Giller Prize 2015

The long list for the Giller Prize has been announced.
Here it is
André Alexis for his novel Fifteen Dogs, published by Coach House Books
Samuel Archibald for his story collection Arvida, published by Biblioasis, translated from the French by Donald Winkler
Michael Christie for his novel If I Fall, If I Die, published by McClelland & Stewart
Rachel Cusk for her novel Outline, published by Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Patrick deWitt for his novel Undermajordomo Minor, published by House of Anansi Press
Marina Endicott for her novel Close to Hugh, published by Doubleday Canada
Connie Gault for her novel A Beauty, published by McClelland & Stewart
Alix Hawley for her novel All True Not a Lie in It, published by Knopf Canada
Clifford Jackman for his novel The Winter Family, published by Random House Canada
Heather O’Neill for her story collection Daydreams of Angels, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Anakana Schofield for her novel Martin John, published by A John Metcalf Book, an imprint of Biblioasis
Russell Smith for his story collection Confidence, published by A John Metcalf Book, an imprint of Biblioasis

Oooohhh... Lovely. I recognize a number of the authors but none of the book titles. Obliviously, I need to pay more attention to new releases. ;-)

I did read Heather O'Neill's book of short stories and loved them.

I haven't heard enough about any of these to have an opinion, other than the Heather O'Neill, which I hear is super.

>1 torontoc: - check out the link to the Connie Gault book. Gave me a good laugh.

Here is the press release from CBC about the Giller Shortlist

Two short story collections - one in translation from the original French - and three novels have made the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist.

André Alexis scores his second shortlist nod of the season - his novel Fifteen Dogs is also in the running for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.

This year is the second in a row that Heather O'Neill has made the Giller shortlist. In 2014, she was nominated for her novel The Girl Who Was Saturday Night. This year, she is being recognized for her short story collection Daydreams of Angels.

Samuel Archibald's short story collection Arvida was a bestseller when it was originally released in French. The English-language edition - which was translated by Donald Winkler - was just released.

Rachel Cusk, who was born in Canada but was raised and currently lives in the U.K., is a finalist for her novel Outline, which was also a finalist for the Bailey's Prize in the U.K.

Anakana Schofield rounds out the list for her sophomore novel, Martin John. Her debut novel, Malarky, won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the Debut-Litzer Prize for Fiction.

The winner of the $100,000 prize, the richest literary prize in Canada, will be revealed on November 10.

Fifteen Dogs won the 2015 Giller Prize!

>7 torontoc: thanks for putting the list and updates together. They are all now in my TBR notebook. We in the US should be reading more of our northern neighbors. Alas, none of them seem to be on Ilana's CAC list for 2016, but perhaps they will be for the following year.