The Amazon Canada First Novel Award
achievements of Canadian authors and their debut novels, as well as young writers and their short stories.
The 2023 Finalists
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A Minor Chorus
- A Novel
- Written by: Billy-Ray Belcourt
- Narrated by: Jesse Nobess
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance12
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Story12
*WINNER OF THE 2023 BC AND YUKON ETHEL WILSON PRIZE* *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE* NATIONAL BESTSELLER An urgent first novel about breaching the prisons we live inside from one of Canada’s most daring literary talents. An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and...
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A Minor Chorus
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Jesse Nobess
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2022-09-27
- Language: English
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$28.66 or free with 30-day trial
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Bad Cree
- A Novel
- Written by: Jessica Johns
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall105
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Performance91
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Story91
2024 CBC CANADA READS SELECTION AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLIST A CBC BOOKS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ALEX AWARD WINNER AURORA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL SHORTLIST RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR LITERARY FICTION SHORTLIST NATIONAL BESTSELLER A haunting...
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A Modern Thriller You Will Enjoy
- By Michael Melenberg on 2024-02-02
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Bad Cree
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2023-01-10
- Language: English
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$31.52 or free with 30-day trial
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Hollow Bamboo
- A Novel
- Written by: William Seto Ping
- Narrated by: Richard Lam
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance6
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Story6
2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER'S PRIZE SHORTLIST AMAZON FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLIST THOMAS RADDALL ATLANTIC FICTION AWARD SHORTLIST BMO WINTERSET AWARD SHORTLIST DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD LONGLIST NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TELEGRAM AND WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The hilarious and...
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Humour and heartbreak
- By Mishy on 2023-06-23
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Hollow Bamboo
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Richard Lam
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2023-02-21
- Language: English
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$35.34 or free with 30-day trial
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The Island of Forgetting
- A Novel
- Written by: Jasmine Sealy
- Narrated by: Varia Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
WINNER of the Amazon First Novel Award Finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Award Finalist for OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Shortlisted for the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Awards How does memory become myth? How do lies become family lore? How do we escape the trauma...
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Loved it!
- By Isaac Murisa on 2023-03-14
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The Island of Forgetting
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Varia Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2022-04-26
- Language: English
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In the Upper Country
- A Novel
- Written by: Kai Thomas
- Narrated by: Wesley French, Milton Barnes, Tymika Tafari
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance6
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Story6
*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* *WINNER OF THE 2023 WRITER'S TRUST ATWOOD GIBSON PRIZE* SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOVERNER GENERAL'S AWARD FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 HURSTON/WRIGHT LEGACY AWARD...
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A story for a story
- By Brenda on 2026-07-19
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In the Upper Country
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Wesley French, Milton Barnes, Tymika Tafari
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2023-01-10
- Language: English
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$34.40 or free with 30-day trial
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