Here is a selection of media coverage our campaign has received:
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Dozens of Canadian writers protest the Giller Prize's relationship with Scotiabank - Elamin Abdelmahmoud, CBC's Commotion (July 17, 2024)
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Second author withdraws from Scotiabank Giller Prize jury over bank's ties to Israel - Canadian Press (July 16, 2024)
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Authors call for action on Scotiabank Giller Prize - Ben Sigurdson, Winnipeg Free Press (July 12, 2024)
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Authors pull books from Giller Prize consideration over sponsors’ ties to Israeli interests - Josh O'Kane, The Globe and Mail (July 10, 2024)
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20 Canadian authors have withdrawn from the Scotiabank Giller Prize. - Dan Sheehan, LitHub (July 10, 2024)
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Past Giller Prize winners on the future of the prize - Josh O'Kane and Brad Wheeler, The Globe and Mail (July 5, 2024)
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Giller Prize juror warns award in peril over sponsor Scotiabank subsidiary’s ties to Israeli weapons company - Brad Wheeler, The Globe and Mail (July 2, 2024)
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How the Giller Prize Became Associated with Genocide - Josiah Neufeld, The Walrus (June 13, 2024)
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Kagiso Molope’s challenge at Ottawa gala spotlights artists fighting institutional silence on Gaza - Shree Paradhkar, Toronto Star (May 17, 2024)
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What role can solidarity play when confronting political and social issues? - CBC Ideas (May 13, 2024)
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Art and architecture exhibitors back out of Contact Photography Festival due to Scotiabank - Josh O’Kane, Globe and Mail (May 13, 2024)
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The Arts Funding Crisis Is an Opportunity to Prioritize Artists - Scott Miller Berry, The Grind (April 22, 2024)
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Canadian writers call on Scotiabank to divest from Israeli arms manufacturer. - Dan Sheehan, LitHub (April 4, 2024)
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Canadian Arts Funder Faces Pressure to Divest From Israeli Weapons Supplier - Maya Pontone, Hyperallergic (March 26, 2024)
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Study for Obedience - Noah Ciubotaru, Maisonneuve (December 22, 2023)
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Scotiabank Giller Prize can be a life-changing sum. Can authors accept its sponsor’s tie to an Israeli weapons producer? - Shani Mootoo, The Toronto Star (November 23, 2023)
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In open letter, authors call for charges against Giller protesters to be dropped - Cassandra Drudi, Quill & Quire (November 22, 2023)
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Canadian writers ask Giller prize to drop charges against pro-Palestinian protestors - Ella Creamer, The Guardian (November 21, 2023)
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When artists aren’t allowed to speak about the war in Gaza - Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Commotion (November 21, 2023)
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1,700 Canadian writers are asking the Giller Prize to drop charges against protestors. - Dan Sheehan, Lithub (November 20, 2023)
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Public division over Israel-Hamas war spills into the arts world - Josh O’Kane, Globe and Mail (November 19, 2023)
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Giller prize protest shows now is no time for writers to be silent - Jacob Scheier, Rabble (November 17, 2023)
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More than 1,500 Canadian writers call for charges to be dropped against protesters who disrupted Giller Prize gala - Cassandra Mae Jones, CTV News (November 17, 2023)
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Pro-Palestine protesters disrupt Canadian book prize - Ella Creamer, The Guardian (November 14, 2023)