Brotherless Night wins the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

14/05/2024

We are overjoyed to announce that V.V. Ganeshananthan’s brilliant historical novel Brotherless Night (Random House) has won the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The $150,000 USD award is the largest English-language literary prize in the world for women and non-binary writers.

The jury had previously written: “An ambitious and beautifully written novel, Brotherless Night explores how ordinary people can be swept up in political violence and despite their best efforts, eventually be swallowed by it. Through her sensitively crafted characters, V.V. Ganeshananthan asks us to consider how history is told, whom it serves, and the many truths it leaves out. A magnificent book.”

The prize was awarded at a live event in downtown Toronto. “On behalf of everyone at the Carol Shields Prize Foundation, we offer V.V. Ganeshananthan our warmest congratulations on her win for her epic and unforgettable novel, Brotherless Night,” said Alexandra Skoczylas, CEO of the Carol Shields Prize Foundation.