller Prize Teams Up with Scotiabank,” press release, 22 September 2005, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_092205.html.
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was given to each of the other finalists.5 Beginning in 2014 the prize was again doubled, with $100,000 going to the winner and $10,000 to each finalist.6 Since the award’s inception, all finalists have also received specially bound copies of their books. The significant size of the awards has served not only as recognition of the importance of Canadian fiction but also as an incentive for other literary awards to increase the size of their prizes. Each year a three-member jury selects the winning book from a publicly announced short list of five or six nominees. Since 2006 a preliminary long list of nominees has also been made public.7 In 2011 a Reader’s Choice selection was incorporated into the long list.8 (In 2012 the Reader’s Choice competition was held a second time, but independently of the Giller nomination process.9) Since 1998, the black-tie award gala at which award winners receive their prizes has been broadcast regularly on national television. As Rabinovitch reports, the purpose of the broadcasts has been not just to help publicize the prize, but also to help authors “sell more books.”10 Since 1994, two anthologies have appeared honouring Giller Prize award winners. The first was entitled Prize Writing: The 10th Anniversary Collection, and was edited by Gary Stephen Ross (Toronto: The Giller Prize Foundation). It appeared in a paperback trade edition in 2003 (isbn 1-55245-133-X). The second was entitled The Scotiabank Giller Prize – 15 Years: An Anthology of Prize-Winning Canadian Fiction, with an introduction by Jack Rabinovitch (Toronto: Penguin Canada). It appeared in a hardcover trade edition in 2008
5 “Jury Panel Announced for 15th Anniversary of Scotiabank Giller Prize,” press release, 31 March 2008, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/ gillerprize/files/12/10/news_033108.html. 6 “The Scotiabank Giller Prize Presents Its 2014 Longlist, Announces Substantial increase in Amount of Award,” press release, 16 September 2014, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/the-scotiabank-giller-prize- presents-its-2014-longlist-announces-substantial-increase-in-amount-of-award. 7 “The 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize Announces its Inaugural Longlist,” press release, 11 September 2006, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/ gillerprize/files/12/10/news_091106.html. 8 “Scotiabank Giller Prize 2011 Announces its Longlist,” press release, 6 September 2011, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_090611.html. 9 “Scotiabank Giller Prize 2012 Announces its Longlist,” press release, 4 September 2012, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_090412.html. 10 Rabinovitch, “Introduction,” (see note 2), xx.
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(isbn 978-0-670-06802-9) and in a leather-bound presentation edition that same year (isbn 978-0-670-06983-5). Over the past twenty-one years, two authors have won the award twice (M.G. Vassanji in 1994 and 2003, and Alice Munro in 1998 and 2004). Only once has the prize been given to multiple authors (Michael Ondaatje and David Adams Richards in 2000). The following list contains bibliographical information about all winning books from 1994 to 2014. A unique reference number accompanies each title. For example, the number G1-1994.p, which accompanies Vassanji’s The Book of Secrets, indicates that this book was the first Giller winner, G1; that it won in 1994; and that it was originally issued in paperback, p (or alternatively in hardcover, h). Background information has been gathered from the following collections:
BKU University of British Columbia Okanagan, Library BVAUS University of British Columbia, Special Collections and University Archives Division IRV Author’s private collection OONL Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
The names of award winners and jury members have been drawn from Giller Prize press releases and related sources, all of which remain available online. Bibliographical information regarding individual titles has been taken from books within the author’s private collection (IRV).
1994 (1ST YEAR)11
M.G. Vassanji, The Book of Secrets, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1994.
(G1-1994.p) Issued in paperback with French flaps; isbn 0-7710-8719- 5, with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 98 97 96 95 94; title variant
11 “Canada’s Premier Prize for Fiction Names Its Finalists,” (see note 3); The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. “Scotiabank Giller Prize Winners,” accessed 11 November 2014, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/scotiabank- giller-prize-past-winners.
