Watch Dede Crane speaking about and reading from One Madder Woman, in this recording from her online launch celebration on September 13, 2020: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/51Ore8rm7KGTg6fGNG2RQz-SfpWzdDMu1MNxvUasOsfzizcncqYWhmWoQcuRbOSf.wXyqIghCZSglDIcv
Sarah Leavitt has been nominated for the Joe Shuster Award for Best Cartoonist for Agnes, Murderess! Congratulations to Sarah and to her fellow nominees: Brigitte …
Chatelaine included Leona Theis’s If Sylvie Had Nine Lives in their list of 6 New Lighthearted Books to Read This Fall. Thanks to Casey Plett …
Dede Crane’s novel One Madder Woman, which explores the life of Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot, has been included on CBC’s list of 60 works of …
Take a peek at the book trailer for If Sylvie Had Nine Lives, coming to a bookstore near you in September!
Doreen Vanderstoop chatted with Dymphny Dronyk on CJSW Writer’s Block, about her debut novel, Watershed. As Doreen describes it: “It’s a story about family, about …
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John Gould chats to Literary Goon about dark matter, an obituary for an obituary writer, haikus and koans, and his latest collection of sudden stories, …
We’re highlighting an excerpt from John Gould’s The End of Me, a collection of 56 sudden fictions about death and mortality. Angie Abdou says, “Smart …
For Epilepsy Awareness Month this March, philosophy professor at the University of Waterloo Brian Orend—who himself has epilepsy—discussed the ups and downs of writing Seizure the …
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The Book Publishers Association of Alberta announced the shortlist for the 2020 Alberta Book Publishing Awards, and Freehand is nominated for four awards. The award …
Freehand Books shortlisted for four Alberta Book Publishing Awards Read More
Sharon Butala’s Season of Fury and Wonder is the winner of The 2019 City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize! Congratulations, Sharon. The award, with …
Robert J. Wiersema reviews Doreen Vanderstoop’s Watershed in the Toronto Star: …the novel as a whole is powerful and thought-provoking. The book is based on …