The Giller Prize has parted ways with its lead sponsor Scotiabank more than a year after members of the literary community began protesting the bank's ties to an Israeli arms manufacturer. The ...

As the Giller Foundation announced Wednesday its long list of 12 nominees in contention for the $100,000 annual prize, the organization quietly dropped Scotiabank from its title. The Canadian ...

O n November 13, 2023, less than four minutes into the awards ceremony for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the evening’s host, comedian Rick Mercer, was attempting a joke about Alice Munro when two ...

When Scotiabank first joined ranks with the Giller Foundation, the prize was worth $25,000. Over the years, it swelled to $100,000 for the winner. The prize carried Scotiabank's name from 2005 ...

TORONTO - The group of authors in contention for this year’s $100,000 Giller Prize has been whittled down to 12, but one name is notably absent from the list: Scotiabank. The big bank remains ...

The Giller Foundation ended its relationship ... say why it was ending its partnership with Scotiabank, which helped grow its prestigious literary prize to $100,000, but anti-Israel protesters ...

Sarah Bernstein wins $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize for novel Study for Obedience "As authors, we cannot abide our work being used to provide cover for sponsors actively investing in arms funding ...

While the Giller Foundation hasn’t cut ties with the big bank altogether, it did remove Scotiabank from the name of its prize. Giller executive director Elana Rabinovitch, whose late father ...

Sarah Bernstein, a 36-year-old poet and novelist born in Montreal and now teaching literature and creative writing in Scotland, has won this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada’s largest ...

Now is not the time for Canada’s literary elite to be silent or dismissive. Protesters holding signs reading "Scotiabank funds genocide" at the 2023 Giller Prize Awards Gala. Credit: Palestinian Youth ...

"They are among the 200+ authors and book workers boycotting the Giller Prize until they drop Scotiabank, Indigo, and the Azrieli Foundation as sponsors." According to a few picketers posting on ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. Toronto police have charged three people accused of interrupting last night’s glitzy Scotiabank Giller Prize ceremony with an anti-Israel protest. Enjoy the ...