Get ready to bid!✋ Our online auction starts TODAY and closes on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 10:30 p.m. ET. We'll have sports packages, books, gift cards, and much more! Check out more info in our webpage. #auction #canada #gillerlightbash #canadianauthors #CanLit

Meet the 2023 #Gillerlightbash #bookdefenders, as we await the @gillerprize on Mon, Nov, 13. Check out their defences throughout the week, and visit gillerlightbash.ca to see the Canada-Wide Auction and the Ontario 50/50 raffle. All proceeds support United for Literacy.

Check out our first #gillerlightbash #bookdefender brentvans, defending the book, All the Colour in the World by C.S. Richardson Dravot Carnehan, published by Knopf Canada. Looking forward to @gillerprize and raising funds for @UforLiteracy instagram.com/gillerlightbas…

Check out Padma Viswanathan, our 2nd Book defender, defending Birnam Wood by #Eleanorcatton published by Macmillan Publishers. instagram.com/p/CzWvhoUgAIz/…. #gillerlightbash @gillerprize United for Literacy #canadianbooks #canlit #canadianauthors #readmorebooks

Check out @franekwuyasi defend the book The Island: Stories by Dionne Irving, published by Catapult for the #Gillerlightbash in support of United for Literacy. instagram.com/p/CzZQxH5AEt9/

Check out the #gillerlightbash's 4th defence by #misslararae. Lara is defending #thedoublelifeofbensonyu by #KevinChong published by Simon & Schuster CA. instagram.com/p/Czb5cG6AGY_/ United for Literacy Giller Prize #bookdefence #canadianbooks #canlit #readmore #listennow

Check out the 5th and final @gillerprize #bookdefence by #SamanthaWarwick. Samantha is defending #StudyforObedience by #SarahBernstein, published by Knopf Canada. United for Literacy #gillerprize #gillerlightbash #canlit #literacymatters instagram.com/p/CzeKIg-grqW/…

All proceeds contribute to advancing United for Literacy programs nationwide! Bid today at trellis.org/giller-light-b… The auction closes on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 10:30 p.m. ET.

It's Giller Day! Are you tuning in? Watch the live stream of the Giller Prize online at cbc.ca/books . #gillerprize #gillerlightbash

The 2023 #ScotiabankGillerPrize winner will be announced tonight at 9 p.m. local time (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on CBC! bit.ly/3QQl5h7 Rick Mercer #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #WhoAreYouReading

Eleanor Catton is a finalist for the 2023 #ScotiabankGillerPrize for her novel, BIRNAM WOOD. bit.ly/3QQl5h7 #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #WhoAreYouReading

If you haven't yet checked it out, we've got book sets, experiences, wine tastings, overnight hotel stays, and more up for auction! Click the link to bid: trellis.org/giller-light-b…

.Kevin Chong is a finalist for the 2023 #ScotiabankGillerPrize for his novel, THE DOUBLE LIFE OF BENSON YU. bit.ly/3QQl5h7 #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #WhoAreYouReading

Hop on to our Instagram page after the Giller Prize show to catch what our book defenders have to say about the outcome of the event.

"Birnam Wood takes its title from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but it’s not a straight-up adaption of the play. Instead, every one of the characters is a contender for the role of the ambitious anti-hero." #ScotiabankGillerPrize #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit

"The Double Life of Benson Yu began as I reconsidered my own childhood as a bullied kid who could never admit he was a bullied kid. In this novel, a washed-up writer tells a story of his childhood in Chinatown in the 1980s." #ScotiabankGillerPrize #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit

"Study for Obedience was inspired by the painter Paula Rego’s suggestion that women’s obedience, their acts of service, can be, as she said, “murderous.”" #ScotiabankGillerPrize #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit

Congratulations to Sarah Bernstein for winning the Giller Prize !!!

Season’s Greetings from United for Literacy! Wishing you a wonderful holiday season filled with joy, peace, and a love of learning.

We were pleased to host the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Edith Dumont, and His Honour Mr. Viscardi in Thunder Bay. We greatly appreciate the ongoing support from Lieutenant Governor Dumont. Learn more about our summer events: unitedforliteracy.ca Edith Dumont