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2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

December 8, 2020April 12, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

Amazon Canada First Novel Award Submissions to the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award are now closed Established in 1976, the First Novel Award program has launched the careers of …

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Arts & Culture / Books / January/February 2021

Canadian Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2020

December 7, 2020January 8, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

From a dystopia that vilifies sleep to a heartbreaking account of the end of a life, here are some of our leading contemporary writers’ favourite books of the year