The Juries that Can't Shoot Straight: Why don't the G.G, Scotiabank Giller, and Rogers Writers' Trust Awards for Fiction Pick the Same Book?

Last year, the Giller winnowed 117 books into its shortlist; which is to say that. 112 books did not receive the benefit of a juggernaut of free advertising at a time when book review sections are disappearing as newspapers go digital. Hebrews 11.1 extols faith as "the substance of things hoped...

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Published inWindsor review Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 23 - 28
Main Author Narbonne, Andre
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Windsor University of Windsor, Faculty of Arts 22.09.2020
University of Windsor
Subjects
Achievements and awards
Authors, Canadian
Awards & honors
Best books
Bibliography
Book lists
Canadian literature
Canadian writers
Munro, Alice
Novels
Canada
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Summary:Last year, the Giller winnowed 117 books into its shortlist; which is to say that. 112 books did not receive the benefit of a juggernaut of free advertising at a time when book review sections are disappearing as newspapers go digital. Hebrews 11.1 extols faith as "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" [emphasis mine], and the tragic error of the men in Joan Thomas' deeply compelling narrative is in seeing the evidence of their faith in something seen: a sunbeam through clouds pointing like a finger into the Ecuadorian forest. Days by Moonlight by Andre Alexis details an absurdist road trip in search of a fictional poet named Skennen who, like Schrödingers cat, may or may not be dead. Wilkinson's non-fiction account of crime and Christianity is set in the New York of 1958, describing the power of unflinching faith to convert gang members.
ISSN:1487-0614