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
- Auteur(s): Billy-Ray Belcourt
- Narrateur(s): Jesse Nobess
- Durée: 4 h et 13 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 10
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 10
An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta in search of what eludes him: the shape of the novel he yearns to write, an autobiography of his rural hometown, the answers to existential questions about family, love, and happiness.
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A Minor Chorus
- A Novel
- Narrateur(s): Jesse Nobess
- Durée: 4 h et 13 min
- Date de publication: 2022-09-27
- Langue: Anglais
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Bad Cree
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Jessica Johns
- Narrateur(s): Tanis Parenteau
- Durée: 8 h et 14 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 80
Mackenzie, a Cree millennial, wakes up in her one-bedroom Vancouver apartment clutching a pine bough she had been holding in her dream just moments earlier. When she blinks, it disappears.
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5 out of 5 stars
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as spooky as it was authentic
- Écrit par Nevion le 2023-04-21
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Bad Cree
- A Novel
- Narrateur(s): Tanis Parenteau
- Durée: 8 h et 14 min
- Date de publication: 2023-01-10
- Langue: Anglais
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Hollow Bamboo
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): William Seto Ping
- Narrateur(s): Richard Lam
- Durée: 11 h et 23 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The hilarious and heartbreaking story of two William Pings in Newfoundland—the lost millennial and the grandfather he knows nothing about.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Humour and heartbreak
- Écrit par Mishy le 2023-06-23
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Hollow Bamboo
- A Novel
- Narrateur(s): Richard Lam
- Durée: 11 h et 23 min
- Date de publication: 2023-02-21
- Langue: Anglais
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The Island of Forgetting
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Jasmine Sealy
- Narrateur(s): Varia Williams
- Durée: 8 h et 37 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Barbados, 1962. Lost soul Iapetus roams the island, scared and alone, driven mad after witnessing his father’s death at the hands of his mother and his older brother, Cronus. Just before Iapetus is lost forever, he has a son, but the baby is not enough to save him from himself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- Écrit par Isaac Murisa le 2023-03-14
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The Island of Forgetting
- A Novel
- Narrateur(s): Varia Williams
- Durée: 8 h et 37 min
- Date de publication: 2022-04-26
- Langue: Anglais
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In the Upper Country
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Kai Thomas
- Narrateur(s): Wesley French, Milton Barnes, Tymika Tafari
- Durée: 9 h et 46 min
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Au global4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 5
Young Lensinda Martin is a protegee of a crusading Black journalist in mid-18th century southwestern Ontario, finding a home in a community founded by refugees from the slave-owning states of the American south—whose agents do not always stay on their side of the border.
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In the Upper Country
- A Novel
- Narrateur(s): Wesley French, Milton Barnes, Tymika Tafari
- Durée: 9 h et 46 min
- Date de publication: 2023-01-10
- Langue: Anglais
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Ghost Forest
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Pik-Shuen Fung
- Narrateur(s): Pik-Shuen Fung
- Durée: 3 h et 47 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 6
How do you grieve, if your family doesn’t talk about feelings? This is the question the unnamed protagonist of GhostForest considers after her father dies. One of the many Hong Kong “astronaut” fathers, he stays there to work, while the rest of the family immigrated to Canada before the 1997 Handover, when the British returned sovereignty over Hong Kong to China. As she revisits memories of her father through the years, she struggles with unresolved questions and misunderstandings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Small and perfectly formed
- Écrit par R. Baldry le 2023-01-05
Auteur(s): Pik-Shuen Fung
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Five Little Indians
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Michelle Good
- Narrateur(s): Kyla Garcia
- Durée: 10 h et 34 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 930
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 804
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 800
Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn’t want them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great book, needs better narration
- Écrit par Tawny McC le 2020-09-15
Auteur(s): Michelle Good
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The Dishwasher
- Auteur(s): Stéphane Larue, Pablo Strauss - translator
- Narrateur(s): Robert Naylor
- Durée: 12 h et 16 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars 41
It’s October in Montreal, 2002, and winter is coming on fast. Past due on his first freelance gig and ensnared in lies to his family and friends, a graphic design student with a gambling addiction goes after the first job that promises a paycheck: dishwasher at the sophisticated La Trattoria. Though he feels out of place in the posh dining room, warned by the manager not to enter through the front and coolly assessed by the waitstaff in their tailored shirts, nothing could have prepared him for the tension and noise of the kitchen, or the dishpit’s clamor and steam.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome book
- Écrit par Christine le 2020-07-04
Auteur(s): Stéphane Larue, Autres
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Little Fish
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Casey Plett
- Narrateur(s): A. Almeida
- Durée: 8 h et 10 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 15
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 15
It's the dead of winter in Winnipeg and Wendy Reimer, a 30-year-old trans woman, feels like her life is frozen in place. When her Oma passes away Wendy receives an unexpected phone call from a distant family friend with a startling secret: Wendy's Opa (grandfather) - a devout Mennonite farmer - might have been transgender himself. At first she dismisses this revelation, but as Wendy's life grows increasingly volatile, she finds herself aching for the lost pieces of her Opa's truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story
- Écrit par Britttay Unger le 2023-09-20
Auteur(s): Casey Plett
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The Water Beetles
- Auteur(s): Michael Kaan
- Narrateur(s): Richard Lee
- Durée: 8 h et 34 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 7
The Leung family leads a life of secluded luxury in Hong Kong. But in December 1941, the Empire of Japan invades the colony. The family is quickly dragged into a spiral of violence, repression, and starvation. To survive, they entomb themselves and their friends in the Leung mansion. But this is only a temporary reprieve, and the Leungs are forced to send their children away. The youngest boy, Chung-Man, escapes with some of his siblings, and together they travel deep into the countryside to avoid the Japanese invaders.
