The 2021 Giller Prize Shortlist
The 2021 Shortlist was announced October 5 and it celebrates five Canadian fiction writers and the 28th edition of the Prize. This year’s jury, made up of Canadian authors Zalika Reid-Benta (Jury Chair), Megan Gail Coles and Joshua Whitehead, Malaysian novelist Tash Aw and American author Joshua Ferris, narrowed down the 132 submitted works to 12 to create the longlist and today announced the shortlisted authors.