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Souvankham Thammavongsa is the winner of the 2025 Giller Prize for her novel, PICK A COLOUR.
We're excited to kick off our 2026 Giller Book Club season with Souvankham Thammavongsa (PICK A COLOUR) and Dionne Irving on Wednesday, December 3, at 7 p.m. ET.
Please register to attend here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #canadianliterature
Please register to attend here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #canadianliterature
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We're excited to kick off our 2026 Giller Book Club season with Souvankham Thammavongsa (PICK A COLOUR) and Dionne Irving on Wednesday, December 3, at 7 p.m. ET.
Please register to attend here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #canadianliterature
Please register to attend here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #canadianliterature
A big thank you to 2025 #GillerPrize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa and Noah Richler for participating in #BookTalk at Union Hotel yesterday evening.
#BookTalk at Union Hotel will resume in spring 2026. Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates! gillerprize.ca/newsletter #CravingCanLit
#BookTalk at Union Hotel will resume in spring 2026. Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates! gillerprize.ca/newsletter #CravingCanLit
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A big thank you to 2025 #GillerPrize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa and Noah Richler for participating in #BookTalk at Union Hotel yesterday evening.
#BookTalk at Union Hotel will resume in spring 2026. Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates! gillerprize.ca/newsletter #CravingCanLit
#BookTalk at Union Hotel will resume in spring 2026. Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates! gillerprize.ca/newsletter #CravingCanLit
"In PICK A COLOUR, a former boxer-turned-manicurist spends an ostensibly ordinary summer day at her salon, quietly navigating the tension between her outward anonymity and her sharp, deeply intelligent, inner life."
- Jury Citation
- Jury Citation
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"In PICK A COLOUR, a former boxer-turned-manicurist spends an ostensibly ordinary summer day at her salon, quietly navigating the tension between her outward anonymity and her sharp, deeply intelligent, inner life."
- Jury Citation
- Jury Citation
"Part mystery, part coming-of-age, THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE COMMON OCTOPUS is a luminous first novel by author Emma Knight."
- Jury Citation
- Jury Citation
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Part mystery, part coming-of-age, THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE COMMON OCTOPUS is a luminous first novel by author Emma Knight."
- Jury Citation
- Jury Citation
The 2025 #GillerPrize winner will be announced on Monday, November 17.
📺 9 p.m. (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, and CBC’s YouTube channel.
📻 Listeners can tune in to a broadcast special on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.
📺 9 p.m. (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, and CBC’s YouTube channel.
📻 Listeners can tune in to a broadcast special on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The 2025 #GillerPrize winner will be announced on Monday, November 17.
📺 9 p.m. (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, and CBC’s YouTube channel.
📻 Listeners can tune in to a broadcast special on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.
📺 9 p.m. (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, and CBC’s YouTube channel.
📻 Listeners can tune in to a broadcast special on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.
"Interwoven with meticulous historical detail and narrated by an ever-shifting ensemble of voices, this is a subtle, intimate story of human experience and a masterful display of technique infused with lyrical imagery and quiet reflection."
- Jury Citation
- Jury Citation
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Interwoven with meticulous historical detail and narrated by an ever-shifting ensemble of voices, this is a subtle, intimate story of human experience and a masterful display of technique infused with lyrical imagery and quiet reflection."
- Jury Citation
- Jury Citation
"Eddy Boudel Tan’s THE TIGER AND THE COSMONAUT examines the complications inherent to immigration and assimilation within the contexts of sexuality and race in Canada’s rural and urban landscapes."
- Jury Citation
- Jury Citation
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"Eddy Boudel Tan’s THE TIGER AND THE COSMONAUT examines the complications inherent to immigration and assimilation within the contexts of sexuality and race in Canada’s rural and urban landscapes."
- Jury Citation
- Jury Citation
TIFA Presents: Between the Pages, an evening with the 2025 #GillerPrize finalists, is happening on November 12, at 7:30 p.m.
The event will take place at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W, Toronto).
Tickets are available at gillerprize.ca/btp.
The event will take place at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W, Toronto).
Tickets are available at gillerprize.ca/btp.
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
TIFA Presents: Between the Pages, an evening with the 2025 #GillerPrize finalists, is happening on November 12, at 7:30 p.m.
The event will take place at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W, Toronto).
Tickets are available at gillerprize.ca/btp.
The event will take place at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W, Toronto).
Tickets are available at gillerprize.ca/btp.
"WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY is an unhinged waltz through the corridors of creative academia, blending satire and surreal magical chaos as artistic creations stumble through the night with axes and fall in love, frat parties end in murder, and creative jealousies fuel uncanny powers."
