Amazon.ca First Novel Award Short-List

I'm so pleased that The Golden Mean has been short-listed for the 34th Annual Amazon.ca First Novel Award. The other nominees are:

Diana Fitzgerald Bryden, No Place Strange
Jessica Grant, Come, Thou Tortoise
Damian Tarnopolsky, Goya's Dog
Dragan Todorovic, Diary of Interrupted Days
Ian Weir, Daniel O'Thunder

For more information, please click here or read the National Post's coverage here or Quill and Quire's coverage here or cbc.ca's coverage here.

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

Hurray! The Golden Mean has been short listed for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in the Caribbean and Canada region. The other short listed titles are:

The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels (Canada)
February by Lisa Moore (Canada)
Euphoria by Connie Gault (Canada)
Goya's Dog by Damian Tarnopolsky (Canada)
Galore by Michael Crummey (Canada)

The Golden Mean will now go through to the next phase of the competition, where the Caribbean and Canada region regional judging panel will meet to decide the two regional Commonwealth winners for Best Book and Best First Book. The regional winners will be announced at an event on 11 March in Granada, West Indies. The overall winners will be announced in Delhi, India, on April 12.

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