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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

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‘The Dishwasher’ Author Stéphane Larue Wins the 2020 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

June 25, 2020January 11, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

Cate Freeborn wins the Youth Short Story category for “74 Percent of the Victims of Nonfamily Abductions are Girls”

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Stéphane Larue

June 12, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Larue is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for his novel The Dishwasher

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Victoria Hetherington

June 11, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Hetherington is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for her novel Mooncalves

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for James Gregor

June 11, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Gregor is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for his novel Going Dutch

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Andrew David MacDonald

June 10, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

MacDonald is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for his novel When We Were Vikings

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Nazanine Hozar

June 10, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Hozar is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for her novel Aria

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Nancy Jo Cullen

June 9, 2020July 6, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Cullen is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for her novel The Western Alienation Merit Badge

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Shifting Narratives: Casey Plett’s Little Fish

June 13, 2019January 11, 2021 - by Katie Underwood

An interview with the winner of the 2019 Amazon Canada First Novel Award on the state of trans stories in fiction and on making diverse, once-quieted voices come to life