- Jury Citation
- Jury Citation
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY is an unhinged waltz through the corridors of creative academia, blending satire and surreal magical chaos as artistic creations stumble through the night with axes and fall in love, frat parties end in murder, and creative jealousies fuel uncanny powers."
- Jury Citation
- Jury Citation
Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Happy Halloween! 🎃
On Tuesday, November 18, at 6 p.m., this year's #GillerPrize winner will be in conversation with Noah Richler at Union Hotel. Visit gillerprize.ca/booktalk to purchase your ticket! #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature #canadianfiction #fiction #bookclub #bookevent
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
On Tuesday, November 18, at 6 p.m., this year's #GillerPrize winner will be in conversation with Noah Richler at Union Hotel. Visit gillerprize.ca/booktalk to purchase your ticket! #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature #canadianfiction #fiction #bookclub #bookevent
The 2025 #GillerPrize winner will be announced on Monday, November 17.
📺 9 p.m. (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, and
CBC’s YouTube channel.
📻 Listeners can tune in to a broadcast special on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.
#CravingCanLit #canlit #canadianliterature
📺 9 p.m. (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, and
CBC’s YouTube channel.
📻 Listeners can tune in to a broadcast special on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.
#CravingCanLit #canlit #canadianliterature
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The 2025 #GillerPrize winner will be announced on Monday, November 17.
📺 9 p.m. (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, and
CBC’s YouTube channel.
📻 Listeners can tune in to a broadcast special on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.
#CravingCanLit #canlit #canadianliterature
📺 9 p.m. (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, and
CBC’s YouTube channel.
📻 Listeners can tune in to a broadcast special on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.
#CravingCanLit #canlit #canadianliterature
Mona Awad's #1 National Bestselling novel, WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY, is a finalist for the 2025 #GillerPrize. #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Mona Awad's #1 National Bestselling novel, WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY, is a finalist for the 2025 #GillerPrize. #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
Attention #Toronto Booklovers!
TIFA Presents: Between the Pages, an evening with the 2025 #GillerPrize finalists, is happening on November 12, at 7:30 p.m.
The event will take place at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W, Toronto).
Tickets are available at gillerprize.ca/btp.
TIFA Presents: Between the Pages, an evening with the 2025 #GillerPrize finalists, is happening on November 12, at 7:30 p.m.
The event will take place at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W, Toronto).
Tickets are available at gillerprize.ca/btp.
October 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Attention #Toronto Booklovers!
TIFA Presents: Between the Pages, an evening with the 2025 #GillerPrize finalists, is happening on November 12, at 7:30 p.m.
The event will take place at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W, Toronto).
Tickets are available at gillerprize.ca/btp.
TIFA Presents: Between the Pages, an evening with the 2025 #GillerPrize finalists, is happening on November 12, at 7:30 p.m.
The event will take place at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W, Toronto).
Tickets are available at gillerprize.ca/btp.
Limited tickets remain for the Ann-Marie MacDonald #BookTalk on October 21 at Union Hotel.
Your ticket includes:
☕️ A pastry item & hot beverage
🍷 A glass of wine
📚 A copy of Fall on Your Knees + book signing
Purchase your ticket at gillerprize.ca/booktalk!
#GillerPrize #CravingCanLit
Your ticket includes:
☕️ A pastry item & hot beverage
🍷 A glass of wine
📚 A copy of Fall on Your Knees + book signing
Purchase your ticket at gillerprize.ca/booktalk!
#GillerPrize #CravingCanLit
October 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Limited tickets remain for the Ann-Marie MacDonald #BookTalk on October 21 at Union Hotel.
Your ticket includes:
☕️ A pastry item & hot beverage
🍷 A glass of wine
📚 A copy of Fall on Your Knees + book signing
Purchase your ticket at gillerprize.ca/booktalk!
#GillerPrize #CravingCanLit
Your ticket includes:
☕️ A pastry item & hot beverage
🍷 A glass of wine
📚 A copy of Fall on Your Knees + book signing
Purchase your ticket at gillerprize.ca/booktalk!
