On October 2, 2017, five authors will be named to the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist

TORONTO, Sept. 29, 2017 /CNW/ - Five Canadian authors will be named to the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist at an event being held on Monday, October 2, 2017 at the Scotiabank Centre in Toronto.

CBC Broadcaster Gill Deacon will host the event, with jury members André Alexis (2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner), Anita Rau Badami, Richard Beard and Lynn Coady (2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner) in attendance to announce the 2017 finalists.

2017 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT – PRESS EVENT DETAILS

About the Prize

The Scotiabank Giller Prize, founded in 1994, highlights the very best in Canadian fiction year after year. The prize awards $100,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English, and $10,000 to each of the finalists. The award is named in honour of the late literary journalist Doris Giller by her husband, Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch, who passed away in August 2017.

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SOURCE Scotiabank