2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize

Rachel Cusk: ‘On a winding road in the dark’

We profile the authors of the books nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize this year. Here, Rachel Cusk, author of Outline, describes her autobiographical focus

André Alexis: ‘Shut up and keep writing’

André Alexis, who won the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize, gives advice on writing and discusses the link between the pen and the mind