Tara Gereaux (Chris Graham), Michelle Good (Silk Sellinger), Nicholas Herring, Nazanine Hozar (Laura Pak), and Patmeena Sabit | (David Chang Photography) are shortlisted for the 2026 Giller Prize.

Five novelists have been shortlisted for the 2026 Giller Prize.

The winner of the annual $100,000 prize will be named at an event in Toronto on Nov. 16.

The finalists are:

• Wild People Quiet by Tara Gereaux (Scribner Canada/Simon & Schuster Canada) Author profile
• Eliza Sunshine by Michelle Good (Random House Canada)
• Your Breath in Charcoal by Nicholas Herring (Goose Lane Editions)
• The Small Ones by Nazanine Hozar (Knopf Canada/Penguin Random House Canada)
• Good People by Patmeena Sabit (Crown/Penguin Random House)

The five finalists were selected from a 14-book longlist announced last month.

This year’s nominees were chosen from more than 140 titles by a jury comprised for the first time of independent booksellers, representing 10 stores in seven provinces and one territory. The jurors are: Dan MacDonald and Lori Cheverie from Bookmark in Charlottetown, Halifax, and Fredericton; Danielle McNally and Rupert McNally from Ben McNally Books in Toronto; Carmela Vedar from The Book Wardrobe in Mississauga, Ontario; Sean Librud from Knowledge Bookstore in Brampton, Ontario; Chris Hall from McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Sarah Klassen from Mosaic Books in Kelowna, B.C.; and Jenn Baerg Steyn from Yellowknife Books in Yellowknife.

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