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On Monday night, Souvankham Thammavongsa walked out of the Park Hyatt hotel $100,000 richer after winning Canada’s most remunerative literary award, the Giller Prize. It was her second time receiving ...

Souvankham Thammavongsa wins the Giller Prize for her novel 'Pick a Colour', in Toronto on Monday November 17, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young TORONTO — Souvankham Thammavongsa's two experiences ...

TORONTO — Souvankham Thammavongsa’s two experiences winning the Giller Prize couldn’t have been more different. The first time, in 2020, she was at home on her couch with a camera crew waiting outside ...

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Souvankham Thammavongsa chooses her words carefully, on the page as much as in person. The writer, who won the Giller prize in 2020 for her debut short story collection How to Pronounce Knife, speaks ...