Heather O’Neill, Miriam Toews among six Giller Prize finalists

Big publishers dominate this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist, announced this morning at Toronto’s Soho House.

The six finalists, as selected by jurors Shauna Singh Baldwin, Justin Cartwright, and Francine Prose, are split evenly between HarperCollins Canada and Random House of Canada imprints. In total, the jury read 161 titles submitted by 63 publishing houses.

The winner of the $1o0,000 purse will be announced Nov. 10.

The shortlisted titles are:

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107679 David Bezmozgis, <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/review/the-betrayers/"The Betrayers</a> (HarperCollins Canada) Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/betrayers-123x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/betrayers.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/betrayers.jpg 123 200 [] https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/10/06/heather-oneill-miriam-toews-among-six-giller-prize-finalists/slide/betrayers/ betrayers 0 0: David Bezmozgis, The Betrayers (HarperCollins Canada)

107226 Frances Itani, <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/review/tell/">Tell</a> (HarperCollins Canada) Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Tell-Frances-Itani-133x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Tell-Frances-Itani.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Tell-Frances-Itani.jpg 133 200 [] https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/10/06/heather-oneill-miriam-toews-among-six-giller-prize-finalists/slide/tell-frances-itani/ tell-frances-itani 0 0: Frances Itani, Tell (HarperCollins Canada)

107678 Sean Michaels, <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/2014/04/02/sean-michaels-on-writing-about-the-life-of-inventor-and-spy-lev-termen/">Us Conductors</a> (Random House Canada) Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Us-Conductors-cover-137x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Us-Conductors-cover.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Us-Conductors-cover.jpg 137 200 [] https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/10/06/heather-oneill-miriam-toews-among-six-giller-prize-finalists/slide/us-conductors-cover/ us-conductors-cover 0 0: Sean Michaels, Us Conductors (Random House Canada)

107777 Heather O'Neill, <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/review/the-girl-who-was-saturday-night/">The Girl Who Was Saturday Night</a> (HarperCollins Canada) Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/girlwhowassaturdaynight-123x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/girlwhowassaturdaynight.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/girlwhowassaturdaynight.jpg 123 191 [] https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/10/06/heather-oneill-miriam-toews-among-six-giller-prize-finalists/slide/girlwhowassaturdaynight/ girlwhowassaturdaynight 0 0: Heather O’Neill, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night (HarperCollins Canada)

107677 Miriam Toews, <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/review/all-my-puny-sorrows/">All My Puny Sorrows</a> (Knopf Canada) Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PunySorrowscover-130x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PunySorrowscover.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PunySorrowscover.jpg 130 200 [] https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/10/06/heather-oneill-miriam-toews-among-six-giller-prize-finalists/slide/punysorrowscover/ punysorrowscover 0 0: Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows (Knopf Canada)

107228 Padma Viswanathan, <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/review/the-ever-after-of-ashwin-rao/">The Ever After of Ashwin Rao</a> (Random House Canada) Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/The-Ever-After-of-Ashwin-Rao-Padma-Viswanathan-138x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/The-Ever-After-of-Ashwin-Rao-Padma-Viswanathan.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/The-Ever-After-of-Ashwin-Rao-Padma-Viswanathan.jpg 138 200 [] https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/10/06/heather-oneill-miriam-toews-among-six-giller-prize-finalists/slide/the-ever-after-of-ashwin-rao-padma-viswanathan/ the-ever-after-of-ashwin-rao-padma-viswanathan 0 0: Padma Viswanathan, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao (Random House Canada)