She only rarely granted interviews until 2006, when she participated in two television documentaries: one in English for Bravo! Canada, "Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant", and one in French as part of the series "CONTACT, l'encyclopédie de la création", hosted by Canadian broadcaster Stéphan Bureau. Gallant was honored at Symphony Space in New York City on November 1, 2006, in an event for "Selected Shorts"—fellow authors Russell Banks, Jhumpa Lahiri and Michael Ondaatje honoured her and read excerpts from her work, and Gallant herself made a rare personal appearance, reading one of her short stories in its entirety.