Laura Frey | The Giller Prize 2018: Longlist by the numbers @LauraFreyReadinginBed | Uploaded September 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Before we get to gripin', let's see what we're dealing with here:

THE LONGLIST
Zolitude by Paige Cooper
French Exit by Patrick deWitt
Songs for the Cold of Heart by Eric Dupont, translated by Peter McCambridge
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hage
Motherhood by Sheila Heti
Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
Something for Everyone by Lisa Moore
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
Vi by Kim Thúy, translated Sheila Fischman
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

Interview with Paige Cooper, suspected Xennial: open-book.ca/News/There-are-Two-Kinds-of-Characters-Innovative-Short-Story-Author-Paige-Cooper-on-Character

Interview with Thea Lim, suspected Millennial: alchemy.sheridancollege.ca/2018/04/25/meet-prof-thea-lim-creative-writing

Giller judge Heather O'Neill's bookstagram: instagram.com/oneillreads

THE STATS
9/12 women or two spirit
6/12 people of colour
1/12 not born in Canada

8/12 Gen X (of which 3 are "Xennial")
2/12 Boomer
2/12 Millennial

0/12 current UBC Accountable signatories
2/12 former UBC Accountable signatories
ubcaccountable.com/open-letter/steven-galloway-ubc

2/12 short story collections
1 or 2 "debut" novels
5/12 small press
1/12 in translation, from French