Tag: Scotiabank Giller Prize

  • Omar El Akkad wins Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021

    Omar El Akkad wins Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021

    Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise was declared the winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 in Toronto, Canada on Monday, November 8, 2021. The Scotiabank Giller Prize, founded by Jack Rabinovitch in 1994, awards $100,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel, graphic novel or short story collection published in English. The…

  • Omar El Akkad, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia on Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 shortlist.

    Omar El Akkad, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia on Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 shortlist.

    Omar El Akkad and Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia are on the shortlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 announced on October 5, 2021. The Giller Prize, founded by Jack Rabinovitch in 1994, highlights the very best in Canadian fiction annually. In 2005, the prize teamed up with Scotiabank who increased the winnings 4-fold. The Scotiabank Giller Prize…

  • Omar El Akkad, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia on Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 longlist.

    Omar El Akkad, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia on Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 longlist.

    Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia and Omar El Akkad are on the longlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 announced on Wednesday, September 8, 2021. The Giller Prize, founded by Jack Rabinovitch in 1994, highlights the very best in Canadian fiction annually. In 2005, the prize teamed up with Scotiabank who increased the winnings 4-fold. The Scotiabank Giller…

  • Aminatta Forna to judge Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2019

    Aminatta Forna to judge Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2019

    Aminatta Forna is set to judge Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2019. She will be joined by four other judges. The Giller Prize was founded in 1994 by Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, who passed away from cancer the year before. The award recognized excellence in Canadian fiction –…