The Kobo Emerging Writer Prize has been an ongoing thing for the past five years. The longlist is quite massive, but the way they conduct the shortlist is quite interesting. They analyze the completion rates, customer ratings and and tally up the number of reviews. If you are looking to read a new ebook this weekend, this list has you covered.
Literary Fiction
Summer Cannibals by Melanie Hobson, Penguin Canada
The Philistine by Leila Marshy, Linda Leith Publishing
Searching for Terry Punchout by Tyler Hellard, Invisible Publishing
The Dictionary of Animal Languages by Heidi Sopinka, Penguin Canada
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq, Penguin Canada
How Far We Go and How Fast by Nora Decter, Orca Book Publishers
Non-Fiction
The Fruitful City by Helena Moncrieff, ECW Press
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot, Doubleday Canada
Son of a Critch by Mark Critch, Penguin Canada
Lands of Lost Borders by Kate Harris, Knopf Canada
The Measure of My Powers by Jackie Kai Ellis, Appetite by Random House
The Boy on the Beach by Tima Kurdi, Simon & Schuster
Genre Fiction (Romance)
Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin, HarperCollins
Steeped in Love by Julie Evelyn Joyce, Julie Evelyn Joyce Doner
My Dear One by Deborah Small, Deborah Small
The Long Weekend by Mimi Flood, Dreamy Morning Publishing
The Reluctant Traveler by Corinne Aarsen, Corinne Aarsen
Archibald Full Frontal by Kasey Goldstraw, Iguana Books
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
