“Scotiabank’s sponsorship of literary arts is admirable,” he wrote. The Giller Prize has been a political flashpoint since Hamas invaded Israel on October 7. Barely a month after the ...

TORONTO — The Giller Prize has cut ties with its lead sponsor Scotiabank more than a year after members of the literary community began protesting the bank's ties to an Israeli arms manufacturer.

Since the outbreak of the war in Gaza in October 2023, protesters have demanded that the Giller Prize cut ties with Scotiabank over its investments in an Israeli arms manufacturer.

TORONTO — Two jurors withdrew from the Giller Prize in the weeks leading up to the book award's split with its lead sponsor Scotiabank, with one saying his writing community feels alienated by the ...

Scotiabank’s asset management arm has faced criticism from ... The star-studded event, which marked the 30th anniversary year of the Giller Prize, included guests such as a novelists John Irving and ...

TORONTO — Several award-winning authors and a playwright have been named to the five-member jury for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize. The panel includes Canadian authors Donna Bailey Nurse and ...

There, during the opening minutes of the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize gala, anti-war activists stormed the ceremony. Flanking host Rick Mercer with signs reading, “Scotiabank funds genocide ...

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TORONTO Jack Rabinovitch, the beloved businessman who created the lucrative and prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize literary award that boosted the profiles and sales of countless Canadian fiction ...

Toronto police say they have arrested and charged three pro-Palestinian demonstrators after they allegedly crashed the Giller Prize gala Monday evening. In a news release Tuesday, police said the ...