Applications for the #GillerMantellaScholarship will open on February 17! Eligibility ✍️ Canadian citizen or permanent resident ✍️ Starting/continuing a first bachelor's degree or diploma in English literature or creative writing ✍️ Identify as Black, Indigenous, or racialized (BIPOC) ✍️ Minimum 75% average (last 3 terms) Requirements ✍️ Reference form and transcripts (last 3 terms) ✍️300-500 word essay on your passion for literature ✍️ 50-100 word bio Learn more at #GillerPrize #creativewritingscholarship #literaryscholarship #Canadianscholarship

Just in time for the weekend, here are some book recommendations from Anne Fleming! 📚 Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin 📚 Salvage by Dionne Brand #GillerPrize #TBRlist #TBRpile #bookrecommendations #bookreco

The Giller Foundation and Mantella Corporation are proud to announce the return of the Giller Mantella Scholarship which is dedicated to supporting underserved Black, Indigenous, and racialized students across Canada. Building on the success of 2024’s three inaugural $10,000 recipients, and responding to a high demand, the program now expands to include second and third-year undergraduate students alongside high school graduates. Learn more: #GillerPrize #MantellaCorporation #GillerMantellaScholarship #literaturescholarship #creativewritingscholarship

The next #GillerBookClub will take place on February 18 at 7 p.m. ET. If you love #shortstories you won't want to miss it! Listen in as @sindyabhanoo and @derajagopalan discuss Deepa's 2024 #GillerPrize shortlisted story collection PEACOCKS OF INSTAGRAM. Register to attend here: #CravingCanLit #CanLit

We are thrilled to announce that Deepa Rajagopalan is part of this year’s #GillerPrize jury! Deepa Rajagopalan is the author of the short story collection, Peacocks of Instagram, shortlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize. She won the 2021 PEN Canada New Voices Award for the title story of the collection. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. She has lived in many cities across India, the United States and Canada. Deepa works in the tech industry in Toronto. #CravingCanLit #canadianliterature #literaryprize #fictionprize #canadianfiction

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the #GillerBookClub yesterday with @anne_flem and @thatkevinchong! If you weren't able to tune in live, please enjoy the recording below. #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature

Our 2025 #GillerBookClub programming kicks off today at 7 p.m. ET! Listen in as @thatkevinchong and @anne_flem discuss Anne's 2024 #GillerPrize shortlisted novel CURIOSITIES. Register to attend here: #CravingCanLit #canadianliterature

Hey, publishers! Don’t forget to add the 2025 #GillerPrize submission deadlines to your calendar. #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature #fictionprize

Loghan Paylor is joining the 2025 #GillerPrize jury! Loghan Paylor is a queer, trans author who lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their short fiction and essays have previously appeared in Room and Prairie Fire, among others. Paylor has a Master’s in creative writing from the University of British Columbia, and a day job as a professional geek. Their first novel, The Cure for Drowning, was longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize and named a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2024. #CravingCanLit #canadianliterature #literaryprize #fictionprize #canadianfiction

Dionne Irving is this year’s Chair for the #GillerPrize jury! Dionne is originally from Mississauga, Ontario. She is the author of Quint and The Islands. Her work has appeared in Story, Boulevard, LitHub, Missouri Review, and New Delta Review, among other journals and magazines. The Islands was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Giller Prize, the New American Voices Award and the Clara Johnson Award. Irving teaches in the Creative Writing Program and the Initiative on Race and Resilience at the University of Notre Dame. #CravingCanLit #canadianliterature #literaryprize #fictionprize #canadianfiction

No weekend plans? We’ve got you covered! Join us in reading Anne Fleming’s 2024 #GillerPrize shortlisted novel, CURIOSITIES. On January 21, Anne will be in conversation with author Kevin Chong for the #GillerBookClub. Register to attend here: #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature

We are delighted to kick off another year celebrating the finest in Canadian literature by launching this year’s Giller Book Clubs. These one-hour virtual events are free to attend. Register here: #GillerPrize #GillerBookClub #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature

This year, we celebrated more than three decades of honouring the finest in Canadian fiction. Twenty-twenty-four ushered in a riot of new and sensational literary voices, animating worlds that exploded onto the page. Now more than ever, we need literature that inspires, compels, challenges, entertains, and engages. How better to learn about each other than to read about each other? Read more: #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #canadianliterature #canlit #CELEBRATEGILLER

We are giving away one book from the 2024 #GillerPrize longlist daily from Dec. 1 to Dec. 12. Visit our Instagram profile to enter! #CravingCanLit #CanLit #ForTheLoveOfBooks

PEACOCKS OF INSTAGRAM by Deepa Rajagopalan (@derajagopalan) was a finalist for the 2024 #GillerPrize. @HouseofAnansi #CravingCanLit #CanLit #ForTheLoveOfBooks #CELEBRATEGILLER

"In the small room where I work and where I've written for so many years in the middle of the night, there are teetering piles of paper and shelves crammed with books. A disorder that only makes sense to me." - Anne Michaels, author of HELD, published by @McClellandBooks #CravingCanLit #CanLit #ForTheLoveOfBooks #CELEBRATEGILLER

Conor Kerr's PRAIRIE EDGE was a finalist for the 2024 #GillerPrize. @strangelight_ #CravingCanLit #CanLit #ForTheLoveOfBooks #CELEBRATEGILLER

RT @ElyRobbins: The ‘Giller Effect’ in full swing as the 2024 ⁦@GillerPrize⁩ winner Anne Michaels leaps onto the TO Star’s bestsellers list…

Get to know Anne Fleming (@anne_flem), author of CURIOSITIES which was a finalist for this year's #GillerPrize. @KnopfCA #CravingCanLit #CanLit #ForTheLoveOfBooks #CELEBRATEGILLER

RT @CanCGLA: @CanCGLA hosted the @GillerPrize at Canada’s House in LA earlier this month. The 5 nominated novels are a beautiful cross sect…