Authors longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize subject to targeted attacks online
The campaign of intimidation has led to the Giller Foundation taking the extraordinary step of releasing a public plea for the harassment to end.
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The campaign of intimidation has led to the Giller Foundation taking the extraordinary step of releasing a public plea for the harassment to end.
The refusal to cut ties with Scotiabank but merely suppress its name in public is likely to further inflame those who feel the association with the bank is a moral stain on the prize.
As a commercial novel about the ultra-rich, The Plus One wants to have it both ways.
The writers are for the most part clear-eyed about the realities of the world and adept at placing them in the context of speculative fiction.
It would be salutary if writers addressing the genre would cease treating it as though it has been relevant for only the past ten or twenty years.
"There’s an ideological litmus test that’s being applied specifically to Jews in order to appear on stage," says author Joshua Leifer.
The tale Marshall unfolds is a narrative of crime and hubris among the scions of the country's elite establishment members.
Siebert's empathetic approach to her material is admirable and she has the capacity for cutting observation.
The Heart in Winter is easily one of the best books of the year.
The chimes between Europe of the 1930s and American in the 2010s and early 2020s are clear and persuasive.