Wayne Grady Wins Amazon.ca First Novel Award

Congratulations to UBC Creative Writing lecturer Wayne Grady, who has won the $7,500 Amazon.ca First Novel Award. He was named winner of the award for his debut novel Emancipation Day. The novel tells a story inspired by his own family background, about secrets and family and race in 1950s Canada. Originally founded by literary magazine Books in Canada, the First Novel Award has been presented since 1976 to the best first novel — published in English in the previous year — written by a Canadian citizen or resident.