Howard Norman Selected for Scotiabank Giller Jury

Norman will serve on the jury of a premier Canadian literary prize.

Howard Norman was recently selected to serve on the jury for theScotiabank Giller Literary Prize.  The prize is awarded to the best Canadian novel or short story. And it comes along with a huge cash purse, making it “Canada’s richest literary award for fiction,” according to their website.  The prize is in its 18th year, and the committee has chosen what they call “a multi-award winning trio” of judges.  Alongside Howard Norman are authors Annabelle Lyon and Andrew O’Hagan.  The three authors have varying degrees of connection to Canadian identity; Howard lived in Toronto and has set many of his novels in the Canadian Atlantic, including his most recent novel, What is Left the Daughter (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010).  Scotiabank Giller’s site also notes the following awards won by Howard Norman: the Lannan Award in fiction, the New England Book Award, and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship—plus two novels on the illustrious National Book Award shortlist.  Congratulations to Howard Norman! 

(And we look forward to seeing this jury work come to fruition later this year.  You can get information on submissions and awards on Scotiabank Giller’s website.)