Michael Redhill has been named the winner of the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel Bellevue Square, published by Doubleday Canada.
The announcement was made at a black-tie dinner and award ceremony hosted by Mary Walsh and attended by nearly 500 members of the publishing, media and arts communities. The gala was broadcast live on CBC, CBC Radio One and live-streamed on CBCBooks.ca.
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Co-hosted by the University of British Columbia Creative Writing Program and the Vancouver Writers Fest (VWF), September 16th was a splendid event held in the magnificent Great Hall of UBC’s Museum of Anthropology. There was much to celebrate: the 20th anniversary of the Giller Prize, the 50th anniversary of UBC’s distinguished Creative Writing Program and the announcement of the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist.
Photos by Nancy Lee, Cara Cole and courtesy of the University of British Columbia
MC Steven Galloway, Acting Chair of UBC Creative Writing hosts the Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist Announcement at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. (Photo: Nancy Lee)
Musqueam Elder Larry Grant from the UBC First Nations House of Learning offers a moving welcome in henqeminem to the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam people. (Photo: Cara Cole)
Dr. Daniel Justice, Chair of the First Nations Studies Program at UBC speaks to the power of truth in story, and the importance of acknowledging all stories, by all peoples. (Photo: Cara Cole)
Scotiabank's Nilusha Alibhai (Vice President, North Coast & Fraser Valley District) and Steven Galloway in celebratory spirit after the Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist announcement. (Photo: Nancy Lee)
Scotiabank Giller prize winner and 2013 jury member Esi Edugyan, Giller Prize founder Jack Rabinovitch and Giller Prize executive director Elana Rabinovitch bask in the glow of the just revealed 2013 longlisted books. (Photo: Courtesy of the University of British Columbia)
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