Esi Edugyan and Patrick deWitt will go head to head for one of Canada's top literary prizes once again, with the celebrated writers shortlisted for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Organizers announced this year's five finalists for the $100,000 prize, which honours excellence in long or short-format fiction writing by Canadians, in Toronto Monday morning. Washington Black, Edugyan's latest novel, is also a finalist for the U.K.'s Man Booker Prize and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Four of the five 2018 Giller Prize jurors gathered in Toronto on Monday to unveil their short list, including, from left, Maxine Bailey, Philip Hensher, Heather O'Neill and Kamal Al-Solaylee. The Giller was established in 1994 by businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his wife, literary journalist Doris Giller.

Source: CBC News October 01, 2018 15:22 UTC