2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist

by Bergen, David

Book - 2023

Violence is the domain of both the rich and poor. Or so it seems in early 20th-century Ukraine during the tumult of the Russian Revolution. Violence is the domain of both the rich and poor. Or so it seems in early 20th-century Ukraine during the tumult of the Russian Revolution. Show less

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Study for Obedience

by Bernstein, Sarah

Book - 2023

A young woman moves from the place of her birth to the remote northern country of her forebears to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has recently left him. For readers of Shirley Jackson, Iain Reid, and Claire-Louise Bennett. A young woman moves from the place of her birth to the remote northern country of her forebears to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has recently left him. For readers of Shirley Jackson, Iain Reid, and Claire-Louise Bennett. Show less

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Birnam Wood

by Catton, Eleanor

Book - 2023

Birnam Wood is Shakespearean in its drama, Austenian in its wit, and, like both influences, fascinated by what makes us who we are. Birnam Wood is Shakespearean in its drama, Austenian in its wit, and, like both influences, fascinated by what makes us who we are. Show less

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The Double Life of Benson Yu

A Novel

by Chong, Kevin

Book - 2023

In a Chinatown housing project lives twelve-year-old Benny, his ailing grandmother, and his strange neighbor Constantine, a man who believes he’s a reincarnated medieval samurai. In a Chinatown housing project lives twelve-year-old Benny, his ailing grandmother, and his strange neighbor Constantine, a man who believes he’s a reincarnated medieval samurai. Show less

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The Clarion

by Dunic, Nina

Book - 2023

Peter plays the trumpet and works in a kitchen; Stasi tries to climb the corporate ladder and lands in therapy. These sensitive siblings struggle to find their place in the world, seeking intimacy and belonging—or trying to escape it. Peter plays the trumpet and works in a kitchen; Stasi tries to climb the corporate ladder and lands in therapy. These sensitive siblings struggle to find their place in the world, seeking intimacy and belonging—or trying to escape it. Show less

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We Meant Well

A Novel

by Hasan, Erum Shazia

Book - 2023

A propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who deserves what, and who gets the power to decide. A propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who deserves what, and who gets the power to decide. Show less

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The Islands

Stories

by Irving, Dionne

Book - 2022

Powerful stories that explore the legacy of colonialism, and issues of race, immigration, sexual discrimination, and class in the lives of Jamaican women across London, Panama, France, Jamaica, Florida and more. Powerful stories that explore the legacy of colonialism, and issues of race, immigration, sexual discrimination, and class in the lives of Jamaican women across London, Panama, France, Jamaica, Florida and more. Show less

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Wait Softly Brother

A Novel

by Kuitenbrouwer, Kathryn

Book - 2023

From lost siblings to the horrors of war to tales of selkie wives, Wait Softly Brother is filled with questions about memory, reality and the truths hidden in family lore. From lost siblings to the horrors of war to tales of selkie wives, Wait Softly Brother is filled with questions about memory, reality and the truths hidden in family lore. Show less

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The Rooftop Garden

by Raman-Wilms, Menaka

Book - 2022

The Rooftop Garden is a novel about Nabila, a researcher who studies seaweed in warming oceans, and her childhood friend Matthew. Now both in their twenti...Show more The Rooftop Garden is a novel about Nabila, a researcher who studies seaweed in warming oceans, and her childhood friend Matthew. Now both in their twenties, Matthew has disappeared from his Toronto home, and Nabila travels to Berlin to find him and try to bring him back. Show less

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All the Colour in the World

A Novel

by Richardson, C. S.

Book - 2023

The story of the restorative power of art in one man’s life, set against the sweep of the twentieth century—from Toronto in the ’20s and ’30s, through the killing fields of World War II, to 1960s Sicily. The story of the restorative power of art in one man’s life, set against the sweep of the twentieth century—from Toronto in the ’20s and ’30s, through the killing fields of World War II, to 1960s Sicily. Show less

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We Have Never Lived on Earth

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by Van Schaik, Kasia

Book - 2022

Kasia Van Schaik’s debut story collection follows the journey of Charlotte Ferrier, a child of divorce raised by a single mother in a small town in Britis...Show more Kasia Van Schaik’s debut story collection follows the journey of Charlotte Ferrier, a child of divorce raised by a single mother in a small town in British Columbia after moving from South Africa. The stories traverse the most intimate and transforming moments of female experience in a world threatened by ecological crisis. Show less

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Girlfriend on Mars

A Novel

by Willis, Deborah

Book - 2023

A funny, poignant, and page-turning debut novel that skewers billionaire-funded space travel in a love story of interplanetary proportions. A funny, poignant, and page-turning debut novel that skewers billionaire-funded space travel in a love story of interplanetary proportions. Show less

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