A novel published by local publisher Biblioasis has been named a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
The novel, "The Party Wall" was written by Montreal-based author Catherine Leroux and translated to English by Lazer Lederhendler.
Publisher Dan Wells says it's a novel about pairs and twins and how they interact.
"It's fabulous for it's structure, for it's language, it's a translated work that, as a reviewer in the Globe and Mail said, nobody would know. It reads just beautifully in English," says Wells.
He says it's becoming more common for small independent presses to be a part of these nominations.
"It's great for our press profile and it makes us better publishers. It allows us to reach a larger market and sell more books for our authors then we would otherwise be able to do," says Wells.
The other 2016 shortlisted titles are 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad (Penguin Canada), The Wonder by Emma Donogue (Harper Collins Canada), Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin (Random House Canada), and Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thein (Knopf Canada), and The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall (House of Anansi). The winner will be announced at The 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize, to air on CBC Television on Monday, November 7 at 9 p.m.
