Amazon Canada and The Walrus Unveil Shortlist for the 45th Annual First Novel Award
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The winner of the Amazon Canada First Novel Award will be announced on Thursday, May 27, during a virtual ceremony hosted by Jennifer Hollett, the executive director of The Walrus and will include celebrated Canadian author Lawrence Hill as the special guest speaker
The winner of the Youth Author short-fiction category will also be recognized that evening
SEATTLE, May 4, 2021 /CNW/ - Today, Amazon Canada and The Walrus announced the nominees for the 45th annual First Novel Award (
amazon.ca/firstnovelaward), which honours the achievements of Canadian authors and their debut novels.
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Good, who is from Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, is shortlisted for Five Little Indians, from HarperCollins Publishers.
The book, which follows a group of residential school survivors trying to forge new lives in Vancouver, was a Writers Trust runner-up and is now vying for the Governor General s fiction prize.
Also gaining momentum on the awards circuit is Halifax s Francesca Ekwuyasi with Butter Honey Pig Bread, from Arsenal Pulp Press.
The intergenerational tale of three Nigerian women is also a Governor General s fiction finalist and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Brampton, Ont.-based Jael Richardson, executive director of the Festival of Literary Diversity, is nominated for her dystopian tale Gutter Child, from HarperCollins Publishers.
Adina Bresge
Cree author and lawyer Michelle Good, as shown in this handout image, continues to rack up nominations as a contender for the First Novel Award. Amazon Canada and the Walrus announced the six debut novelists in the running for the $60,000 prize Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Kent Wong Photography MANDATORY CREDIT May 04, 2021 - 9:02 AM
Cree author and lawyer Michelle Good continues to rack up nominations as a contender for the First Novel Award.
Amazon Canada and the Walrus announced the six debut novelists vying for the $60,000 prize Tuesday.
Good, who is from Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, is shortlisted for Five Little Indians, from HarperCollins Publishers.