Esi Edugyan has won the 2011 ScotiaBank Giller prize for her novel, Half-Blood Blues.

The short list of titles included:

Bezmozgis, David. The Free World (on order)
Coady, Lynn. The Antagonist (on order)
deWitt, Patrick. The Sisters Brothers
Gartner, Zsuzsi. Better Living Through Plastic Explosives (on order)
Ondaatje, Michael. The Cat’s Table (on order)