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The Book of Secrets: A Novel; design credit Kong; artwork credit Greg Spalenka; photo credit Denise Grant; price $19.99; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
other finalists (1) Bonnie Burnard, Casino & Other Stories, Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1994; (2) Eliza Clark, What You Need: A Novel, Toronto: Somerville House Publishing, 1994; (3) Shyam Selvadurai, Funny Boy: A Novel in Six Stories, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1994; (4) Steve Weiner, The Museum of Love, Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 1994.
jury members Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, David Staines.
1995 (2ND YEAR)12
Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1995.
(G2-1995.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-7710-6052- 1, with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 99 98 97 96 95; title variant A Fine Balance: A Novel; design credit K.T. Njo; photo credits F. Mistry, Dario Mitidieri; price $35.00; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
other finalists (1) Timothy Findley, The Piano Man’s Daughter, Toronto: HarperCollins, 1995; (2) Barbara Gowdy, Mister Sandman: A Novel, Toronto: Somerville House, 1995; (3) Leo McKay Jr, Like This: Stories, Concord, Ontario: House of Anansi Press, 1995; (4) Richard B. Wright, The Age of Longing: A Novel, Toronto: HarperCollins, 1995.
jury members Mordecai Richler, David Staines, Jane Urquhart.
12 “1995 Jury Panel Announced for the Giller Prize,” press release, 18 May 1995, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_051895.html; The Canadian Encyclopedia, “Scotiabank Giller Prize Winners” (see note 11).
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1996 (3RD YEAR)13
Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1996.
(G3-1996.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-7710-0835- X, with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 00 99 98 97 96; partner companies New York: Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., London: Bloomsbury Publishing Limited; design credits Kong, Marysarah Quinn; artwork credit Dante Gabriel Rossetti; photo credit Andrew MacNaughton; price $32.50; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
other finalists (1) Gail Anderson-Dargatz, The Cure for Death by Lightning: A Novel, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 1996; (2) Ann- Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996; (3) Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1996; (4) Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman’s Boy, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1996.
jury members Bonnie Burnard, Carol Shields, David Staines.
1997 (4TH YEAR)14
Mordecai Richler, Barney’s Version, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 1997.
(G4-1997.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-676-97078- 8, with the designation “First Canadian Edition”; end material Michael Panofsky; design credit Spender Francey Peters; photo credits Jillian Edelstein, John Scully; price $32.95; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
13 “1996 Jury Panel Announced for the Giller Prize,” 9 May 1996, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/news_050996.html; The Canadian Encyclopedia, “Scotiabank Giller Prize Winners” (see note 11). 14 “Author Mordecai Richler Wins the 1997 Giller Prize,” press release, 4 November 1997, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_110497.html.
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other finalists (1) Michael Helm, The Projectionist: A Novel, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1997; (2) Shani Mootoo, Cereus Blooms at Night, Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1996; (3) Nino Ricci, Where She Has Gone, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997; (4) Carol Shields, Larry’s Party, [Toronto]: Random House of Canada, 1997.
jury members Bonnie Burnard, Mavis Gallant, Peter Gzowski.
1998 (5TH YEAR)15
Alice Munro, The Love of a Good Woman, Toronto: A Douglas Gibson Book (McClelland & Stewart Inc.), 1998.
(G5-1998.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-7710-6685- 6, with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 03 02 01 00 99 98; design credit Sari Ginsberg; artwork credit Paul Peel; photo credit Jerry Bauer; price $32.99; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
other finalists (1) André Alexis, Childhood, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1998; (2) Gail Anderson-Dargatz, A Recipe for Bees, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 1998; (3) Barbara Gowdy, The White Bone, Toronto: HarperFlamingoCanada, 1998; (4) Greg Hollingshead, The Healer, Toronto: HarperFlamingoCanada, 1998; (5) Wayne Johnston, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 1998.
jury members Margaret Atwood, Peter Gzowski, Guy Vanderhaeghe.
1999 (6TH YEAR)16
Bonnie Burnard, A Good House, Toronto: A Phyllis Bruce Book (HarperFlamingoCanada), 1999.
15 “Author Alice Munro Wins the 1998 Giller Prize,” press release, 3 November 1998, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_110398.html. 16 “Author Bonnie Burnard Wins the 1999 Giller Prize,” press release, 3 November 1999, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_110399.html.
