Narrowing it down…The Giller Shortlist

By , on October 7th, 2008

Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden (Viking Canada)
Barnacle Love by Anthony De Sa (Doubleday Canada)
Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott (Freehand Books/Broadview Press)
Cockroach by Rawi Hage (House of Anansi Press)
The Boys in the Trees by Mary Swan (Henry Holt/H.B. Fenn and Company)

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Giller Prize Long list

By , on September 15th, 2008

This year’s Giller Prize longlist:

Rawi Hage for his novel Cockroach
Austin Clarke for his novel More
David Adams Richards for his novel The Lost Highway
David Bergen for his novel The Retreat
Joseph Boyden for his novel Through Black Spruce
Anthony De Sa for his collection of short stories Barnacle Love
Emma Donoghue for her novel The Sealed Letter
Marina Endicott for her novel Good to a Fault
Steven Galloway for his novel The Cellist of Sarajevo
Kenneth J. Harvey for his novel Blackstrap Hawco
Patrick Lane for his novel Red Dog, Red Dog
Pasha Malla for his collection of short stories The Withdrawal Method
Paul Quarrington for his novel The Ravine
Nino Ricci for his novel The Origin of the Species
Mary Swan for her novel The Boys in the Trees

Sadly I haven’t gotten my hands on any of these yet, but if anyone has any early faves or has reviewed one of the books, feel free to post your link!

The short list will be announced on October 7th.

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