The Giller Prize 2024 shortlist was released October 9. The Prize is a celebration of Canadian literary talent. The five titles were chosen There is one longlisted work of genre interest:

• Anne Michaels for her novel Held, published by McClelland & Stewart

The other longlisted works are:

• Éric Chacour for his novel What I Know About You (translated by Pablo Strauss), published by Coach House Books
• Anne Fleming for her novel Curiosities, published by Knopf Canada
• Conor Kerr for his novel Prairie Edge, published by Strange Light
• Deepa Rajagopalan for her short story collection Peacocks of Instagram, published by House of Anansi Press

This year’s jury, made up of Canadian authors Kevin Chong and Noah Richler (jury chair), and Canadian singer-songwriter Molly Johnson narrowed down the field from 145 books submitted by publishers across Canada.

Read the jury citations about each of the shortlisted authors.

The winner will be announced on November 18.