Quebecers Valérie Bah and Myriam Lacroix are among the finalists of the Prix du Premier novel Amazon, with a scholarship of $ 60,000.
Posted at 2:30 p.m.
Valérie Bah, a multidisciplinary artist, is in the running for the speculative story Underground (Subterrane), in which queers and black characters are marginalized by urban prosperity. This is his second work, after Enraged In 2021.
Myriam Lacroix, now established in Vancouver, has been selected for her book How It Works Outa novel that reinvents the relationship of a lesbian couple through multiple scenarios.
Photo taken from the Instagram account of Valérie Bah
-Valérie Bah
The authors find themselves alongside the writer, poet and former soldier from Edmonton Benjamin Hertwig and his book Juice boxerswhich tells the story of four young soldiers in Afghanistan.
Andrew Boden, Burnaby, British Columbia, is in the running for When We Were Asheswhich tells the story of disabled children in Nazi Germany.
The name of the winner will be announced on June 5 during a ceremony in Toronto. Each finalist will receive $ 6,000.
The Halifax writer David Huebert are also in the running for Oil Peoplewhich tells the story of two families engaged in a fierce rivalry that has been going on for generations, and the author of Calgary Natalie Sue to tender her comedy I Hope This Finds You Wellwhich deals with loneliness and love beyond our computer screens.
