Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Brad Wheeler
Publication Date: November 17, 2025 - 22:02
Souvankham Thammavongsa wins 2025 Giller Prize for debut novel Pick a Colour
November 17, 2025
Laotian-Canadian poet Souvankham Thammavongsa has won the $100,000 Giller Prize for the best Canadian fiction of the year, prevailing over four other finalists with Pick a Colour, a debut novel about a boxer-turned-manicurist.
The Toronto writer, who won the Giller prize in 2020 for her debut short-story collection How to Pronounce Knife, accepted this year’s prize at a gala ceremony in Toronto on Monday.
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