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Sept.30.2015 All Lit Up’s First Fiction Fridays features The Afterlife of Birds The Afterlife of Birds by Elizabeth Philips was featured on All Lit Up’s First Fiction Fridays:

Sept. 24.2015 It’s been a big month for Winnipeg writer Maurice Mierau, author of Detachment: An Adoption Memoir (Freehand Books). The book was shortlisted for

Sept.21.2015 Freehand Books was honoured at the Book Publisher Association of Alberta’s annual Book Publishing Awards Gala in Edmonton on Sept. 18, taking took home three awards:

Sept.14.2015 Angie Abdou reviewed The Afterlife of Birds on CBC’s Daybreak Alberta this weekend: “The people around us are weird and [The Afterlife of Birds]

Aug.06.2015 Karyn L. Freedman interviewed by the Globe and Mail and University Affairs, mentioned in the Toronto Star Karyn L. Freedman has recently been interviewed

July.31.2015 All Lit Up’s First Fiction Friday features Welcome to the Circus Welcome to the Circus by Rhonda Douglas was featured on All Lit Up’s First

July.21.2015 Review of Welcome to the Circus in Quill and Quire Stacey Madden’s review of Welcome to the Circus by Rhonda Douglas was featured in

July.20.2015 The Swallows Uncaged is Highly Anticipated by Canadian Book Media Both Quill and Quire and the 49th Shelf are looking forward to Elizabeth McLean’s upcoming

July.6.2015 The Toronto Star recommends Welcome to the Circus Toronto Star journalist Sarah Murdoch has highlighted five collections of short stories that will “intrigue and

June.24.2015 Finalists for the 2015 Alberta Book Publishing Awards Announced Congratulations to all the 2015 Alberta Book Publishing Award finalists! Four Freehand books were recognized

June.17.2015. The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin reviews The Mystics of Mile End “Jewish mysticism – particularly as it relates to the Tree of Knowledge and the efforts of

June.09.2015. Alex Leslie wins Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers Congratulations to Alex Leslie (People Who Disappear), winner of this year’s Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie