TORONTO – Five titles have been named to this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize short list.
“Fifteen Dogs” by Andre Alexis, “Arvida” by Samuel Archibald (translated by Donald Winkler), “Outline” by Rachel Cusk, the story collection “Daydreams of Angels” by Heather O’Neill, and “Martin John” by Anakana Schofield are in the running for the prize.
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Overall, a crop of 168 books were submitted by 63 publishers for Giller consideration.
The annual prize awards $100,000 to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English. Each finalist gets $10,000.
The prize was established in 1994 by businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller.
The award gala will be hosted by Rick Mercer and is set to air Nov. 10 on CBC-TV.
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