Can the Giller be saved? Without an injection of funds, Canada’s glitziest literary prize may be forced to close at the end of the year
This is, to put it mildly, a difficult time for an arts organization to be chasing funding.
Canadian Chanel Sutherland wins the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Sutherland says the structure of the story was "a risk" that arose out of her belief that "every enslaved person deserves to have their story told with dignity."
And then there were none: Griffin Poetry Prize unveils a five-book shortlist devoid of Canadians
If deep-pocketed institutions and organizations – and prizes – in this country aren't doing enough to support and elevate Canadian poetry, then it's up to the rest of us.
Americans dominate the Griffin Poetry Prize longlist amid threats of annexation from the U.S. government
Fully seven of the ten longlisted titles are published by American houses.
Giller Prize drops Scotiabank, loses two jurors
Two jurors – Jordan Abel and Aaron Tucker – have been quietly scrubbed from the Giller Prize website.
Sheung-King wins Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for Batshit Seven; Martha Baillie takes nonfiction award
Sheung-King's win completes the trifecta for Penguin Random House Canada, which published each of the three big fiction prize winners this year.
Anne Michaels wins the 2024 Giller Prize while protesters stage a “counter-gala” outside the Park Hyatt in Toronto
The counter-gala was organized by CanLit Responds and the activist group No Arms in the Arts.
Griffin Prize winner Jordan Abel takes the 2024 Governor General’s Award for English-language Fiction
M&S had a good day, also taking home the nonfiction prize in English.
Leaked emails point to a thorny trail of assertions, accusations, and in-fighting behind the scenes at the Giller Prize
"It’s clear that the lines between what is public and what’s private has been blurred," said Elana Rabinovitch.
Elana Rabinovitch breaks silence over the ongoing Giller Prize controversy, gives interview to Toronto Life
"I would turn your attention back to the role of literature in situations like this, which is to interrogate hate and certitude and ideas that people are conflicted about."