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    Scotiabank Giller Prize Event

    When:
    Wednesday, March 23, 2022
    7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Where:
    Grant Hall
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    Description:

    The Department of English is delighted to announce our Scotiabank Giller Prize Event with 2021 winner and the department's Writer in Residence Omar El Akkad.

    This free in-person event, celebrating Omar's 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel What Strange Paradise, features a live reading by the author, a book signing, and contributions from writers Joshua Whitehead, Megan Coles, Esi Edugyan, and Juliane Okot Bitek.

    Members of Dr. Sam McKegney's course, ENGL 466: "Topics in Modern/Contemporary Canadian Literature I: The Scotiabank Giller Prize and Literary Prize Culture" are currently working on this events conception and delivery. Learn more about the course here: /english/undergraduate/courses/engl-466-1?fbclid=IwAR1P8Mr2CfcU_cfKg6ABNkDhFHi53f3iFq3fH3eRPObWCi46rqQzesDfM2c

    Contact:
    Jesyka Traynor
    17jlmt@queensu.ca
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