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At an event like the Scotiabank Giller Prize, most of the tables boast a list of the city’s who’s who in the literary, arts and media scene. But it was Lynn Coady who stole the real spotlight of the night, winning for her book of short stories Hellgoing. Coady joins a list of iconic CanLit rock stars and noted in her acceptance speech that she’s proud to come from a country that treats their writers like celebrities.

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Jessica Piech and Robert Lantos at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Kevin O'Leary and Heather Reisman at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Amrin and Sabi Marwah at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Michael Ondaatje and Poet Laureate Dionne Brand at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet ,the band Whitehorse at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Nicole Winstanley, with past winners Joesph Boyden and Vincent Lam at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Jurors , Esi Edugyan, Margaret Atwood and Jonathan Lethem at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Hilary Blackmore and Graham Greene at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler for the Globe and Ma/The Globe and Mail

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Scott and Krystyne Griffins at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Eva and brother Atom Egoyan at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Wendy Crewson at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Zaib Shaikh and Kirstine Stewart at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Suzanne Boyd at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Samantha Nutt,Vincent Lam and Measha Bruggergosman at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Barbara Amiel Black, Sandra Faire, Nancy Lockhart and Emanuelle Gattuso at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Paul Haggis and Camilla Drotles at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Winner Lynn Coady at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Lynne and Norman Jewison at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Past winners Johanna Skibsrud and Will Ferguson at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Austin Clarke at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Gordon Pinsent, Denise Donlon and Murray McLauchlan at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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Jack Rabinovitch, Founder Scotiabank Giller Prize, with 2013 winner Lynn Coady and Brian Porter, President Scotia Bank at the 2013 Scotiabank Giller PrizeTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail

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