Craving CanLit 2020
To celebrate Canadian authors, we’ve put together this list of fiction and graphic novels published between October 2019 and September 2020. This is the timeframe we are accepting submissions for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize. If we’ve missed someone, please email us at info [at] scotiabankgillerprize.ca so we can add them.
Please note we do our best to keep this page up-to-date. The most accurate information including publication dates can be found on the publisher’s website.
Caroline Adderson
Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
AUGUST 18, 2020
Laura Best
Vagrant Press, an imprint of Nimbus Publishing
JUNE 3, 2020
Mark Blagrave
Vagrant Press, an imprint of Nimbus Publishing
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
Dennis Bock
Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Carol Bruneau
Vagrant Press, an imprint of Nimbus Publishing
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
Marjorie Celona
Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House
MARCH 3, 2020
Janie Chang
HarperAvenue, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
APRIL 28, 2020
Lesley Crewe
Vagrant Press, an imprint of Nimbus Publishing
AUGUST 30, 2020
Emma Donoghue
HarperAvenue, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
JULY 21, 2020
Jean-Michel Fortier, translated by Katherine Hastings
QC Fiction, an imprint of Baraka Books
AUGUST 1, 2020
Zsuzsi Gartner
Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Michelle Good
Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
APRIL 14, 2020
Deborah Hemming
Vagrant Press, an imprint of Nimbus Publishing
JULY 30, 2020
Catherine Hernandez
HarperAvenue, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Ava Homa
Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
MAY 12, 2020
Aislinn Hunter
Knopf Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House
AUGUST 4, 2020
Selected by Amy Jones, Doretta Lau, Tea Mutonji
McClelland & Stewart, an imprint of Penguin Random House
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Sheena Kamal
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
APRIL 14, 2020
Kaie Kellough
Esplanade Books, an imprint of Véhicule Press
2020
Anita Kushwaha
HarperAvenue an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
JANUARY 28, 2020
Kevin Lambert, translated by Donald Winkler
Biblioasis
AUGUST 2020
Shari Lapena
Doubleday Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House
JULY 28, 2020
Bertrand Laverdure, Translated by Oana Avasilichioaei
Book*hug Press
AUGUST 18, 2020
Beatrice MacNeil
HarperAvenue, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
MAY 12, 2020
Bianca Marais
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House
JULY 7, 2020
Andrée A. Michaud, translated by J. C. Sutcliffe
House of Anansi
MARCH 31, 2020
Saleema Nawaz
McClelland & Stewart, an imprint of Penguin Random House
AUGUST 25, 2020
Sara O’Leary
Doubleday Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House
JULY 7, 2020
Katrina Onstad
HarperAvenue, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
MARCH 31, 2020
Jean-Christophe Réhel, translated by Katherine Hastings & Peter McCambridge
QC Fiction, an imprint of Baraka Books
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Maria Reva
Knopf Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House
MARCH 10, 2020
Peter Robinson
McLelland & Stewart, an imprint of Penguin Random House
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Mallory Tater
HarperAvenue, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada
MARCH 3, 2020
Souvankam Thammavongansa
McLelland & Stewart, an imprint of Penguin Random House
APRIL 7, 2020
Erin Emily Ann Vance
Stonehouse Publishing
NOVEMBER 2019