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The Giller Files
Goodbye, Giller: Michelle Winters relives the awards gala and contemplates what's next
The party's over and Michael Redhill won. Michelle Winters reflects on her entire Giller Prize experience one last time.
Michelle Winters
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CBC Books
Michael Redhill wins the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Bellevue Square
The prize is the richest in Canadian literature, with the winner taking home $100,000.
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The Giller Files
Enjoying the ride: Michelle Winters on the roller coaster that is being a Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist
Michelle Winters, author of I Am a Truck, takes CBC Books through what it's like being a first-time Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist.
Michelle Winters
Scotiabank Giller Prize ||
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Madeleine Thien, John Irving, Rupi Kaur, Thomas King and Lawrence Hill to present at Scotiabank Giller Prize
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Erin Balser
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How I Wrote It
Michelle Winters' I Am a Truck is a tribute to the people, places and things she loves
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How I Wrote It
How Ed O'Loughlin put himself into the hearts and minds of Arctic explorers
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How I Wrote It
How Rachel Cusk rewrote the writing rules and scored two Scotiabank Giller Prize nominations
Olivia Pasquarelli
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Magic 8 Q&A
'All art is failed art.' Michael Redhill on being comfortable with failure
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Ryan B. Patrick
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The Giller Files
On the road: Michelle Winters on hanging out with her fellow Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted authors
Michelle Winters
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The Next Chapter
How Michael Redhill created a different kind of doppelgänger story
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Ed O'Loughlin reignites love affair with Canada, snow and maps for new novel
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Ryan Rumbolt
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Finalist for Giller Prize honed her craft writing software instructions
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Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
News -Canada -New Brunswick |
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Magic 8 Q&A
Rachel Cusk on honouring the strangeness of living
Jennifer Warren
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How I Wrote It
Why it took Eden Robinson eight years to write Son of a Trickster
Jennifer Warren
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How I Wrote It
How Michael Redhill used the building blocks of genre fiction to win the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize
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Ryan B. Patrick
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CBC Literary Prizes
Eden Robinson, Kevin Hardcastle and Heather O'Neill to judge 2018 CBC Short Story Prize
Dionne Codrington
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Past Giller Prize winners
CBC Books
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Magic 8 Q&A
Eden Robinson on her musical afterlife and dream CanLit Trivial Pursuit Partner
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Magic 8 Q&A
What scares Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted author Michelle Winters the most
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Erin Balser
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Magic 8 Q&A
Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted author Ed O'Loughlin: 'I write to get away from myself'
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Giller Prize juror Lynn Coady discusses this year's "diverse and exciting" long list
Radio -Q ||
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How to tune into the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize
CBC Books
Scotiabank Giller Prize ||
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Find a Scotiabank Giller Light Bash near you
CBC Books
Scotiabank Giller Prize ||
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The Giller Files
From slush pile to shortlist: Michelle Winters reveals the gory details of the publishing process
Michelle Winters
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