Debut Canadian novels are well represented on the longlist for the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Eleven Canadian authors appear on the list, including first-time novelists Kim Thúy, Tanis Rideout, Ben Stephenson, Pasha Malla, and Gerard Collins.

This year, 152 books were nominated by libraries in 110 cities and 39 countries. The longlist will be pared down to 10 titles by a jury comprising international authors, critics, and academics, with a shortlist announced in April and the €100,000 winner revealed in June.

Here is the full list of Canadian nominees:

• Finton Moon, Gerard Collins (Killick Press)
• 419, Will Ferguson (Viking Canada)
• The Headmaster’s Wager, Vincent Lam (Doubleday Canada)
• Anna from Away, D.R. MacDonald (HarperCollins Canada)
• People Park, Pasha Malla (House of Anansi Press)
• A Blessed Snarl, Samuel Thomas Martin (Breakwater Books)
• Above All Things, Tanis Rideout (McClelland & Stewart)
• The Purchase, Linda Spalding (M&S)
• A Matter of Life and Death or Something, Ben Stephenson
• Ru, Kim Thúy; Sheila Fischman, trans. (Random House Canada)
• Indian Horse, Richard Wagamese (D&M)