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The Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist unveiled

Call your bookie, dryclean your tux or dress, and prepare your conspiracy theories: the Giller longlist has been unveiled.

The 14 15 titles on the list, which will be whittled down to five on Oct. 9, are below. Just like last year, the list is a mix of the usual suspects and surprising newcomers, big presses and small. N.B.: the last three Q&Q cover stars – Michael Winter, Elizabeth Hay, and D.R. MacDonald – made the list.

Here’s the complete list, with links to Q&Q reviews and author profiles.

• Soucouyant by David Chariandy (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Zero Gravity by Sharon English (The Porcupine’s Quill)
• Helpless by Barbara Gowdy (HarperCollins Canada)
• Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay (McClelland & Stewart)
• The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (HarperCollins Canada)
• Stormy Weather by Paulette Jiles (HarperCollins Canada)
• Lauchlin of the Bad Heart by D.R. MacDonald (HarperCollins Canada)
• The Reckoning of Boston Jim by Claire Mulligan (Brindle & Glass Publishing)
• Conceit by Mary Novik (Doubleday Canada)
• Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje (McClelland & Stewart)
• A Secret Between Us by Daniel Poliquin, translated by Donald Winkler (Douglas & McIntyre)
• The Assassin’s Song by M.G. Vassanji (Doubleday Canada)
• The Architects Are Here by Michael Winter (Penguin Canada)
• October by Richard B. Wright (HarperCollins Canada)
• Effigy by Alissa York (Random House Canada)

Watch Q&Q Omni for a full story later today.