11 Sep 2006
September 11, 2006 (Toronto, ON) – The 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury today announced its longlisted finalists for this year. The first-ever longlist of 15 books was selected from 101 titles submitted by 36 publishers from every region of Canada.
The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson and distinguished Canadian authors Alice Munro and Michael Winter comprise the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury panel.
Of the longlist, the jury writes:
“The selection of this year’s books is a revelation. Our country and its writers, who not only populate every region but also demonstrate their differing sensibilities, help us to understand ourselves and give us clarity and hope.”
The 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist is as follows:
David Adams Richards for his novel The Friends of Meager Fortune - Doubleday Canada
Caroline Adderson for her collection of short stories Pleased to Meet You – Thomas Allen Publishers
Todd Babiak for his novel The Garneau Block – McClelland & Stewart
Randy Boyagoda for his novel Governor of the Northern Province – Penguin Canada
Douglas Coupland for his novel jPod – Random House Canada
Alan Cumyn for his novel The Famished Lover – Goose Lane Editions
Rawi Hage for his novel De Niro’s Game – House of Anansi Press
Kenneth J Harvey for his novel Inside – Random House Canada
Wayne Johnston for his novel The Custodian of Paradise – Knopf Canada
Vincent Lam for his collection of short stories Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures – Doubleday Canada
Annette Lapointe for her novel Stolen – Anvil Press
Pascale Quiviger for her novel The Perfect Circle – Cormorant Books
Gaétan Soucy for his novel The Immaculate Conception – House of Anansi Press
Russell Wangersky for his short story collection, The Hour of Bad Decisions – Coteau Books
Carol Windley for her short story collection, Home Schooling – Cormorant Books
The shortlist for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize will be announced at a news conference on Tuesday, October 3 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. The finalists will be honoured and a winner announced at a gala black tie dinner and awards ceremony to be held on November 7th.
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The Scotiabank Giller Prize awards $40,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English and $2,500 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.