Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist Announced

Posted on September 21, 2010

The 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury has announced its longlist. This is the 17th year of the prize and the second year that the prize has featured two non-Canadians as jurors. The jury panel - Canadian broadcaster and journalist Michael Enright, American author and professor Claire Messud,and award-winning UK writer Ali Smith - chose 13 titles out of nearly 100 books. The winner will receive a $50,000 prize. Here is the longlist:

• The Matter With Morris by David Bergen
• Player One by Douglas Coupland
• Cities of Refuge by Michael Helm
• Light Lifting by Alexander MacLeod
• The Debba by Avner Mandelman
• The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
• This Cake Is For The Party by Sarah Selecky
• The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud
• Lemon by Cordelia Strube
• Curiosity by Joan Thomas
• Sanctuary Line by Jane Urquhart
• Cool Water by Dianne Warren
• Annabel by Kathleen Winter