Debut Posts
Giller Prize Special 2024: The Chat with Deepa Rajagopalan
Deepa Rajagopalan's critically acclaimed debut collection of short fiction, Peacocks of Instagram (House of Anansi Press), is a finalist for this year's …
The Chat with Nadine Sander-Green
Debut novelist Nadine Sander-Green has written a deeply compelling novel about a young woman named Millicent, who has travelled to the Yukon for a job …
The Chat with Patrick Grace
April is National Poetry Month in Canada. There’s no better way to celebrate than to take a deep dive into a fabulous debut collection of poems from …
The Chat with Lucian Childs
Lucian Childs’ Dreaming Home (Biblioasis) superb debut, a novel-in-stories, is a tender and powerful queer coming-of-age that spans forty years and multiple …
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2016 Amazon.ca First Novel Award Shortlist
Dazzling Debuts, As Picked by Mark Medley, Jared Bland, Steven W. Beattie, and Kerry Clare
Not all first novels are assured enough to hold their own among titles from more established names, but those that are are singularly exhilarating. Four …
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