Lisa Moore of St. John’s has been named to the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist.
The announcement of the 12 nominees for the award — which recognizes excellence in Canadian fiction, long format or short stories — was made Monday morning at The Room by last year’s winner Michael Redhill.
Moore was nominated for her book, “Something for Everyone,” a collection of short stories, published by Astoria, an imprint of House of Anansi Press.
It's her fourth time being nominated for the award. She made the shortlist in 2013 ("Caught"), in 2005 ("Alligator") and in 2002 ("Open").
The other nominees for this year's award are Page Cooper (“Zolitude”), Patrick DeWitt (“French Exit”), Eric Dupont (“Songs for the Cold of Heart”), Esi Edugyan (“Washington Black”), Rawi Hage (“Beirut Hellfire Society”), Sheila Heti (“Motherhood”), Emma Hooper (“Our Homesick Song”), Thea Lim (“An Ocean of Minutes”), Tanya Tagaq (“Split Tooth”), Kim Thuy (“Vi”) and Joshua Whitehead (“Jonny Appleseed”).
The 12 nominees were chosen from a field of 104 books submitted by publishers across Canada.
The shortlist will be unveiled Oct. 1. The winner will be announced Nov. 19 at a ceremony, which will be aired on CBC at 9:30 p.m. (NT).
The award endows a cash prize annually of $100,000 and $10,000 to each finalist.
It was announced that finalists will take part Between the Pages: An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists, in which they will travel to various locations for a series of readings from their books. The tour includes stops in Calgary, Oct. 11; Vancouver, Oct. 15; Halifax, Oct. 25; Ottawa, Oct. 30; Toronto, Nov. 5; New York City, Nov. 7; and London, U.K., Nov. 15.
The longlist was selected by a five-member jury panel, which consists of Canadian writer and journalist Kamal Al-Solaylee (chair), playwright and vice-president of advancement for the Toronto International Film Festival and Maxine Bailey, American writer John Freeman, English novelist Philip Hensher and Canadian author Heather O’Neill.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Giller Prize.
It was founded in 1994 by Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, who passed away from cancer the year before. Rabinovitch passed away in August 2017.
The cash prizes have increased significantly over the years as a result of Scotiabank’s co-sponsorship, which began in 2005.
The prize has so far provided more than $750,000 to Canadian writers.
Past winners including such acclaimed writers as Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Mordecai Richler, Elizabeth Hay, Rohinton Mistry and M.G. Vassanji, who won the first Giller Prize in 1994.
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