Giller Light

We were pleased to host the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Edith Dumont, and His Honour Mr. Viscardi in Thunder Bay. We greatly appreciate the ongoing support from Lieutenant Governor Dumont. Learn more about our summer events: unitedforliteracy.ca @LGOntario

Season’s Greetings from United for Literacy! Wishing you a wonderful holiday season filled with joy, peace, and a love of learning.

Congratulations to Sarah Bernstein for winning the @GillerPrize !!!

"Birnam Wood takes its title from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but it’s not a straight-up adaption of the play. Instead, every one of the characters is a contender for the role of the ambitious anti-hero." #ScotiabankGillerPrize #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit

"The Double Life of Benson Yu began as I reconsidered my own childhood as a bullied kid who could never admit he was a bullied kid. In this novel, a washed-up writer tells a story of his childhood in Chinatown in the 1980s." #ScotiabankGillerPrize #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit

"Study for Obedience was inspired by the painter Paula Rego’s suggestion that women’s obedience, their acts of service, can be, as she said, “murderous.”" #ScotiabankGillerPrize #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit

Hop on to our Instagram page after the @GillerPrize show to catch what our book defenders have to say about the outcome of the event.

.@thatkevinchong is a finalist for the 2023 #ScotiabankGillerPrize for his novel, THE DOUBLE LIFE OF BENSON YU. bit.ly/3QQl5h7 #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #WhoAreYouReading

Eleanor Catton is a finalist for the 2023 #ScotiabankGillerPrize for her novel, BIRNAM WOOD. bit.ly/3QQl5h7 #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #WhoAreYouReading

The 2023 #ScotiabankGillerPrize winner will be announced tonight at 9 p.m. local time (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on @CBC! bit.ly/3QQl5h7 @rickmercer #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #WhoAreYouReading

If you haven't yet checked it out, we've got book sets, experiences, wine tastings, overnight hotel stays, and more up for auction! Click the link to bid: trellis.org/giller-light-b…

It's Giller Day! Are you tuning in? Watch the live stream of the @GillerPrize online at cbc.ca/books . #gillerprize #gillerlightbash

All proceeds contribute to advancing United for Literacy programs nationwide! Bid today at trellis.org/giller-light-b… The auction closes on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 10:30 p.m. ET.

Check out the 5th and final @gillerprize #bookdefence by #SamanthaWarwick. Samantha is defending #StudyforObedience by #SarahBernstein, published by @KnopfCA. @UForLiteracy #gillerprize #gillerlightbash #canlit #literacymatters instagram.com/p/CzeKIg-grqW/…

Check out the #gillerlightbash's 4th defence by #misslararae. Lara is defending #thedoublelifeofbensonyu by #KevinChong published by @SimonSchusterCA. instagram.com/p/Czb5cG6AGY_/ @UForLiteracy @GillerPrize #bookdefence #canadianbooks #canlit #readmore #listennow

Check out @franekwuyasi defend the book The Island: Stories by @DionneIrving, published by @CatapultStory for the #Gillerlightbash in support of @UForLiteracy. instagram.com/p/CzZQxH5AEt9/

Check out @padmav, our 2nd Book defender, defending Birnam Wood by #Eleanorcatton published by @MacmillanUSA. instagram.com/p/CzWvhoUgAIz/…. #gillerlightbash @gillerprize @UForLiteracy #canadianbooks #canlit #canadianauthors #readmorebooks

Check out our first #gillerlightbash #bookdefender @brentvans, defending the book, All the Colour in the World by C.S. Richardson @DravotCarnehan, published by @KnopfCA. Looking forward to @gillerprize and raising funds for @UforLiteracy instagram.com/gillerlightbas…

Meet the 2023 #Gillerlightbash #bookdefenders, as we await the @gillerprize on Mon, Nov, 13. Check out their defences throughout the week, and visit gillerlightbash.ca to see the Canada-Wide Auction and the Ontario 50/50 raffle. All proceeds support @UForLiteracy.

Get ready to bid!✋ Our online auction starts TODAY and closes on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 10:30 p.m. ET. We'll have sports packages, books, gift cards, and much more! Check out more info in our webpage. #auction #canada #gillerlightbash #canadianauthors #CanLit