Novelist and mentor Keith Maillard awarded the B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence
Maillard says he was "moved ... humbled and grateful" to find out he had received the award.
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Maillard says he was "moved ... humbled and grateful" to find out he had received the award.
The two other nominees for this year's prize also appear on the Giller longlist.
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.
The Writers' Trust is not the only major Canadian organization facing protests over its handling of events regarding the war in Gaza.
Giller will operate with a three-person jury for the first time since 2014.
Dismantling systems of arts funding in a capitalist society is notoriously difficult.
The signatories are calling for the Giller to lobby Scotiabank to fully divest from Elbit Systems and for the prize to sever ties with the Azrieli Foundation, Indigo, and Audible.
Canadian judge Shashi Bhat called Bouchard's story "a profoundly intelligent, fiercely original piece."
Molope was heckled by members of the audience, with some cheering as her speech progressed.