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Guess the Giller


The 2011 Giller winner and short list has been announced, you can check out the following books from CKPL. Place your hold today!
Half-blood blues / Esi Edugyan. 2011 Guess the Giller Winner Esi Edugyan. The winner for 2011 is: 

Esi Edugyan for Half-Blood Blues

Author Information

Esi Edugyan has degrees from the University of Victoria and Johns Hopkins University. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including Best New American Voices 2003. Her debut novel, The Second Life of Samuel Tyne, was published internationally to critical acclaim. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Please visit www.esiedugyan.com for more information.
 
Other books on the 2011 Giller short list are:
 
The free world / David Bezmozgis. The antagonist / Lynn Coady. The Sisters brothers / Patrick deWitt. Better living through plastic explosives : stories / Zsuzsi Gartner.  The Cat's Table / Ondaatje, Michael
 
Other books on the 2011 Giller long list are:
 
The meagre tarmac : stories / Clark Blaise.  The beggar's garden : stories / Michael Christie.  Extensions : a novel / Myrna Dey. Little shadows / Endicott, Marina. Solitaria : a novel / Genni Gunn
Into the heart of the country : a novel / Pauline Holdstock. A world elsewhere / Wayne Johnston. The return / Dany Laferrière ; translated by David Homel Monoceros : a novel / by Suzette Mayr. A Good Man / Vanderhaeghe, Guy.. Touch / Alexi Zentner.

The Scotiabank Giller Prize awards $50,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English and $5,000 to each of the finalists. The Scotiabank Giller Prize is named in honour of the late literary journalist Doris Giller and was founded in 1994 by her husband Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch.

The Scotiabank Giller Prize 15 years Check out this book for details:

The Scotiabank Giller Prize 15 years : an anthology of prize-winning Canadian fiction / introduction by Jack Rabinovitch.

Past Winners of the Giller Prize (click the book cover or title link to request these books from CKPL's catalogue):
Year Title Year Title
2010

The Sentimentalists / by Johanna Skibsrud
The Sentimentalists / by Johanna Skibsrud
2009

The Bishop's Man
 

Linden MacIntyre
The Bishop's Man / by Linden MacIntyre
2008

Through Black Spruce

Joseph Boyden
Through Black Spruce / by Joseph Boyden 2007

Late Nights on Air

Elizabeth Hay
Late Nights on Air / by Elizabeth Hay
2006

Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

Vincent Lam
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures / by Vincent Lam 2005

The Time in Between

David Bergen
The Time in Between / by David Bergen
2004

Runaway: Stories

Alice Munro
Runaway: Stories / by Alice Munro 2003

The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

352074
The In-Between World of Vikram Lall / by 352074
2002

The Polished Hoe

Austin Clarke
The Polished Hoe / by Austin Clarke 2001

Clara Callan

Richard B. Wright
Clara Callan / by Richard B. Wright
2000

Anil's Ghost

Michael Ondaatje
Anil's Ghost / by Michael Ondaatje 2000

Mercy Among the Children

David Adams Richards
Mercy Among the Children / by David Adams Richards
1999

A Good House

Bonnie Burnard
A Good House / by Bonnie Burnard 1998

The Love of a Good Woman

Alice Munro
The Love of a Good Woman / by Alice Munro
1997

Barney's Version

Mordecai Richler
Barney's Version / by Mordecai Richler 1996

Alias Grace   

Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace / by Margaret Atwood
1995

A Fine Balance 

Rohinton Mistry
A Fine Balance / by Rohinton Mistry 1994

The Book of Secrets      

M.G. Vassanji
The Book of Secrets / by M.G. Vassanji

Chick following links for Scotiabank-Giller Prize Nominee books we have:
Scotiabank-Giller Prize Nominees, 2010.
Scotiabank-Giller Prize Nominees, 2009.
Scotiabank-Giller Prize Nominees, 2008.
Scotiabank-Giller Prize Nominees, 2007.
Scotiabank-Giller Prize Nominees, 2006.

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Last updated: Saturday, November 19, 2011

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