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(G6-1999.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-00-225526- X, with the designation “First HarperCollins hardcover ed.”; title variant A Good House: A Novel; partner company HarperCollins; design credit Bill Douglas at The Bang; photo credits Fred Lum, Andrew Southon; price $29.00; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
other finalists (1) Timothy Findley, Pilgrim, Toronto: HarperFlamingoCanada, 1999; (2) Anne Hébert, Am I Disturbing You? Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1999; (3) Nancy Huston, The Mark of the Angel, Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999; (4) David Macfarlane, Summer Gone, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 1999.
jury members Alberto Manguel, Judith Mappin, Nino Ricci.
2000 (7TH YEAR)17
Michael Ondaatje, Anil’s Ghost, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 2000.
(G7-2000.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-7710- 6893-X, with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 05 04 03 02 00; design credits Carol Devine Carson, Anthea Lingeman, K.T. Njo; photo credits Adam Elder, Jana Leōn; price $34.99; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
David Adams Richards, Mercy among the Children, Toronto: Doubleday Canada (A division of Random House of Canada Limited), 2000.
(G8-2000.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-385-25917-4, with the full number line BVG 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; design credits Linda Gustafson/Counterpunch, Susan Thomas/Digital Zone; photo credits Calum Colvin/Photonica, Debra Thier; price $32.95; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
17 “Canada’s Premier Prize for Fiction Names Two Winners,” press release, 2 November 2000, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/ files/12/10/news_110200.html.
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other finalists (1) Alan Cumyn, Burridge Unbound, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2000; (2) Elizabeth Hay, A Student of Weather, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2000; (3) Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2000; (4) Fred Stenson, The Trade, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2000.
jury members Margaret Atwood, Alistair MacLeod, Jane Urquhart.
2001 (8TH YEAR)18
Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan: A Novel, Toronto: HarperFlamingoCanada (A Phyllis Bruce Book), 2001.
(G9-2001.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-00-200501- 8, with the designation “First edition” and the full number line HC 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; partner company Toronto: HarperCollins Canada; design credit Pylon; artwork credit Tamara de Lempicka; price $32.00; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
other finalists (1) Sandra Birdsell, The Russländer, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2001; (2) Michael Crummey, River Thieves, Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2001; (3) Michael Redhill, Martin Sloane: A Novel, [Toronto]: Doubleday Canada, 2001; (4) Timothy Taylor, Stanley Park, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2001; (5) Jane Urquhart, The Stone Carvers, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2001.
jury members Joan Clark, Robert Fulford, David Adams Richards.
2002 (9TH YEAR)19
Austin Clarke, The Polished Hoe: A Novel, Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers (A division of Thomas Allen & Son Limited), 2002.
18 “Author Richard B. Wright Wins the 2001 Giller Prize,” press release, 6 November 2001, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/ files/12/10/news_110601.html. 19 “Author Austin Clarke Wins the 2002 Giller Prize,” press release, 5 November 2002, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_110502.html.
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(G10-2002.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-88762- 110-4, with no print run announced; editing credit Patrick Crean; design credit Gordon Robertson; photo credits Nermeen Mouftah, John Sann/Getty Images; price $34.95; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
other finalists (1) Bill Gaston, Mount Appetite, Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2002; (2) Wayne Johnston, The Navigator of New York, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2002; (3) Lisa Moore, Open: Stories, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2002; (4) Carol Shields, Unless: A Novel, Toronto: Random House Canada, 2002.
jury members Barbara Gowdy, Thomas King, William H. New.
2003 (10TH YEAR)20
M.G. Vassanji, The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, [Toronto]: Doubleday Canada (A division of Random House of Canada Limited), 2003.
(G11-2003.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-385-65990-3, with the full number line BVG 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; design credit CS Richardson; artwork credit Grant V. Faint/Getty Images; photo credit Denise Grant; price $35.95; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
other finalists (1) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2003; (2) John Bemrose, The Island Walkers, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2003; (3) John Gould, Kilter: 55 Fictions, Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 2003; (4) Ann-Marie MacDonald, The Way the Crow Flies, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2003.
jury members Rosalie Abella, David Staines, Rudy Wiebe.
