2024 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writers Shortlist
With the Emerging Writer Prize, Rakuten Kobo endeavours to raise the profiles of debut authors by recognizing exceptional books written by first-time Canadian authors in three categories: Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, and one of three types of genre fiction: Romance, Speculative Fiction, or Mystery. On June 18, 2024, Rakuten Kobo will announce the winners of its tenth annual Emerging Writer Prize, in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Mystery.

Wanda's War
An Untold Story of Nazi Europe, Forced Labour, and a Canadian Immigration Scandal

The Definition of Beautiful
A Memoir

The Autumn Ghost
How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care

Quantum Physics Made Me Do It
A Simple Guide to the Fundamental Nature of Everything

Kings of Their Own Ocean
Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas

My Body Is Distant
A Memoir

Dreaming Home

Chrysalis
Stories

Nothing Good Happens in Wazirabad on Wednesday

In the Upper Country
A Novel

Bad Cree
A Novel

Denison Avenue

Perfect Shot
A Thriller

HUGE
A novel

The Creep

The Mythmakers
A Novel

The Maid
A Novel