Giller+and+Booker+Prizes

Nov. 12/09: Congratulations to Lynden MacIntyre for his Giller win! Lynden won for the //Bishop's Man//. The novel is set in Antigonish, N.S. in a devout Catholic community. The bishop is troubled by sex scandals in the church, while harbouring a secret of his own.

Check out the **Giller shortlist** that was announced today - 10/6/09. The gala award dinner will be held on November 10th. (Atwood's //The Year of the Flood// made the longlist). Click on the link below for all the Giller Prize nominees and related events.

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The **Booker Prize** was announced today. Hilary Mantel's //Wolf Hall// won the prestigious honour and $100,000.00 prize. //Wolf Hall// is a fictionalized account of the life of Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII.



Check out the winner below! Hilary Mantel's //Wolf Hall//: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8292488.stm

Check out the Booker short list, which contains two of our sugggested books for this year: //The Children's Book// and //The Little Stranger//. [] //The Little Stranger// was chosen by our bookclub.