Feb 3, 2025 · The Giller Prize has parted ways 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.

The Giller Prize (known as the Scotiabank Giller Prize from 2005-2023) [1] is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried competition between publishers who …

Feb 3, 2025 · The Giller Foundation has ended its decades-long partnership with Scotiabank following months of sustained pressure from protesters, authors and publishers who pledged to boycott Canada’s most ...

6 days ago · Anti-Israel activists are escorted out of the Four Seasons Hotel by police after interrupting the Scotiabank Giller Prize ceremony in Toronto, on Nov. 13, 2023. Photo by Chris Young/The Canadian ...

Feb 3, 2025 · The Giller Foundation administers the Giller Prize, Canada’s most lucrative literary prize for fiction, which awards $100,000 to its winner and $10,000 to each of its shortlisted authors annually.

Feb 3, 2025 · The Giller Foundation, which administers Canada’s richest fiction prize, said its 20-year relationship with Scotiabank ended Monday, but organizers of the No Arms in the Arts campaign say their ...

Feb 3, 2025 · The Giller Foundation, which administers Canada's richest fiction prize, said its 20-year relationship with Scotiabank ended Monday, but organizers of the No Arms in the Arts campaign say their ...

5 days ago · The Giller Prize was founded by Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, in the year following her death in 1993. Jack passed away in 2017, but his daughter Elana Rabinovitch has continued to serve as the Giller Foundation’s executive director. ... Scotiabank subsidiary 1832 Asset Management was the largest ...

Sep 4, 2024 · A protestor holding a sign is escorted off the stage during the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize gala in Toronto. As the Giller Foundation announced Wednesday its long list of 12 nominees in contention...

Sep 4, 2024 · Scotiabank remains the lead sponsor of the Giller Prize, but its name has been removed from the prize title. Find out more.