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.
Three of five Atwood Gibson Prize nominees are writers who pulled their books from Giller contention
The two other nominees for this year's prize also appear on the Giller longlist.
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.
A dozen books longlisted for a 2024 Giller Prize that has changed its name in the face of ongoing protests
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.
Four jurors for the Writers’ Trust Weston International Award release statement about tensions arising out of this year’s Politics and the Pen controversy
The Writers' Trust is not the only major Canadian organization facing protests over its handling of events regarding the war in Gaza.
Megha Majumdar departs Scotiabank Giller Prize jury amid spiralling protest
Giller will operate with a three-person jury for the first time since 2014.
The Giller foundation sticks with Scotiabank, while losing one juror and the number of writers pulling their books rises to nineteen
Dismantling systems of arts funding in a capitalist society is notoriously difficult.
A group of fifteen authors pull their books from consideration for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in protest of its main sponsor’s investment in an Israeli arms manufacturer
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.
Julie Bouchard named the winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Canada and Europe
Canadian judge Shashi Bhat called Bouchard's story "a profoundly intelligent, fiercely original piece."
In a statement, the Writers’ Trust of Canada responds to the ejection of Kagiso Lesego Molope from its annual Politics and the Pen fundraiser
Molope was heckled by members of the audience, with some cheering as her speech progressed.