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Kai Thomas wins Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Fiction Prize for debut novel toronto.citynews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from toronto.citynews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Debut novelist Kai Thomas said he was struck by “surreality” when Margaret Atwood announced he had won the top fiction prize at the Writers Trust Awards on Tuesday evening.