Sarah Bernstein Wins Scotiabank Giller Prize Amid Protest Interruptions

The 'Study for Obedience' author accepted the prestigious Canadian fiction award remotely from Scotland.

• Author Sarah Bernstein has won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel 'Study for Obedience'.
• The Montreal-born, Scotland-based author accepted the $100,000 award remotely from Scotland, where she recently had a baby.
• The novel is about a young woman moving to the remote north where, after her arrival, a series of inexplicable events occur.
• The award ceremony was interrupted by anti-Israel protesters, forcing organizers to repeat the announcement of Bernstein's win.
• The Giller Prize, created in 1994, honors the best in Canadian fiction and has been previously won by authors such as Margaret Atwood, Mordecai Richler, and Alice Munro.

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