Reproducing Another Win?
Ian Williams Up For Big Book Prize By Stephen Weir Trinidadian born Ian Williams is considered to be one of the country’s top poets. However, he is in the news these days for Reproduction, his first novel. The 38-year old’s book tells the story of three generations of a Caribbean Canadian family living Toronto. Reproduction is one of five novels that have made the $60,000 First Novel Award. Given out annually by Amazon Canada and The Walrus Magazine, the prize honours the achievements of Canadian authors and their debut novels. Williams left T&T in 1988 and moved to Brampton with his older brother and parents. He turned out to be a brilliant student earning his doctorate in English from the University of Toronto at just 25 years of age. He is currently an assistant professor of poetry in the Creative Writing program at the University of British Columbia. His first book, You Know Who You Are, was a finalist for the ReLit Poetry Prize. His poetry c