Jessica Johns, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Jasmine Sealy, and William Ping are shortlisted for the 2023 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

Jessica Johns, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Jasmine Sealy, and William Ping are shortlisted for the 2023 Amazon Canada First Novel Award, in the Adult First Novel category.

Jessica Johns is shortlisted for BAD CREE.

Billy-Ray Belcourt is shortlisted for A MINOR CHORUS

Jasmine Sealy is shortlisted for THE ISLAND OF FORGE.TTING

William Ping is shortlisted for HOLLOW BAMBOO

These six shortlisted books represent, to me, the beauty, breadth, innovation, risk, reckoning, and reinvention happening in Canadian literature right now. Each one is a tremendous achievement.
—Kim Fu, 2023 Adult First Novel category judge

Winners will be announced on May 31, 2023.

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