Books in Canada First Novel Award

The Books in Canada First Novel Award has a tumultuous history. It was founded by the literary magazine Books in Canada but when money ran short the award was managed by Smithboooks and became the Smithbooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award. When Smithbooks was acquired by Chapters Books Inc, it became the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award. In 1999 Chapters decided to end its affiliation with the award and it is now officially the Amazon.com/Books in Canada First Novel Award

Winners:

2002 - Mary Lawson, Crow Lake
2001 - Michael Redhill, Martin Sloane
2000 - Eva Stachniak, Necessary Lies
1999 - Andre Alexis, Childhood
1998 - Margaret Gibson, Opium Dreams
1997 - Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
1996 - Keath Fraser, Popular Anatomy
1995 - Shyam Selvadurai, Funny Boy: A Novel in Six Stories
1994 - Deborah Joy Corey, Losing Eddie: A Novel
1993 - John Steffler, The Afterlife of George Cartwright: A Novel
1992 - Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
1991 - Nino Ricci, Lives of the Saints
1990 - Sandra Birdsell, The Missing Child
1989 - Rick Salutin, A Man of Little Faith
1988 - Marion Quednau, The Butterfly Chair
1987 - Karen Lawrence, The Life of Helen Alone
1986 - Wayne Johnson, The Story of Bobby O'Mally
1985 - G. Ursell, Perdue, or How the West Was Lost
1984 - Heather Robertson, Willie
1983 - W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe
1982 - Joy Kogawa, Obasan
1981 - W.D. Valgardson, Gentle Sinners
1980 - Clark Blaise, Lunar Attractions
1977 - Michael Ondaatje, Coming Through Slaughter