Startle and Illuminate: Carol Shields on Writing, edited by Anne Giardini and Nicholas Giardini and published by Random House Canada, is a Canadian bestselling book in the category of Nonfiction for the week of May 15, 2016.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation‘s bestselling books list is compiled by BookManager using weekly sales stats from over 230 Canadian independent stores.

Anne Giardini and Nicholas Giardini are represented by Page Two principals Trena White and Jesse Finkelstein in alliance with Transatlantic Agency.