Video Archives
The Giller Master Panels
The Peril’s of Publishing While Female
March 22, 2021
Moderator: Judith Pereira
Panelists: Susan Swan, Karma Brown, Téa Mutonji
Black Writers’ Experience Publishing in Canada
February 16, 2021
Moderator: Cecil Foster
Panelists: Ian Williams, Zalika Reid-Benta, Chelene Knight, Rinaldo Walcott
The Giller Book Club
Indians on Vacation
April 5, 2021
Interviewer: Rosanna Deerchild
Author: Thomas King
Consent
March 15, 2021
Interviewer: Ben McNally
Author: Annabel Lyon
Five Little Indians
March 1, 2021
Interviewer: Kamal Al-Solaylee
Author: Michelle Good
Polar Vortex
February 8, 2021
Interviewer: Claire Armitstead
Author: Shani Mootoo
Ridgerunner
January 25, 2021
Interviewer: Sarah MacLachlan
Author: Gil Adamson
How to Pronounce Knife
January 14, 2021
Interviewer: Madeleine Thien
Author: Souvankham Thammavongsa
2020 Videos
2020 Broadcast
Watch the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize broadcast on Monday, November 9, at 9 p.m. ET (11:30 AT/12 midnight NT) on CBC and the free CBC Gem streaming service. The livestream will begin at 9 p.m. ET on CBC Books, and a broadcast special will air on CBC Radio One and the free CBC Listen App at 9 p.m. (10 AT/10:30 NT). The evening will be hosted by Eric McCormack with a special performance by Diana Krall.
2020 Between the Pages
Hosted by Jael Richardson, Between the Pages: An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists took place on November 2, 2020. It was an hour of readings, questions and answers and took viewers inside the minds and creative lives of the writers on the 2020 shortlist.
2020 Shortlist Announcement
The 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist announcement took place on October 5, 2020, at 10 a.m. ET. The shortlist was announced by previous Prize winners Esi Edugyan, Michael Redhill, Madeleine Thien, Sean Michaels and Elizabeth Hay.
2020 Longlist Announcement
The 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist was announced on by 2019 Prize winner Ian Williams on September 8, 2020, at 10 a.m. ET.
2018 Videos
2018 Longlist Announcement
September 17, 2018
The Rooms in St. John’s, NL.
2016 Videos
Mona Awad
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
Penguin Canada
Gary Barwin
Yiddish for Pirates
Random House Canada
Emma Donoghue
The Wonder
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Catherine Leroux
The Party Wall
Translated by Lazer Lederhendler
Biblioasis
Madeleine Thien
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Zoe Whittall
The Best Kind of People
House of Anansi Press Inc.
2015 Videos
André Alexis
Fifteen Dogs
Coach House Books
Samuel Archibald
Arvida
Translated by Donald Winkler
Biblioasis
Rachel Cusk
Outline
Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Heather O’Neill
Daydreams of Angels
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Anakana Schofield
Martin John
A John Metcalf Book, an imprint of Biblioasis
2015 Longlist Announcement
September 9, 2015
Moyse Hall Theatre, Montreal
2015 Shortlist Announcement
October 5, 2015
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
2014 Videos
David Bezmozgis
The Betrayers
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Frances Itani
Sean Michaels
Us Conductors
Random House Canada
Heather O’Neill
The Girl Who Was Saturday Night
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Miriam Toews
All My Puny Sorrows
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Padma Viswanathan
The Ever After of Ashwin Rao
Random House Canada
2014 Longlist Announcement
September 16, 2014
Moyse Hall Theatre, Montreal
2014 Shortlist Announcement
October 6, 2014
Soho House, Toronto
2012 Videos
Will Ferguson
419
Viking Canada
Alix Ohlin
Inside
House of Anansi Press
Nancy Richler
The Imposter Bride
HarperCollins
Kim Thúy
Russell Wangersky
Whirl Away
Thomas Allen Publishers
2011 Videos
David Bezmozgis
The Free World
HarperCollins
Lynn Coady
The Antagonist
House of Anansi Press
Patrick deWitt
The Sisters Brothers
House of Anansi Press
Esi Edugyan
Half-Blood Blues
Thomas Allen Publishers
Zsuzsi Gartner
Better Living Through Plastic Explosives
Hamish Hamilton Canada
Michael Ondaatje
The Cat’s Table
McClelland & Stewart
2010 Videos
David Bergen
The Matter with Morris
HarperCollins
Alexander MacLeod
Light Lifting
Biblioasis
Sarah Selecky
This Cake Is for the Party
Thomas Allen Publishers
Johanna Skibsrud
The Sentimentalists
Gaspereau Press
Kathleen Winter
Annabel
House of Anansi Press