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Souvankham Thammavongsa is the winner of the 2025 Giller Prize for her novel, PICK A COLOUR.
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Sincerest congratulations from the team at Access Copyright to Souvankham!
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A big thank you to 2025 #GillerPrize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa and Noah Richler for participating in #BookTalk at Union Hotel yesterday evening.

#BookTalk at Union Hotel will resume in spring 2026. Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates! gillerprize.ca/newsletter #CravingCanLit
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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"In PICK A COLOUR, a former boxer-turned-manicurist spends an ostensibly ordinary summer day at her salon, quietly navigating the tension between her outward anonymity and her sharp, deeply intelligent, inner life."

- Jury Citation
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Part mystery, part coming-of-age, THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE COMMON OCTOPUS is a luminous first novel by author Emma Knight."

- Jury Citation
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The 2025 #GillerPrize winner will be announced on Monday, November 17.

📺 9 p.m. (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, and CBC’s YouTube channel.

📻 Listeners can tune in to a broadcast special on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"Interwoven with meticulous historical detail and narrated by an ever-shifting ensemble of voices, this is a subtle, intimate story of human experience and a masterful display of technique infused with lyrical imagery and quiet reflection."

- Jury Citation
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Eddy Boudel Tan’s THE TIGER AND THE COSMONAUT examines the complications inherent to immigration and assimilation within the contexts of sexuality and race in Canada’s rural and urban landscapes."

- Jury Citation
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
TIFA Presents: Between the Pages, an evening with the 2025 #GillerPrize finalists, is happening on November 12, at 7:30 p.m.

The event will take place at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W, Toronto).

Tickets are available at gillerprize.ca/btp.
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY is an unhinged waltz through the corridors of creative academia, blending satire and surreal magical chaos as artistic creations stumble through the night with axes and fall in love, frat parties end in murder, and creative jealousies fuel uncanny powers."

- Jury Citation
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
On Tuesday, November 18, at 6 p.m., this year's #GillerPrize winner will be in conversation with Noah Richler at Union Hotel. Visit gillerprize.ca/booktalk to purchase your ticket! #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature #canadianfiction #fiction #bookclub #bookevent
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The 2025 #GillerPrize winner will be announced on Monday, November 17.

📺 9 p.m. (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, and
CBC’s YouTube channel.

📻 Listeners can tune in to a broadcast special on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.

#CravingCanLit #canlit #canadianliterature
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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A&S in the News 📗

"We Love You, Bunny," the newest novel from creative writing professor Mona Awad, is one of five books that have been shortlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize. The $100,000 annual award recognizes the best in Canadian fiction.

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The Giller Prize Proudly Presents its 2025 Shortlist
October 6, 2025 (Toronto, ON) – Five remarkable Canadian writers have been named to the 2025 Giller Prize Shortlist. Representing the boldness, inventiveness, and transformational power of Canadian…
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October 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Mona Awad's #1 National Bestselling novel, WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY, is a finalist for the 2025 #GillerPrize. #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Attention #Toronto Booklovers!

TIFA Presents: Between the Pages, an evening with the 2025 #GillerPrize finalists, is happening on November 12, at 7:30 p.m.

The event will take place at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W, Toronto).

Tickets are available at gillerprize.ca/btp.
October 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Limited tickets remain for the Ann-Marie MacDonald #BookTalk on October 21 at Union Hotel.

Your ticket includes:
☕️ A pastry item & hot beverage
🍷 A glass of wine
📚 A copy of Fall on Your Knees + book signing

Purchase your ticket at gillerprize.ca/booktalk!

#GillerPrize #CravingCanLit
October 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hoping your long weekend has been full of time with family and friends, good food, and lots of reading! #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
October 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
How many of these #GillerPrize-shortlisted titles have you read? #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature
October 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Congratulations to the authors on this year's Giller Prize shortlist, including AC affiliates @eddyboudeltan.bsky.social, @emmadonoghue.bsky.social & Souvankham Thammavongsa.
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Congratulations to the 2025 @gillerprize.bsky.social finalists. We can’t wait to hear from all five authors at #VWF2025 this month!

@eddyboudeltan.bsky.social
@emmadonoghue.bsky.social
Mona Awad
Emma Knight
Souvankham Thammavongsa

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The Giller Prize Proudly Presents its 2025 Shortlist
October 6, 2025 (Toronto, ON) – Five remarkable Canadian writers have been named to the 2025 Giller Prize Shortlist. Representing the boldness, inventiveness, and transformational power of Canadian li...
gillerprize.ca
October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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@gillerprize.bsky.social just announced their shortlist for 2025. Am excited to pick these books for my next reading. Am starting with “We Love You, Bunny” by Mona Awad.

#gillerprize #gillerprize #weloveyoubunny #booksky #reading #books #canlit #canadianliterature
October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM