Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2024
Eleanor Catton has been shortlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, worth US$150,000 (A$226,245).
The full list of shortlisted titles includes:
- Birnam Wood (Eleanor Catton, Granta) *
- Daughter (Claudia Dey, Doubleday Canada)
- Coleman Hill (Kim Coleman Foote, Zando)
- Brotherless Night (V V Ganeshananthan, Viking)
- A History of Burning (Janika Oza, Vintage).
First presented in 2023, the award recognises ‘creativity and excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States’ and is open to books published in the US or Canada by a US or Canadian publisher. Besides the overall prize, each of the four runners-up will receive US$12,500 (A$18,851).
Birnam Wood has reviewed by QRC. To read our review, click here.