Anti-Israel activists are escorted out of the Four Seasons Hotel by police after interrupting the Scotiabank Giller Prize ceremony in Toronto, on Nov. 13, 2023.

The prize, which grew from $25,000 to $100,000 under Scotiabank's sponsorship, had already dropped the bank's name from its title in September 2024.

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 ...

Charges against four Giller Prize protesters dropped; one remains Protesters interrupted the literary award in November 2023 carrying signs that read 'Scotiabank Funds Genocide' Author of the article: ...

This year, two jurors withdrew and over 300 members of the literary community signed a petition asking for the Giller Foundation to cut ties not only with Scotiabank but also with Indigo Books.

Two international members of the prize’s jury also resigned over its sponsors’ Israel ties, and Bernstein also pulled out of a planned appearance with a Giller-affiliated virtual book club ...

TORONTO (AP) — Poet-novelist Anne Michaels has won the Giller Prize for her novel “Held,” a multi-generational examination of war and trauma. The 100,000 Canadian dollar ($71,000) Giller ...