$4 million injection of funds amounts to a “transformational gift” says Giller Foundation
This morning's announcement comes just two weeks after the Giller Foundation announced a pair of new initiatives.
Giller Foundation moves on with a pair of new initiatives
"One of the reasons I joined Book Clubs for Inmates is because I was so pleasantly surprised that Giller Prize winners and nominees were part of the basic makeup of a lot of the book clubs," says Tom Best, BCFI's executive director.
Activist groups claims victory as No Arms in the Arts and CanLit Responds end boycott of Giller Prize
More than 500 figures in the Canadian literary world took part in the boycott.
No Arms in the Arts claims a win as Scotiabank divests entirely from Elbit Systems
The fund has been the target of ongoing protests since 2023.
Giller shakes things up with an all-bookseller jury for 2026
"We wanted to highlight independent booksellers and the important role they play in the literary community."
Souvankham Thammavongsa wins the 2025 Giller Prize for her debut novel
The novel was chosen by a jury composed of former Giller nominees Dionne Irving, Loghan Paylor, and Deepa Rajagopalan.
Mona Awad and Souvankham Thammavongsa appear on a Giller shortlist comprising 100% multinational titles
If Thammavongsa were to win the prize, she would be the first author since Esi Edudgyan to win with back-to-back books.
Giller Prize reveals a bulked-up fourteen-book longlist while the final protester at the 2023 ceremony has charges dropped
For the second year in a row, the Giller is being judged by a three-person, all-Canadian jury.
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.
Giller Prize drops Scotiabank, loses two jurors
Two jurors – Jordan Abel and Aaron Tucker – have been quietly scrubbed from the Giller Prize website.