Big Reader reviewed in the Toronto Star
Steven Beattie reviews Susan Olding’s Big Reader for the Toronto Star, saying that it’s “not simply a justification for a reading life, but an examination …
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Universal Disorder reviewed in the Ormsby Review
Thanks to the Ormsby Review and reviewer Heather Graham for taking a look at Bernice Friesen’s Universal Disorder: This is a novel about a boy’s …
The End of Me shortlisted for the ReLit Award
Congratulations to John Gould, whose short story collection The End of Me has been shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Award! The winner will be announced …
Speechless shortlisted for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
Congratulations to Anne Simpson, whose novel Speechless has been shortlisted for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award! The winners will be announced in an online ceremony …
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If Sylvie Had Nine Lives shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards
Congratulations to Leona Theis, whose book If Sylvie Had Nine Lives has been shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards! The winners will be announced in …
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Twin Studies and Hummingbird on the ReLit shortlist
Congratulations to Keith Maillard (Twin Studies) and Devin Krukoff (Hummingbird), who have landed on the “long shortlist” for the ReLit Awards! You can see the …
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Watershed reviewed in the New Southern Fugitives
Doreen Vanderstoop’s Watershed is reviewed in The New Southern Fugitives: “Living as we are in this bewildering time, Watershed chose the perfect moment to arrive. The year …
Universal Disorder reviewed in the Vancouver Sun
It’s a rave review for Universal Disorder in the Vancouver Sun, from reviewer Tom Sandborn. “[A] work of glittering brilliance . . . make no …
Winter Child reviewed in Canadian Literature
Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review has reviewed Winter Child by Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau and translated by Susan Ouriou and Christelle Morelli, alongside …
New ownership at Freehand Books
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 11, 2021 New ownership at Freehand Books Award-winning, Calgary-based literary publisher Freehand Books has a new owner as of January 1, …
The End of Me reviewed in the Ormsby Review
Heidi Greco reviews John Gould’s The End of Me in the Ormsby Review: As for reviewing a book as expansive as The end of me, I …
Freehand Books on CBC’s Daybreak Alberta
Thanks to Angie Abdou and Daybreak Alberta for profiling Freehand Books, and some of our latest books, in this year’s Christmas Book Show! We’re so …