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Amazon.ca And Quill & Quire Announce Finalists For 2012 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

amazon [1]Amazon.ca [1] has announced the finalists for the 37th Annual First Novel Award [2]. This Canadian literary award recognizes the outstanding talent of Canadian novelists who have published their first novel in 2012.
“The First Novel Award plays an important role in furthering the careers of new Canadian novelists and Amazon.ca is proud to support such a fantastic literary tradition,” said Steve Oliver, country manager for Amazon.ca. “Year after year, we’ve seen First Novel Award winners become some of Canada’s most beloved novelists – and this year’s crop of talented novelists will no doubt take their place among them.”

The five nominees for the 2012 Amazon.ca First Novel Award, listed alphabetically by author, are:

The winner will be announced on April 24 at the annual Amazon.ca First Novel Award event in Toronto. The winner will receive CAD $7,500 and all finalists will receive a $750 gift certificate.

“A first novel should be brash and ambitious, and announce the arrival of a new talent. That quality is something this diverse group of books has in common,” said Stuart Woods, editor of Quill & Quire [8] and head judge for this year’s event.

Additional judges include:

Since 1976, the First Novel Award has launched the careers of some of Canada’s most beloved novelists.  Previous winners include:

 

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#1 Comment By Tami Quiring (@VillageGamer) On Wednesday February 27, 2013 @ 3:59 am

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