12 Days of Freehand Fête
It’s the season of giving and celebration, and what better way to start the month of December than with a bookish giveaway! Today is the …
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“Busy Women on Writing Books”: Interview with Georgina Beaty
Georgina Beaty, author of the new book The Party Is Here, chats with fellow Freehand author Rhonda Douglas (Welcome to the Circus) for her project …
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Sharon Butala online launches
If you’re looking to revisit one of Sharon Butala’s online launches for This Strange Visible Air, you can do so here. Watch the event Sharon …
Introducing Freehand’s Footnotes
We’d like to introduce you to our new newsletter, Freehand’s Footnotes! Footnotes is our new monthly newsletter. In it, you’ll get all the details on …
If Sylvie Had Nine Lives wins High Plains Book Award
Congratulations to Leona Theis, whose If Sylvie Had Nine Lives has won the 2021 High Plains Book Award for Short Stories! The jury said, “If Sylvie Had …
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The Lover, the Lake shortlisted for Governor General’s Literary Award
Congratulations to Susan Ouriou and Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau! The Lover, the Lake has been named a finalist for the 2021 Governor General’s Literary Award for …
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Freehand wins four prizes at the 2021 Alberta Book Publishing Awards
Freehand was honoured to take home four awards at last week’s Alberta Book Publishing Awards ceremony: Watershed by Doreen Vanderstoop won the Trade Fiction Book …
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Review Roundup: Big Reader by Susan Olding
“Susan Olding’s essay collection, Big Reader, is a bibliophile’s delight. . . . Olding writes a take on self-doubt that I found against the grain of …
Big Reader on CBC’s Daybreak Alberta
Thanks to Angie Abdou and Russell Bowers for chatting about Freehand and Big Reader on a recent episode of Daybreak Alberta! Angie says, “Susan Olding’s …
Montreal Serai reviews One Madder Woman
Thanks for Veena Gokhale, for reviewing Dede Crane’s One Madder Woman for Montreal Serai: “[Crane’s] aim is to recreate the life and the incredible times …
Three Freehand books shortlisted for the 2021 Alberta Book Publishing Awards
Freehand is proud to have three books shortlisted for the 2021 Alberta Book Publishing Awards! Watershed by Doreen Vanderstoop is shortlisted for the Trade Fiction …
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If Sylvie Had Nine Lives wins the Saskatchewan Fiction Award
Congratulations to Leona Theis, whose If Sylvie Had Nine Lives has won the Fiction Award at the 2021 Saskatchewan Book Awards! The jury said, “Leona …
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