Wild People Quiet

Name: Wild People Quiet
ISBN: 9781668060568

by Tara Gereaux

Scotiabank Giller · 2026 · Shortlist

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Scribner CanadaLiterary Fiction Historical FictionISBN 9781668060568

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Scotiabank Giller Prize	2026	Shortlist	“Set in 1946 Saskatchewan, the novel follows Florence Banks, a Métis woman passing as white in Torduvalle, after she learns of government plans to force the Métis off their land.”

About This Book

Set in 1946 Saskatchewan, Florence Banks, a Métis woman passing as white in the town of Torduvalle, discovers government plans to force the Métis off their land and has to choose between the community that raised her and the life she has built.

About the Author

Tara GereauxCanadian

Tara Gereaux is a Canadian writer and a citizen of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan. She lives in Regina on Treaty 4 territory and the homeland of the Métis. She is the author of Saltus, shortlisted for the 2022 ReLit Novel Award and three Saskatchewan Book Awards, and Size of a Fist, a teen novella shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards. Read more →