#GillerPrize #CravingCanLit
Hoping your long weekend has been full of time with family and friends, good food, and lots of reading! #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
October 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hoping your long weekend has been full of time with family and friends, good food, and lots of reading! #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
How many of these #GillerPrize-shortlisted titles have you read? #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
October 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
How many of these #GillerPrize-shortlisted titles have you read? #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
One more sleep! We're announcing the 2025 #GillerPrize shortlist tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when we share the news! gillerprize.ca/newsletter
#CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianfiction #canadianliterature
Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when we share the news! gillerprize.ca/newsletter
#CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianfiction #canadianliterature
October 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
One more sleep! We're announcing the 2025 #GillerPrize shortlist tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when we share the news! gillerprize.ca/newsletter
#CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianfiction #canadianliterature
Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when we share the news! gillerprize.ca/newsletter
#CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianfiction #canadianliterature
Set an alarm! On Monday, October 6, at 10 a.m. ET, we will announce the 2025 Giller Prize shortlist. Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when we share the news! gillerprize.ca/newsletter #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
October 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Set an alarm! On Monday, October 6, at 10 a.m. ET, we will announce the 2025 Giller Prize shortlist. Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when we share the news! gillerprize.ca/newsletter #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
Join us on Oct 21 at 6 p.m. for #BookTalk with Ann-Marie MacDonald.
Tickets include:
📚 A copy of Fall on Your Knees
🥐 A pastry & hot beverage
🍷 A glass of wine
✍️ Audience Q&A, and the chance to have your book signed.
Tickets are limited! Purchase yours here: gillerprize.ca/booktalk
Tickets include:
📚 A copy of Fall on Your Knees
🥐 A pastry & hot beverage
🍷 A glass of wine
✍️ Audience Q&A, and the chance to have your book signed.
Tickets are limited! Purchase yours here: gillerprize.ca/booktalk
October 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Join us on Oct 21 at 6 p.m. for #BookTalk with Ann-Marie MacDonald.
Tickets include:
📚 A copy of Fall on Your Knees
🥐 A pastry & hot beverage
🍷 A glass of wine
✍️ Audience Q&A, and the chance to have your book signed.
Tickets are limited! Purchase yours here: gillerprize.ca/booktalk
Tickets include:
📚 A copy of Fall on Your Knees
🥐 A pastry & hot beverage
🍷 A glass of wine
✍️ Audience Q&A, and the chance to have your book signed.
Tickets are limited! Purchase yours here: gillerprize.ca/booktalk
ONE WEEK! 📚🎉
On October 6 at 10 a.m. ET, we will announce the 2025 #GillerPrize shortlist! Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when we share the news. gillerprize.ca/newsletter/ #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
On October 6 at 10 a.m. ET, we will announce the 2025 #GillerPrize shortlist! Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when we share the news. gillerprize.ca/newsletter/ #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
September 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
ONE WEEK! 📚🎉
On October 6 at 10 a.m. ET, we will announce the 2025 #GillerPrize shortlist! Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when we share the news. gillerprize.ca/newsletter/ #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
On October 6 at 10 a.m. ET, we will announce the 2025 #GillerPrize shortlist! Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when we share the news. gillerprize.ca/newsletter/ #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
ICYMI: We announced the 2025 #GillerPrize longlist yesterday! The shortlist will be announced on Monday, October 6, at 10 a.m. ET. Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop. gillerprize.ca/newsletter #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
ICYMI: We announced the 2025 #GillerPrize longlist yesterday! The shortlist will be announced on Monday, October 6, at 10 a.m. ET. Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop. gillerprize.ca/newsletter #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
Fourteen outstanding Canadian authors have been named to the 2025 #GillerPrize longlist! gillerprize.ca/the-giller-p... #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature #canadianfiction #canadianshortstories
September 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Fourteen outstanding Canadian authors have been named to the 2025 #GillerPrize longlist! gillerprize.ca/the-giller-p... #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature #canadianfiction #canadianshortstories
The 2025 #GillerPrize longlist will be announced tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET!
Subscribe to our newsletter at gillerprize.ca/newsletter. #CravingCanLit
Subscribe to our newsletter at gillerprize.ca/newsletter. #CravingCanLit
September 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The 2025 #GillerPrize longlist will be announced tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET!
Subscribe to our newsletter at gillerprize.ca/newsletter. #CravingCanLit
Subscribe to our newsletter at gillerprize.ca/newsletter. #CravingCanLit
On September 25, we're hosting chapter IV of #BookTalk in collaboration with Union Hotel in #Toronto. 2017 #GillerPrize winner Michael Redhill will be in conversation with 2015 winner André Alexis. Purchase your ticket at gillerprize.ca/booktalk! #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
September 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
On September 25, we're hosting chapter IV of #BookTalk in collaboration with Union Hotel in #Toronto. 2017 #GillerPrize winner Michael Redhill will be in conversation with 2015 winner André Alexis. Purchase your ticket at gillerprize.ca/booktalk! #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature