Commonweal th Writers’ Prize Best First Book Award nominates Ian Weir’s debut novel Daniel O’Thunder

D&M Publishers is thrilled to announce that Ian Weir’s debut novel Daniel O’Thunder has been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best First Book Award in the Canada & the Caribbean category. This prize, now in its 24th year, has a strong track record of discovering new international literary stars.

Other nominated titles include:

• Under This Unbroken Sky, by Shandi Mitchell
• The Island Quintet: Five Stories, by Raymond Ramchartiar
• Diary of Interrupted Days, by Dragan Todorovic
• The Briss, by Michael Tregebov, and
• Amphibian, by Carla Gunn.

The winner of the regional Canada & the Caribbean category will go on to compete against winners from around the world. The regional winners will be announced on March 11th, 2010.

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Daniel O'Thunder_Commonwealth Best First Book Award.pdf