Calgary author won the literature prize for her novel, The Sleeping Car Porter
, her sixth novel. The win is worth $100,000 to the 55-year-old author, who was presented a hand-blown glass trophy at a glitzy televised ceremony in Toronto.r tells the story of a queer Black train worker in the 1920s who must contend with the perils of white passengers, ghosts and his secret love affair.
The author then gave a “final shoutout” to anyone lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and two-spirit who was “still too scared to come out, or cannot come out because to do so would be too dangerous. I see you, I love you and this book is for you.” Attendees included writer John Irving, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Elizabeth Dowdeswell, CBC personality Ali Hassan, jazz vocalist Denzal Sinclaire and filmmakers Atom Egoyan and Clement Virgo. Past Giller winners present were Margaret Atwood, André Alexis, Madeleine Thien and last year’s prize-taker Omar El Akkad, a former Globe and Mail journalist.
In the weeks leading up to the gala, the nominees had taken part in a cross-country tour. The annual Between the Pages series brought the Giller shortlisters to literature-loving audiences in Halifax, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Toronto for evenings of readings and discussion. “It was a wonderful opportunity for authors to get to know each other,” Giller executive director Elana Rabinovitch told The Globe and Mail before the gala.
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