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The Scotiabank Giller Prize: How Canadian. Excerpt from the Introduction by Olga Stein

The Scotiabank Giller Prize: How Canadian. Excerpt from the Introduction by Olga Stein But regardless of whether or not the Giller declares an interest in ideas of nation when selecting juries, the prize does present a vision of Canadian literature. The visibility of a select group of works chosen by an awards jury contributes toContinue reading “The Scotiabank Giller Prize: How Canadian. Excerpt from the Introduction by Olga Stein”

Why the Scotiabank Giller Prize Keeps Getting Better (and What Literary Theorists Can Learn from the Sociology of Sport). An essay by Olga Stein

ESSAY: Why the Scotiabank Giller Prize Keeps Getting Better (and What Literary Theorists Can Learn from the Sociology of Sport) I suspect that my sense of time has been distorted somewhat by the current pandemic, because when an email arrived from the Scotiabank Giller Prize last week, announcing the five members of its 2021 jury,Continue reading “Why the Scotiabank Giller Prize Keeps Getting Better (and What Literary Theorists Can Learn from the Sociology of Sport). An essay by Olga Stein”