Michael Redhill has won the Giller Prize, Canada's richest literary award, for his novel Bellevue Square. Redhill was named winner of the $100,000 honour at a televised Toronto gala Monday night, the first Giller Prize awarded since the death of founder Jack Rabinovitch in August. Redhill seemed shocked as he accepted the prize and gave a tearful speech thanking his supporters as well as the late businessman Rabinovitch. His aim was to create a literary prize that honoured her memory while also celebrating excellence in Canadian fiction (both novels and short stories). So, eat at home and buy the books," Rabinovitch famously recited, as his signature line, at every Giller Prize gala.

Source: CBC News November 21, 2017 02:05 UTC