20 “Author M.G. Vassanji Wins the 2003 Giller Prize,” press release, 4 November 2003, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_110403.html.
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2004 (11TH YEAR)21
Alice Munro, Runaway: Stories, Toronto: A Douglas Gibson Book (McClelland & Stewart Ltd), 2004.
(G12-2004.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-7710-6506- X, with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 08 07 06 05 04; design credit Kong; artwork credit Mary Pratt; photo credit Derek Shapton; price $34.99; copy examined IRV; award $25,000.
other finalists (1) Shauna Singh Baldwin, The Tiger Claw: A Novel, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2004; (2) Wayson Choy, All That Matters, [Toronto]: Doubleday Canada, 2004; (3) Pauline Holdstock, Beyond Measure, Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2003; (4) Paul Quarrington, Galveston: A Novel, [Toronto]: Random House Canada, 2004; (5) Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness: A Novel, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2004.
jury members Charlotte Gray, Alistair MacLeod, M.G. Vassanji.
2005 (12TH YEAR)22
David Bergen, The Time in Between, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2005.
(G13-2005.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-7710-1178- 4, with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 09 08 07 06 05; title variant The Time in Between: A Novel; design credit Kong Njo; photo credits Thomas Fricke, Peter Turnley/Corbis; price $34.99; copy examined IRV; award $40,000.
other finalists (1) Joan Barfoot, Luck, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2005; (2) Camilla Gibb, Sweetness in the Belly, [Toronto]: Doubleday Canada, 2005; (3) Lisa Moore, Alligator: A Novel, Toronto:
21 “Alice Munro Wins the 2004 Giller Prize,” press release, 11 November 2004, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_111104.html. 22 “Author David Bergen Wins the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize,” press release, 8 November 2005, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/ files/12/10/news_110805.html.
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House of Anansi Press, 2005; (4) Edeet Ravel, A Wall of Light: A Novel, [Toronto]: Random House Canada, 2005; award $2,500.
jury members Warren Cariou, Elizabeth Hay, Richard B. Wright.
2006 (13TH YEAR)23
Vincent Lam, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures: Stories, Toronto: Doubleday Canada (A division of Random House of Canada Limited), 2006.
(G14-2006.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 0-385-66143- 6, with the full number line BVG 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; design credit CS Richardson; artwork credit Bettmann/Corbis; photo credit Margarita Lam Antoniades; price US $21.95 / CAN $29.95; copy examined IRV; award $40,000.
other finalists (1) Rawi Hage, De Niro’s Game, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2006; (2) Pascale Quiviger, The Perfect Circle: A Novel, Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2006; (3) Gaétan Soucy, The Immaculate Conception, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2005; (4) Carol Windley, Home Schooling: Stories, Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2006; award $2,500.
jury members Adrienne Clarkson, Alice Munro, Michael Winter.
2007 (14TH YEAR)24
Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2007.
(G15-2007.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 978-0-7710- 3811-2, with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 11 10 09 08 07; title variant
23 “Author Vincent Lam Wins the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize,” press release, 7 November 2006, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/ files/12/10/news_110706.html. 24 “Elizabeth Hay Wins the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize,” press release, 6 November 2007, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/ files/12/10/news_110607.html.
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Late Nights on Air: A Novel; design credit Kelly Hill; artwork credit Richard Hamilton Smith/Corbis; photo credit Mark Fried; price $32.99; copy examined IRV; award $40,000.
other finalists (1) Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007; (2) Daniel Poliquin, A Secret between Us: A Novel, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2007; (3) M.G. Vassanji, The Assassin’s Song, [Toronto]: Doubleday Canada, 2007; (4) Alissa York, Effigy, [Toronto]: Random House Canada, 2007; award $2,500.
jury members David Bergen, Camilla Gibb, Lorna Goodison.
2008 (15TH YEAR)25
Joseph Boyden, Through Black Spruce, Toronto: Viking Canada, 2008.
