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Author record · 2013 to 2025

Ian Williams: Awards and Best-of Lists

Ian Williams has won 1 award, the Scotiabank Giller Prize (2019) for Reproduction, with 3 shortlist or finalist places, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 4 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025You've ChangedScotiabank Giller Prize source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2025You’ve ChangedThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2023Fire of the DragonThe Orwell Prize (book prizes) source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Political Writing
2021Disorientation: Being Black in the WorldWriters' Trust of Canada Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Nonfiction
2021ReproductionDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2021Disorientation: Being Black in the WorldThe Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2020Word ProblemsThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2019ReproductionScotiabank Giller Prize source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Fiction
2019ReproductionThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2013PersonalsGriffin Poetry Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Canadian

Books

  1. Reproduction3 sources · 2019 to 2021
  2. Disorientation: Being Black in the World2 sources · 2021
  3. You've Changed2 sources · 2025
  4. Fire of the Dragon1 source · 2023
  5. Personals1 source · 2013
  6. Word Problems1 source · 2020