The Amazon.ca First Novel Award ceremony, presented by Amazon and the Walrus Foundation and hosted by CBC’s Shelagh Rogers, took place at Toronto’s Four Seasons Hotel on May 21.
See photos of winner Alix Hawley, the remaining finalists, and some other CanLit faces below.
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- Shortlisted authors Sean Michaels, Emma Hooper, Guillaume Morissette, Chelsea Rooney, and winner Alix Hawley (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Shortlisted authors Sean Michaels, Emma Hooper, Guillaume Morissette, Chelsea Rooney, and winner Alix Hawley (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Team Amazon with the shortlisted authors (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Team Amazon with the shortlisted authors (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Author Linden MacIntyre, International Festival of Authors director Geoffrey Taylor, and broadcaster/producer Denise Donlow(photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Author Linden MacIntyre, International Festival of Authors director Geoffrey Taylor, and broadcaster/producer Denise Donlow(photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Scotiabank Giller Prize executive director Elana Rabinovitch with musician Jim Gelcer (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Scotiabank Giller Prize executive director Elana Rabinovitch with musician Jim Gelcer (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Marketing director Melanie Coates, Walrus events director David Leonard, writer Bruce Bennett, and Indspire senior campaigns development officer Jane Rowland (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Marketing director Melanie Coates, Walrus events director David Leonard, writer Bruce Bennett, and Indspire senior campaigns development officer Jane Rowland (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Alix Hawley with authors Linden MacIntyre and Anne Collins (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Alix Hawley with authors Linden MacIntyre and Anne Collins (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- CBC Broadcaster Shelagh Rogers and Scotiabank Giller Prize founder Jack Rabinovitch (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- CBC Broadcaster Shelagh Rogers and Scotiabank Giller Prize founder Jack Rabinovitch (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Alix Hawley and Amazon.ca country manager Alexandre Gagnon (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Alix Hawley and Amazon.ca country manager Alexandre Gagnon (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Linden MacIntyre and Alix Hawley (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Linden MacIntyre and Alix Hawley (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Alexandre Gagnon and Shelagh Rogers (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Alexandre Gagnon and Shelagh Rogers (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Writer Miranda Newman and Shelagh Rogers (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Writer Miranda Newman and Shelagh Rogers (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- TIFF founder Bill Marshall and wife Sara Ruda Marshall (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- TIFF founder Bill Marshall and wife Sara Ruda Marshall (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- <i>Walrus</i> publisher and executive director Shelley Ambrose, Jack Rabinovitch, Denise Donlow, and Miranda Newman (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Walrus publisher and executive director Shelley Ambrose, Jack Rabinovitch, Denise Donlow, and Miranda Newman (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- St. Joseph Media president Douglas Knight and Geoffrey Taylor (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- St. Joseph Media president Douglas Knight and Geoffrey Taylor (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Shelagh Rogers, Mike Kernish, and Alexandre Gagnon (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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- Shelagh Rogers, Mike Kernish, and Alexandre Gagnon (photo: Tom and Aline Sandler)
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