2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize

September 7, 2016 | Book Buzz | Comments (0)

The longlist for this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize was announced on September 7. The prize is awarded for the best fiction published in English in the year. Both novels and short story collections are considered for the $100,000 prize.

Twelve books are on the longlist: 

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13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad
• eBook

By Gaslight by Steven Price
• Audiobook
• eBook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)

The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall
• eBook

Death Valley by Susan Perly

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Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
• eBook

The Party Wall by Catherine Leroux
• eBook

Pillow by Andrew Battershill
• eBook

Stranger by David Bergen

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The Two of Us by Kathy Page
• eBook

Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush by Kerry Lee Powell
• eBook

The Wonder by Emma Donahue
• Audiobook
• eBook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)

Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin
• eBook

The finalists will be revealed on September 26 and the winner will be announced at a gala on November 7.

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