10 Canadian novels to read if you love animals

Image | The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy

Caption: Barbara Gowdy's novel The White Bone was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 1998. (barbaragowdy.com/HarperCollins Canada)

André Alexis' big win at the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs got us thinking about the rich CanLit tradition of writing about animals. Here are 10 Canadian novels for grown-ups that put our furry, feathered and four-legged friends front and centre.