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First Novel Award Shortlist

KITCHEN MUSIC (Cormorant), by Charles Foran

CHARLES FORAN was born in Toronto in 1960, and now lives in Montreal. He is a regular contributor to Saturday Night, the Montreal Gazette, and the Globe and Mail, and has written many short stories, several of which have been anthologized. He is also an enthusiastic performer and collector of Irish music. His account of his experiences in China, Sketches in Winter, was published in 1992, and The Last House of Ulster, a non-fiction book on Northern Ireland, has just appeared. In i(itchen Music, a Canadian couple's extended holiday in a remote Irish village confronts them with the demands of both old and new worlds.

IN THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE (HarperCollins), by Diane Schoemperlen

DIANE SCHOEMPERLEN was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 1954, lived in Canmore, Alberta, for 10 years, and moved to Kingston, Ontario, in 1986. She is the author of four short-story collections: Double Exposure, Frogs and Other Stories, Hockey Night in Canada, and The Man of My Dreams, which was short-listed for both the Governor General's Award and the Trillium Award. In the Language of Love follows the course of a woman's life in a narrative framework based on the 100 stimulus words in a standard psychological test.

FUNNY BOY (McClelland & Stewart), by Shyam Selvadurai

SHYAM SELVADURAI was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 1965. After attending the Royal College and completing his university entrance requirements in drama, English literature, and classics, he emigrated to Canada with his family following the 1983 riots in Colombo. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from York University in 1988. He has also studied creative writing and magazine writing, written for television, and worked at a bookstore. Funny Boy recounts a Sri Lankan boy's coming of age during the turbulent 1975-1983 period.

HOW INSENSITIVE (The Porcupine's Quill), by Russell Smith

RUSSELL SMITH was born in Johannesburg in 1963, and grew up in Halifax. He studied French literature at the universities of Poitiers, Paris (111), and Queen's, and wrote his master's thesis on the poetry of Paul Eluard. He is currently a freelance journalist in Toronto. How Insensitive is a satiric portrayal of the Toronto cultural scene as experienced by a wide-eyed young innocent.

ALEX & ZEE (Coach House), by Cordelia Strube CORDELIA STRUBE was born in 1960 in Montreal, where she graduated from the Dome Theatre Program in 1980. She has appeared across Canada in main stage and regional theatre, as well as summer stock and dinner theatre. She has written 10 plays for CBC Radio, including Mortal, which won a CBC Literary Competition prize, and she is an avid gardener and walker. Alex & Zee is the story of a contemporary urban couple who can't live with, but can't live without, one another.

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