2009 Giller Prize

The fifteen annual dinner and award ceremony of the Giller Prize, Canada's Premier literary prize for fiction was held on November 10, 2009 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto, Ontario and drew about 450 members of the publishing, media and arts communities such as Margaret Atwood. Jack Rabinovitch, ( President of Nodel Investments Ltd., a real estate/venture capital firm ) founded the Giller Prize in 1994 in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, who had passed away from cancer the year before. The award which had endowed a annual cash prize of $ 25,000 was raised by Scotiabank in 2008 to $70,000 with $50,000 going to the winner, and $5,000 being given to each of the other four finalists. The Giller Prize recognizes excellence in Canadian fiction and is said to be the largest annual prize for fiction in Canada.

The jury panel was composed of American novelist and short story writer Russell Banks, UK author and journalist Victoria Glendinning, and professor and award-winning author Alistair MacLeod. They chose the finalists from eligible books from across Canada.

The five finalists for the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists were:

Kim Echlin: THE DISAPPEARED, published by Hamish Hamilton Canada
Annabel Lyon: THE GOLDEN MEAN, published by Random House Canada
Linden MacIntyre: THE BISHOP’S MAN, published by Random House Canada
Colin McAdam: FALL, published by Hamish Hamilton Canada
Anne Michaels: THE WINTER VAULT, published by McClelland & Stewart

The winner is:
Linden MacIntyre for his novel The Bishop’s Man, published by Random House Canada.

The Giller Prize was a fine night celebrating Canadian literature! TorontoArtsandEvents supports any event that supports writers and encourages you to turn off your TV and your computer and pick up a book! Also, check back here for the Giller Prize 2010!

Linden MacIntyre for his novel The Bishop’s Man

The Giller Awards was a fine night celebrating Canadian writers and TorontoArtsandEvents celebrates any event that encourages writers. Also, we would like to encourage you to turn off your TV and your computer ( but after you have reviewed this site ) and read a book! It is also very important to encourage literacy in Toronto, Ontario and Canada! Check back here for next year's Giller Awards!