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October 4, 2000
THE GILLER PRIZE ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST
Canada's Premier Prize for Fiction Names Its Finalists
TORONTO - Today, in a morning press conference that
drew over 100 media and members of the publishing industry, The
Giller Prize announced its 2000 shortlist. Selected by the jury
panel, comprised of authors Margaret Atwood, Alistair MacLeod, and
Jane Urquhart, the finalists were chosen from over 60 books submitted
for consideration. Those books were submitted by 27 publishers,
from five provinces and virtually every region of the country.
Speaking on behalf of the jury, Alistair MacLeod
and Jane Urquhart named the finalists. They are:
- David Adams Richards for his novel Mercy Among the Children,
published by Doubleday Canada
- Alan Cumyn for his novel Burridge Unbound, published
by McClelland & Stewart
- Elizabeth Hay for her novel A Student of Weather, published
by McClelland & Stewart
- Michael Ondaatje for his novel Anil's Ghost, published
by McClelland & Stewart
- Eden Robinson for her novel Monkey Beach, published by
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Fred Stenson for his novel The Trade, published by Douglas
& McIntyre.
more shorlist
info
Jack Rabinovitch, who founded the Prize in memory
of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, also spoke at
the press conference and announced that for the third year, the
awards ceremony will be broadcast live across Canada. On Thursday,
November 2, the finalists will be honoured and a winner announced
at a gala black tie dinner and awards ceremony to be held at Toronto's
Four Seasons Hotel. Between 8:30 and 10:00 p.m. EST, the cocktail
party and the entire award proceedings will be broadcast live on
Bravo! NewStyleArtsChannel.
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