(G16-2008.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 978- 067006363-5, with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (RRD); partner companies Toronto: Penguin Group (Canada), a division of Pearson Canada Inc., New York: Penguin Group (USA) Inc., London: Penguin Books Ltd, Dublin: Penguin Ireland, Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin Group (Australia), New Delhi: Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, Auckland: Penguin Group (NZ), Johannesburg: Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd; design credit Paul Hodgson; photo credits Miriam Berkley, Benjamin Rondel/Corbis; price $34.00; copy examined IRV; award $50,000.
other finalists (1) Anthony De Sa, Barnacle Love, [Toronto]: Doubleday Canada, 2008; (2) Marina Endicott, Good to a Fault, Calgary: Freehand Books, 2008; (3) Rawi Hage, Cockroach, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2008; (4) Mary Swan, The Boys in the Trees: A Novel, New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2008; award $5,000.
jury members Margaret Atwood, Bob Rae, Colm Toibin.
25 “Author Joseph Boyden Wins the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize,” press release, 11 November 2008, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/ files/12/10/news_111108.html.
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2009 (16TH YEAR)26
Linden MacIntyre, The Bishop’s Man: A Novel, Toronto: Random House Canada, 2009.
(G17-2009.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 978-0- 307-35706-9, with the full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; design credit CS Richardson; artwork credit Shadow/Getty Images; photo credit David Kaufman; price $32.00; copy examined IRV; award $50,000.
other finalists (1) Kim Echlin, The Disappeared, Toronto: Hamish Hamilton Canada, 2009; (2) Annabel Lyon, The Golden Mean, Toronto: Random House Canada, 2009; (3) Colin McAdam, Fall, Toronto: Hamish Hamilton Canada, 2009; (4) Anne Michaels, The Winter Vault, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2009; award $5,000.
jury members Russell Banks, Victoria Glendinning, Alistair MacLeod.
2010 (17TH YEAR)27
Johanna Skibsrud, The Sentimentalists, Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press Limited Printers & Publishers, 2009.
(G18-2010.p) Issued in paperback with dust jacket; isbn 978-155447- 078-5, with the full number line 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; artwork credit Wesley Bates; production credit Andrew Steeves; printed by Gary Dunfield, Gaspereau Press; price $27.95; copy examined IRV; award $50,000.
other finalists (1) David Bergen, The Matter with Morris: A Novel, Toronto: Phyllis Bruce Books / HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2010; (2) Alexander MacLeod, Light Lifting: Stories, Emeryville, Ontario:
26 “Linden Macintyre Wins the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize,” press release, 10 November 2009, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/ files/12/10/news_111009.html. 27 “Johanna Skibsrud Wins the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize, 9 November 2010,” press release, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/ files/12/10/news_110910.html.
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Biblioasis, 2010; (3) Sarah Selecky, This Cake Is for the Party: Stories, Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2010; (4) Kathleen Winter, Annabel, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2010; award $5,000.
jury members Michael Enright, Claire Messud, Ali Smith.
2011 (18TH YEAR)28
Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues, Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers (Thomas Allen & Son Limited), 2011.
(G19-2011.p) Issued in paperback with French flaps; isbn 978-0-88762- 741-5, with the full number line 15 14 13 12 11 1 2 3 4 5; title variant Half-Blood Blues: A Novel; design credits Martin Gould, Michel Vrana; photo credits Philartphace/iStockphoto.com, Steven Price; price $24.95; copy examined IRV; award $50,000.
other finalists (1) David Bezmozgis, The Free World, Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2011; (2) Lynn Coady, The Antagonist, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2011; (3) Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2011; (4) Zsuzsi Gartner, Better Living Through Plastic Explosives, Toronto: Hamish Hamilton Canada, 2011; (5) Michael Ondaatje, The Cat’s Table, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2011; award $5,000.
readers’ choice nomination Myrna Dey, Extensions: A Novel, Edmonton: NeWest Press, 2010.
jury members Annabel Lyon, Howard Norman, Andrew O’Hagan.
2012 (19TH YEAR)29
Will Ferguson, 419, Toronto: Viking (Penguin Canada), 2012.
