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Mona Awad and Souvankham Thammavongsa among those shortlisted for 2025 Giller Prize
The 2025 Giller Prize awards $100,000 to the best Canadian fiction author, highlighting diverse themes from historical disasters to intimate family stories.
- On October 6, 2025, organizers announced five Canadian writers shortlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize: Mona Awad, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Eddy Boudel Tan, Emma Donoghue and Emma Knight.
- The jury narrowed the contenders from more than 100 works, with Dionne Irving, jury chair, Loghan Paylor, and Deepa Rajagopalan selecting the finalists this year.
- Covering a wide thematic range, the shortlisted books span subjects from The Paris Express train disaster to Pick a Colour's nail salon life, with Thammavongsa a 2020 winner and Knight a debut novelist.
- The award ceremony will be broadcast on Nov. 17 and hosted by Rick Mercer, while the winner receives a two-week residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and honours from the San Miguel Writers' Conference.
- Amid its 32nd year, the Giller Prize, founded by Jack Rabinovitch and named for Doris Giller, parted ways with Scotiabank as sponsor earlier this year after protests.
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The Giller Prize Proudly Presents its 2025 Shortlist
October 6, 2025 (Toronto, ON) – Five remarkable Canadian writers have been named to the 2025 Giller Prize Shortlist. Representing the boldness, inventiveness, and transformational power of Canadian literature, these five titles stand as a stirring testament to the essentiality of Canadian fiction as the prize celebrates its 32nd year as the country’s most
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