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2025 Giller Prize Shortlist Revealed Amid Controversy
10/9/2025
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- The 2025 Giller Prize shortlist includes five authors: Mona Awad, Eddy Boudel Tan, Emma Donoghue, Emma Knight, and Souvankham Thammavongsa.
- The prize offers $100,000 for Canadian fiction.
- A jury led by Dionne Irving selected shortlist from over 100 submissions.
- Ceremony will air November 17, 2025, hosted by Rick Mercer; Scotiabank sponsorship ended amid protests; last year's winner was Anne Michaels.
