Sean Michaels‘ debut novel US CONDUCTORS won Canada’s Giller Prize Monday night, surpassing heavy favorite Miriam Toews and becoming only the second debut novelist to win the Giller. The book was by Random House Canada and in the US by Tin House Books. Michaels receives $100,000 (CA) as part of the expanded prize purse announced earlier this year. In the UK, Waterstones named their eight candidates for “book of the year”: Everyday Sexism, by Laura Bates The Miniaturist, by Jessie Burton The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan Persiana: Recipes from the Middle East & Beyond, by Sabrina Ghayour Once […]