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Utopia, or Something Like It

September 10, 2021 - by Katie Underwood

The six finalists of this year’s Amazon First Novel Award’s Youth Short Story category dream up their best possible futures, despite some very real fears

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‘We’re still here’

July 2, 2021June 22, 2021 - by Katie Underwood

Michelle Good’s devastating debut — which features interwoven testaments of the trauma incurred by residential school survivors — is the book Canada needs now

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Lost Childhood

June 25, 2021June 22, 2021 - by Rama Altaleb

Winner of the Amazon Canada First Novel Award in the Youth Short Story Category for 2021

The book cover of Five Little Indians by Michelle Good repeated on two rows five times.

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Michelle Good Wins 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

May 27, 2021December 2, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

We are thrilled to announce the winner

Photos of the six short-listed authors for the Amazon First Novel Award 2021.

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A Sense of Place

May 25, 2021May 26, 2021 - by Katie Underwood

For the shortlisted nominees of this year’s Amazon Canada First Novel Award, writing fiction isn’t just a lifestyle—it’s a homecoming

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What’s Mine Is Yours

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 - by Katie Underwood

The three nominated authors for this year’s Amazon First Novel Award Youth Short Story category reveal the stories they most want to tell

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The Dishwasher Sees Everything

July 7, 2020January 11, 2021 - by Katie Underwood

Fresh off winning this year’s Amazon First Novel Award, Stéphane Larue discusses how the backdoor POV of a restaurant’s busiest employee became an unforgettable tale of survival