David Bergen, Sarah Bernstein and Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer are among the authors on the long list for this yearB次元官网网址檚 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Last yearB次元官网网址檚 winner, Suzette Mayr, revealed the list in St. JohnB次元官网网址檚, N.L., at an event that kicked off the 30th anniversary of the Canadian literary prize.
Bergen, who won the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel B次元官网网址淭he Time In Between,B次元官网网址� made the 2023 long list with B次元官网网址淎way from the Dead,B次元官网网址� published by Goose Lane Editions.
Bernstein received a nod for her second novel B次元官网网址淪tudy for Obedience,B次元官网网址� published by Knopf Canada, which also made the long list for the prestigious Booker Prize earlier this summer.
Also on the list is KuitenbrouwerB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淲ait Softly Brother,B次元官网网址� a novel published by Wolsak & Wynn that has been described as autobiographical fiction.
Organizers say the 12 titles were chosen from a record number of 145 book submissions made by publishers across Canada and the short list for the prize will be announced on Oct. 11.
The Scotiabank Giller Prize awards $100,000 to the author of the best Canadian novel, graphic novel or short story collection published in English, and $10,000 to each of the finalists.
The winner will be announced on Nov. 13 during a broadcast on CBC and the CBC Gem streaming service.
Other titles on the long list are:
-Eleanor CattonB次元官网网址檚 novel B次元官网网址淏irnam Wood,B次元官网网址� published by McClelland & Stewart;
-Kevin ChongB次元官网网址檚 novel B次元官网网址淭he Double Life of Benson Yu,B次元官网网址� published by Simon & Schuster;
-Nina DunicB次元官网网址檚 novel B次元官网网址淭he Clarion,B次元官网网址� published by Invisible Publishing;
-Erum Shazia HasanB次元官网网址檚 novel B次元官网网址淲e Meant Well,B次元官网网址� published by ECW Press;
-Dionne IrvingB次元官网网址檚 short story collection, B次元官网网址淭he Islands: Stories,B次元官网网址� published by Catapult Press;
-Menaka Raman-WilmsB次元官网网址� novel B次元官网网址淭he Rooftop Garden,B次元官网网址� published by Nightwood Editions;
-CS RichardsonB次元官网网址檚 novel B次元官网网址淎ll The Colour in the World,B次元官网网址� published by Knopf Canada. (Richardson previously made the 2012 long list for his novel B次元官网网址淭he Emperor of ParisB次元官网网址�);
-Kasia Von SchaikB次元官网网址檚 short story collection B次元官网网址淲e Have Never Lived on Earth,B次元官网网址� published by The University of Alberta Press;
-Deborah WillisB次元官网网址� novel B次元官网网址淕irlfriend on Mars,B次元官网网址� published by Hamish Hamilton.
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