Mastodawn

Love this! A #literaryPrize jury made up of #independent #bookstores! And one juror is from my bookstore in #Yellowknife. https://gillerprize.ca/introducing-the-2026-giller-prize-jury/

#books #bookstodon

Introducing the 2026 Giller Prize Jury: Five Independent Canadian Booksellers Ignite a Reimagined Award

January 12, 2026 (Toronto, ON) – The Giller Prize is proud to announce its first-ever jury composed exclusively of independent Canadian booksellers. Representing Canada’s North, West Coast, the Prairies, Central Canada, and the Maritimes, this jury represents five of the country’s greatest champions of Canadian literature–and a radical reimagining of the Giller Prize’s selection process. “As CanLit’s

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LM Little Jan 11

Just finished #reading Pick a Colour. A fast read! Sharp, pointed commentary on mainly Caucasian men and #women's lives from the view of Southeast Asian nail salon workers likely in Toronto. It's funny, cutting, and insightful. It is also sad and feels lonely. It won the 2025 Giller Prize for #literaryfiction.

#books #bookstodon #literaryPrize

LM Little Nov 22

Finished #reading this compelling #memoir. Told with love and deep sadness, there is no #justice in #patriarchal societies that turn a blind eye to #femicide and #intimatePartnerViolence.

#gender #genderViolence #books #bookstodon #PulitzerPrize #literaryPrize

magneton2150 at KillBait Sep 23

New Literary Prize Launched in Honor of Hilary Mantel to Support Unpublished Writers

A new literary award, the Hilary Mantel Prize for Fiction, has been established in memory of the acclaimed author Dame Hilary Mantel. The biennial prize, announced on the third anniversary of Mantel’s death, aims to support emerging writers, particularly those who are unpublished and without an agen... [More info]

LM Little May 21, 2025

Very cool! Congratulations! https://www.cbc.ca/books/whitehorse-writer-dawn-macdonald-wins-10k-canadian-first-book-prize-for-debut-poetry-collection-1.7527750

#poetry #LiteraryPrize #Whitehorse #Yukon

Whitehorse writer Dawn Macdonald wins $10K Canadian First Book Prize for debut poetry collection | CBC Books

Macdonald's collection Northerny explores the messiness, beauty and pain of growing up in the North. Now in its third year, the award celebrates a Canadian first book of poetry written in English.

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LM Little May 18, 2025

"know that another kind of #literary world, one that doesn’t traffic in blood money and self-interest but in solidarity and collective power already exists because we the people have made it so.” https://breachmedia.ca/scotiabank-israeli-arms-canlit-campaign/

#books #bookstodon #literaryPrize #GillerPrize #genocide #FreePalestine

Inside the campaign that upended CanLit’s ties to Scotiabank and Israeli arms ⋆ The Breach

The grassroots campaign that took on the Giller for its ties to the genocide in Gaza forced a broader reckoning in the Canadian literary community

The Breach

Tombe la pluie - Theespookje Mar 6, 2025

I've been busy with personal work this week so far - I'm part of a reading group for psychiatric/addiction patients that will choose the winner of a literary prize for new voices!!! I've met inspiring people there that I am to meet again and at least been writing about recently, so I'm more focusing on that and I'll make room for other common projects I've been speaking about in the following weeks as I find balance. #reading #bookstodon #psychiatry #addiction #literaryprize #writers

LM Little Mar 3, 2025

Is it a love letter to Mother Earth? A fascination of the night sky and space? Longing for home and family? Geopolitical commentary? Statement on human want? I don't know. I tried three times to appreciate this book and figure out why it won the 2024 #BookerPrize for #fiction. I failed. It is on the pile to go to the little #library down the street.

#books #bookstodon #literaryPrize

LM Little Feb 3, 2025

Grassroots #activism matters! https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/article/giller-prize-parts-ways-with-sponsor-scotiabank-after-more-than-a-year-of-protests/

#Genocide #FreePalestine #BigBanks #Canada #LiteraryPrize #authors #writers #books

Giller Prize parts ways with sponsor Scotiabank after more than a year of protests

The Giller Prize has cut ties 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.

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LM Little Nov 19, 2024

Timely piece given the #GillerPrize is awarded tonight. https://breachmedia.ca/why-we-boycott-israel/

#Genocide #WarCrimes #HumanRightsViolations #SettlerColonialism #Israel #Palestine #books #bookstodon #LiteraryPrize #authors #justice #peace

Why we boycott Israel: ‘One day everyone will have always been against this’ ⋆ The Breach

More than 6,000 literary workers have pledged to stop working with institutions that support the horrors in Gaza

The Breach