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Authors pull books from Giller Prize to protest Scotiabank's investment in Israeli defence contractor

CBC 
A person holding a sign that reads: Scotiabank funds genocide is escorted from the stage at an awards show, with another protester in the seated crowd shouting.

More than 20 Canadian authors have cut ties with the Giller Foundation and its prestigious $100,000 literary prize over sponsor Scotiabank's investment in an Israeli defence contractor. The prize's director says she will continue partnering with Scotiabank.

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