28 “Esi Edugyan Wins the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize,” press release, 8 November 2011, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_110811.html. 29 “Will Ferguson Wins the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize,” press release, 30 October 2012, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/12/10/ news_103012.html.
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(G20-2012.h) Issued in hardcover with dust jacket; isbn 978-0-670- 06471-7, with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (RRD); title variants 419: A Novel; Four hundred and nineteen; Four nineteen; Four one nine; partner companies Toronto: Penguin Group (Canada), a division of Pearson Canada Inc., New York: Penguin Group (USA) Inc., London: Penguin Books Ltd, Dublin: Penguin Ireland, Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin Group (Australia), New Delhi: Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, Auckland: Penguin Group (NZ), Johannesburg: Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd; design credit Marijke Friesen; photo credits Cedric Favero/Getty, Alex Ferguson, Anna Peisi/Corbis, Kathy Robson; price $32.00; copy examined IRV; award $50,000.
other finalists (1) Alix Ohlin, Inside, Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2012; (2) Nancy Richler, The Imposter Bride, Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 2012; (3) Kim Thúy, Ru, Toronto: Random House Canada, 2012; (4) Russell Wangersky, Whirl Away, Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2012; award $5,000.
jury members Roddy Doyle, Anna Porter, Gary Shteyngart.
2013 (20TH YEAR)30
Lynn Coady, Hellgoing: Stories, Toronto: Astoria (House of Anansi Press Inc.), 2013.
(G21-2013.p) Issued in paperback; isbn 978-1-77089-308-5, with the full number line 17 16 15 14 13 1 2 3 4 5; design credits Erin Mallory, Alysia Shewchuk; artwork credit Nikreates/Alamy; photo credit Rob Appleford; production credit Alysia Shewchuk; price $19.95; copy examined IRV; award $50,000.
other finalists (1) Dennis Bock, Going Home Again, Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2013; (2) Craig Davidson, Cataract City, Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2013; (3) Lisa Moore, Caught, Toronto:
30 “Lynn Coady Wins the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize,” press release, 5 November 2013, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/files/13/11/ news_110513_lc.html.
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House of Anansi Press, 2013; (4) Dan Vyleta, The Crooked Maid, Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2013; award $5,000.
jury members Margaret Atwood, Esi Edugyan, Jonathan Lethem.
2014 (21ST YEAR)31
Sean Michaels, Us Conductors: In Which I Seek the Heart of Clara Rockmore, My One True Love, Finest Theremin Player the World Will Ever Know, Toronto: Random House Canada (Random House of Canada Limited), 2014.
(G22-2014.p) Issued in paperback with French flaps; isbn 978-0-345- 81332-9, with the full number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1; design credits Andrew Roberts, CS Richardson; photo credits Skippy Adelman, John Londono; price $24.95; copy examined IRV; award $100,000.
other finalists (1) David Bezmozgis, The Betrayers, Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2014; (2) Frances Itani, Tell, Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2014; (3) Heather O’Neill, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2014; (4) Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows, Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2014; (5) Padma Viswanathan, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao, Toronto: Random House Canada, 2014; award $10,000.
JURY MEMBERS Shauna Singh Baldwin, Justin Cartwright, Francine Prose.32
SOMMAIRE
Pendant vingt ans, le prix Giller (renommé le prix Banque Scotia Giller en 2005) a été la récompense la plus importante offerte aux
31 “Sean Michaels Wins the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize,” press release, 10 November 2014, accessed 11 November 2014, www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/ sean-michaels-wins-the-2014-scotiabank-giller-prize. 32 For their help in the preparation of this article, I am grateful to an anonymous referee, as well as to David Irvine, Joan Irvine, Eli MacLaren, Jenna Moore, Bill New, Elana Rabinovitch, and Roger Seamon.
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romanciers et aux nouvellistes canadiens-anglais. Au cours des années, le prix a reconnu l’excellence tant des romans que des recueils de nouvelles publiés au pays. Dans cet article, l’auteur dresse la liste exhaustive des auteurs qui se sont vus attribuer ce prix entre 1994 et 2013.
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