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How to Pronounce Knife is a collection of idiosyncratic and diverse stories, from a young man painting nails in a salon, to a housewife learning English from soap-operas.

In this year's Massey Lectures, renowned technology and security expert Ron Deibert exposes the influence and impact of the internet and social media on politics, the economy, the environment and humanity.

"I didn't want to change my voice. I didn't want to change the way in which I deal with the world."

#TFW you win the Scotiabank Giller Prize. How to Pronounce Knife, a short story collection about the lives of immigrants by Souvankham Thammavongsa, has won the $100,000 award. Learn more: https://cbc.ca/1.5796202

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Souvankham Thammavongsa is the winner of the $100K #ScotiabankGillerPrize for short story collection How to Pronounce Knife.

The 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize will be awarded with $100,000 on Monday, November 9. Watch the ceremony with host Eric McCormack and musical guest Diana Krall. The finalists: Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson Here the Dark by David Bergen... Polar Vortex by Shani Mootoo The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa See more