Kai Thomas (writer)

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Kai Thomas is a Canadian writer from Ottawa, Ontario, [1] whose debut novel In the Upper Country was the winner of the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. [2]

The novel is a historical fiction about the Underground Railroad, centring on a journalist for an abolitionist newspaper in rural Ontario who is interviewing a woman in jail for killing a bounty hunter who was trying to capture fugitive slaves. [3] It was also a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Amazon.ca First Novel Award, [4] the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2023 Governor General's Awards [5] and the 2024 Walter Scott Prize. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Ryan B. Patrick, "6 Black Canadian writers to watch in 2023". CBC Books, February 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ Nicole Thompson, "Kai Thomas wins Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for debut novel". Toronto Star , November 21, 2023.
  3. ↑ Brett Josef Grubisic, "Kai Thomas’ ‘In The Upper Country’: A tree-planting encounter inspires historical Black fiction". Toronto Star , January 6, 2023.
  4. ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Jessica Johns among 2023 Amazon Canada First Novel finalists". Quill & Quire , May 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards" Archived 2023-10-29 at the Wayback Machine . Burnaby Now , October 25, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Walter Scott Prize 2024 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-10.


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