Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Brebeuf Alumnus and novelist, Joseph Boyden, is the winner of the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Boyden receives of the country's most prestigious literary award for his book Through Black Spruce - his follow-up to his bestselling first novel, Three Day Road. Boyden's artfully-crafted story about a weary Cree hunter and the quest for human redemption made Through Black Spruce a Giller favourite.