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May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Throughout the month and beyond, CBC Books is highlighting books across many genres by writers of East Asian, South Asian, Western, Central and Southeast Asian descent.
Ahead of the May 13 announcement of this year’s winner, Q&Q caught up with Eleanor Catton, Claudia Dey, and Janika Oza to find what significance the prize has for them and what stories they sought to tell in their shortlisted novels.
Four of the five shortlisted titles in the Carol Shields Prize are from Penguin Random House companies, while one is from SPJ Lit.
Eleanor Catton, Claudia Dey and Janika Oza all shortlisted for the literary prize that awards US$150,000 to North American female and non-binary fiction authors
Check out some of the books discussed on national CBC Radio programs between March 18-April 1, 2024.