Casey Plett's A Dream of a Woman longlisted for Scotiabank Giller Prize
Casey Plett's story collection A Dream of a Woman has been longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize!
The $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada's richest literary award, is presented annually to the Canadian author of a work of fiction. The twelve longlisted titles were selected by a jury from a field of 132 books submitted from publishers across Canada.
A Dream of a Woman is a poignant suite of stories that center transgender women. Casey's previous book, Little Fish (2018), won the Amazon Canada First Novel Award and a Lambda Literary Award.
Read all about this year's longlisted titles here and on CBC's website here.
Congratulations, Casey!