A dozen books – three short-story collections and nine novels – have been longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize.

Canadian novels and short-fiction collections published between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024 were eligible for this year’s $100,000 prize, now in its 31st year.

The 12 longlisted books are:

• A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson (Biblioasis)
• Death by a Thousand Cuts by Shashi Bhat (McClelland & Stewart/Penguin Random House Canada)
• What I Know About You by Éric Chacour, translated by Pablo Strauss (Coach House Books)
• Bad Land by Corinna Chong (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Curiosities by Anne Fleming (Knopf Canada/PRHC)
• Prairie Edge by Conor Kerr (Strange Light/PRHC)
• This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud (W. W. Norton/PRHC)
• Held by Anne Michaels (McClelland & Stewart/PRHC)
• The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor (Random House Canada/PRHC)
• Peacocks of Instagram by Deepa Rajagopalan (Astoria/House of Anansi Press)
• In Winter I Get Up at Night by Jane Urquhart (McClelland & Stewart/PRHC)
• real ones by katherena vermette (Hamish Hamilton/PRHC)

The longlisted titles were selected from more than 100 submitted books. The jury is comprised of chair and Canadian author Noah Richler, Canadian novelist and previous Giller finalist Kevin Chong, Canadian singer-songwriter Molly Johnson.

The shortlist will be announced on October 9, with the winner of the $100,000 prize to be announced at an event in Toronto on November 18.

This year, the prize has dropped the name of its main sponsor, Scotiabank, from its name.

In an emailed statement, prize executive director Elana Rabinovitch said the decision to remove Scotiabank’s name was made to keep the focus on the work of the longlisted authors.

“Scotiabank continues to be the lead sponsor of the Giller Prize and we remain grateful for their support. The decision to remove their name was made so that the focus would be on these exceptional authors and their achievements, and to give the stage to Canada’s best storytellers of today and tomorrow,” she said. “Ultimately, more than ever, we want to ensure the prize stays true to its purpose: to celebrate the best in Canadian fiction and to give the stage to Canada’s best storytellers. For us, that means ensuring the focus remains solely on the authors and the art itself.”

Earlier this year, 15 authors of 2024 books announced they were pulling their works from consideration for this year’s prize in protest of Scotiabank’s investment in Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. The international jury members of the 2024 Giller Prize, Ethiopian-American novelist Dinaw Mengestu and Indian author Megha Majumdar, stepped down in July over Scotiabank’s sponsorship of the prize.

Update, Sept. 5: This story has been updated from the original to note that the Giller Prize has removed “Scotiabank” from its name.

Correction, Sept. 5: The story has been corrected to reflect that Giller jurors Dinaw Mengestu and Megha Majumdar stepped down from their roles in July.