The Lieutenant Governor attended the Giller Prize.
The 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury announced its shortlist on Monday, October 1, 2018. The five titles were chosen from a longlist of 12 books announced in St. John’s, NL on September 17, 2018. One hundred and four titles were submitted from publishers across the country.
The 2018 prize winner was Esi Edugyan for her book Washington Black.
Congratulations to @GillerPrize winner Esi Edugyan. This year’s short list shows the incredible literary talent that we have in Canada. Prizes such as this bring our fiction writers to a global audience. pic.twitter.com/TZsUi5nCJn
— Elizabeth Dowdeswell (@LGLizDowdeswell) November 21, 2018