The Young Novelists are a Canadian folk-roots band, formed in Toronto, Ontario in August 2009.
[1][2] Their second full-length studio album, made us strangers, was released in April 2015 and won the Canadian Folk Music Award for New/Emerging Artist, as well as being nominated for the Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group.
They were also the winners of the 2015 Grassy Hills Songwriting competition at the Connecticut Folk Festival.
[6] Previously, they were the 2010 recipients of the Galaxie (now called Stingray Music) Rising Star award.
Their song “It Takes All Kinds” has been described as being "[for] fans of Blue Rodeo, The Band, and pre-weirdness Wilco".