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Anne Michaels accepts the Giller Prize for her book "Held" at a ceremony in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Anne Michaels accepts the Giller Prize for her book "Held" at a ceremony in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Anne Michaels accepts the Giller Prize for her book "Held' at a ceremony in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Anne Michaels accepts the Giller Prize for her book "Held' at a ceremony in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Protesters form a picket line outside the venue where the Giller Prize award ceremony is taking place, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Protesters form a picket line outside the venue where the Giller Prize award ceremony is taking place, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Anne Michaels, right, stands with Elana Rabinovitch, executive director of Giller Prize, as she accepts the Giller Prize for her book "Held" at a ceremony in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Anne Michaels, right, stands with Elana Rabinovitch, executive director of Giller Prize, as she accepts the Giller Prize for her book "Held" at a ceremony in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Demonstrators gather in front of a downtown Toronto hotel for the Giller Award ceremony, chanting "free Palestine" and holding banners, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press via AP)

Demonstrators gather in front of a downtown Toronto hotel for the Giller Award ceremony, chanting "free Palestine" and holding banners, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press via AP)

Former Giller Prize winner Ian Williams, second from left, speaks to protesters as they demonstrate outside the venue where the Giller Prize award ceremony is taking place, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Former Giller Prize winner Ian Williams, second from left, speaks to protesters as they demonstrate outside the venue where the Giller Prize award ceremony is taking place, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Demonstrators gather in front of a downtown Toronto hotel for the Giller Award ceremony, chanting "free Palestine" and holding banners, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press via AP)

Demonstrators gather in front of a downtown Toronto hotel for the Giller Award ceremony, chanting "free Palestine" and holding banners, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press via AP)