The shortlist has been released for the C$100,000 (about US$72,940) Giller Prize, which honors "the best Canadian novel, graphic novel or short story collection published in English." The finalists receive C$10,000 (about $7,295) 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 shortlisted titles are:
What I Know About You by Éric Chacour, translated by Pablo Strauss
Curiosities by Anne Fleming
Prairie Edge by Conor Kerr
Held by Anne Michaels
Peacocks of Instagram by Deepa Rajagopalan
Giller Prize executive director Elana Rabinovitch commented: "For more than three decades, the Giller Prize has helped bring ideas to life by celebrating Canadian fiction and has inspired generations of writers to put pen to paper and share their creativity with the world. This year is no different; the five titles on the shortlist are exceptional works of art that inhabit entire worlds and reflect them back to us, granting us a much-needed pause to meditate about preconceived notions, ideas and the status quo."