Giller Winners

The Scotiabank Giller Prize is awarded to the author of a Canadian novel or short story collection published in English during the past year.  A longlist is announced, usually in mid-September, followed by a shortlist in early October.  The prize is awarded in November of each year.

Below are the past winners. Links are to reviews on The Mookse and the Gripes.

  • 2014: Us Conductors, by Sean Michaels
  • 2013: Hellgoing, by Lynn Coady
  • 2012: 419, by Will Ferguson
  • 2011: Half-Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan
  • 2010: The Sentimentalists, by Johanna Skibsrud
  • 2009: The Bishop’s Man, by Linden MacIntyre
  • 2008: Through Black Spruce, by Joseph Boyden
  • 2007: Late Nights on Air, by Elizabeth Hay
  • 2006: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, by Vincent Lam
  • 2005: The Time In Between, by David Bergen
  • 2004: Runaway, by Alice Munro
  • 2003: The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, by M.G. Vassanji
  • 2002: The Polished Hoe, by Austin Clarke
  • 2001: Clara Callan, by Richard B. Wright
  • 2000: Anil’s Ghost, by Michael Ondaatje
    Mercy Among the Children, by David Adams Richards
  • 1999: A Good House, by Bonnie Burnhard
  • 1998: The Love of a Good Woman, by Alice Munro
  • 1997: Barney’s Version, by Mordecai Richler
  • 1996: Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood
  • 1995: A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry
  • 1994: The Book of Secret, by M.G. Vassanji