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Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist 2019
Originally posted on Consumed by Ink… Consumed by Ink The Giller Prize shortlist is out! The Shadow Jury will be reading and reviewing these books over the next 6 weeks, and will be choosing a shadow...
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2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist and Shadow Jury Reading Schedule
The 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist: Immigrant City by David Bezmozgis Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles The Innocents by Michael Crummey Dual Citizens by Alix...
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Giller Shortlist: The Innocents by Michael Crummey
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending an author reading with Michael Crummey at the Halifax Library. It was my first time hearing him speak in person, and I was surprised by how relaxed he seemed...
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Giller Shortlist: Reproduction by Ian Williams
Ian Williams landed in Marcie‘s stack with his longlisting for the ReLit Award in 2011… This is why I read prizelists: they encourage me to read in different directions, when left to my own devices, I...
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Giller Shortlist: Dual Citizens by Alix Ohlin
One of the things I enjoy about the process of sharing our Giller thoughts here on Kevin’s blog is noticing the similarities (and differences) in our reactions to the books. In The Innocents we both...
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Giller Shortlist: Small Game Hunting At the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan...
Judging by our reviews, this book seems to have made an emotional impact. As Megan Gail Coles warned us it might, it hurt to read. An excerpt from Marcie’s review, which can be read in full at...
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Giller Shortlist: Immigrant City by David Bezmozgis
This is the first time I’ve read a book by David Bezmozgis. Marcie, on the other hand, has read several. Did this have any effect on the way we reacted to the book? Here is an excerpt from Marcie’s...
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Giller Shortlist: Lampedusa by Steven Price
Insights into Steven Price’s novel, Lampedusa, may differ depending on if you’ve read Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard. Marcie’s review, which can be read in full at Buried in Print, shows...
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Shadow Giller Winner 2019
It was an unusual year for us shadow jurors – with only two of us reading and reviewing the books – so we went about our deliberations a little differently. Marcie and I revealed our top two books (of...
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The 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize Winner
Congratulations to Ian Williams whose novel Reproduction was named the 2019 Giller Prize winner! As many of you already know, the Shadow Giller jury chose two books as our winners this year – The...
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