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Watch: Author Samuel Archibald reads from Arvida

The book won several Francophone literary prizes and became a best seller here in Quebec.

Winner to be announced at a gala ceremony next Tuesday in Toronto

Samuel Archibald's Arvida has been shortlisted for the Giller Prize. (Twitter)

In 2011, Montreal writer Samuel Archibald published a collection of short stories called Arvida.

The book won several Francophone literary prizes and became a bestseller here in Quebec.

Now the collection is translated into English by Donald Winkler and short-listed for Canada's top literary prize: The 2015 Scotia bank Giller Prize.

The winner will be announced at a gala ceremony next Tuesday in Toronto and broadcast live on CBC Television.

Here is a rare clip of Samuel Archibald reading from the English translation of Arvida.