The 12-title longlist has been released for the C$100,000 (about US$73,985) Giller Prize, which honors "the best Canadian novel, graphic novel or short story collection published in English." The finalists, who will be unveiled October 9, receive C$10,000 (about $7,400) each. The winner will be named November 18. The Giller Prize is sponsored by Scotiabank, CBC Books, Mantella Corporation, Indigo, and the Azrieli Foundation. This year's longlisted titles are:
A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson
Death by a Thousand Cuts by Shashi Bhat
What I Know About You by Éric Chacour, translated by Pablo Strauss
Bad Land by Corinna Chong
Curiosities by Anne Fleming
Prairie Edge by Conor Kerr
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
Held by Anne Michaels
The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor
Peacocks of Instagram by Deepa Rajagopalan
In Winter I Get Up at Night by Jane Urquhart
real ones by katherena vermette