Auteur(s): Michael Kaan
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The Break
- Auteur(s): Katherena Vermette
- Narrateur(s): Michaela Washburn
- Durée: 11 h et 21 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 496
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 436
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 431
When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break - a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house - she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim - police, family, and friends - tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Every Canadian must read
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2018-03-20
Auteur(s): Katherena Vermette
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Ghost Forest
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Pik-Shuen Fung
- Narrateur(s): Pik-Shuen Fung
- Durée: 3 h et 47 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 6
How do you grieve, if your family doesn’t talk about feelings? This is the question the unnamed protagonist of GhostForest considers after her father dies. One of the many Hong Kong “astronaut” fathers, he stays there to work, while the rest of the family immigrated to Canada before the 1997 Handover, when the British returned sovereignty over Hong Kong to China. As she revisits memories of her father through the years, she struggles with unresolved questions and misunderstandings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Small and perfectly formed
- Écrit par R. Baldry le 2023-01-05
Auteur(s): Pik-Shuen Fung
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Five Little Indians
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Michelle Good
- Narrateur(s): Kyla Garcia
- Durée: 10 h et 34 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 930
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 804
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 800
Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn’t want them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great book, needs better narration
- Écrit par Tawny McC le 2020-09-15
Auteur(s): Michelle Good
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The Dishwasher
- Auteur(s): Stéphane Larue, Pablo Strauss - translator
- Narrateur(s): Robert Naylor
- Durée: 12 h et 16 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars 41
It’s October in Montreal, 2002, and winter is coming on fast. Past due on his first freelance gig and ensnared in lies to his family and friends, a graphic design student with a gambling addiction goes after the first job that promises a paycheck: dishwasher at the sophisticated La Trattoria. Though he feels out of place in the posh dining room, warned by the manager not to enter through the front and coolly assessed by the waitstaff in their tailored shirts, nothing could have prepared him for the tension and noise of the kitchen, or the dishpit’s clamor and steam.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome book
- Écrit par Christine le 2020-07-04
Auteur(s): Stéphane Larue, Autres
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Little Fish
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Casey Plett
- Narrateur(s): A. Almeida
- Durée: 8 h et 10 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 15
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 15
It's the dead of winter in Winnipeg and Wendy Reimer, a 30-year-old trans woman, feels like her life is frozen in place. When her Oma passes away Wendy receives an unexpected phone call from a distant family friend with a startling secret: Wendy's Opa (grandfather) - a devout Mennonite farmer - might have been transgender himself. At first she dismisses this revelation, but as Wendy's life grows increasingly volatile, she finds herself aching for the lost pieces of her Opa's truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story
- Écrit par Britttay Unger le 2023-09-20
Auteur(s): Casey Plett
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The Water Beetles
- Auteur(s): Michael Kaan
- Narrateur(s): Richard Lee
- Durée: 8 h et 34 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 7
The Leung family leads a life of secluded luxury in Hong Kong. But in December 1941, the Empire of Japan invades the colony. The family is quickly dragged into a spiral of violence, repression, and starvation. To survive, they entomb themselves and their friends in the Leung mansion. But this is only a temporary reprieve, and the Leungs are forced to send their children away. The youngest boy, Chung-Man, escapes with some of his siblings, and together they travel deep into the countryside to avoid the Japanese invaders.
Auteur(s): Michael Kaan
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The Break
- Auteur(s): Katherena Vermette
- Narrateur(s): Michaela Washburn
- Durée: 11 h et 21 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 496
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 436
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 431
When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break - a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house - she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim - police, family, and friends - tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Every Canadian must read
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2018-03-20
Auteur(s): Katherena Vermette