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October.03.2014. Update: Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s Canadian tour A family emergency means that Musharraf Ali Farooqi (author of the brilliant and acclaimed novel Between Clay and Dust)

September.24.2014. All Lit Up store is now open! Freehand is excited to be taking part in All Lit Up, a new online store for discovering

September 23, 2014. Maurice Mierau guest-blogs for Canada Adopts Maurice Mierau has written for Canada Adopts about his experience with adoption and what he should

September.15.2014. Detachment: An Adoption Memoir in the National Post “It’s a book that doesn’t sugarcoat the challenges of building a family across borders, with children who

September.09.2014. CBC News looks at adoption disruption and Maurice Mierau’s Detachment: An Adoption Memoir “[I]nternational adoption experts are commending Winnipeg author Maurice Mierau for bravely going public

September.08.2014. Maurice Mierau in the Winnipeg Free Press and CBC Radio’s Information Morning Detachment was reviewed in the Winnipeg Free Press this weekend. Reviewer Gene Walz says that “Detachment: An

September.05.2014. Maurice Mierau in the Winnipeg Free Press Metro The Metro interviews Maurice Mierau about his new book Detachment: “Mierau, a 52-year-old Wolseley resident, said the book is

September.05.2014. Maurice Mierau on CTV Morning Live Maurice Mierau appeared on CTV Morning Live today to promote his new book, Detachment: An Adoption Memoir. He and host

August.22.2014. Starred review for Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s Between Clay and Dust in Quill and Quire “As far as intimate epics—that beloved but apt oxymoron of reviewese—go, Between Clay and

August.11.2014. Roost selected for One Book Nova Scotia 2014! Roost by Ali Bryan has been selected as this year’s One Book Nova Scotia read! Libraries across Nova

July.21.2014. Publishers Weekly starred review for Between Clay and Dust Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s latest novel is already being met with critical acclaim in Canada, with a starred

July.17.2014. Ian Williams named 2014-15 CDWP Writer-in-Residence We’re very excited that Ian Williams has been named writer-in-residence for the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program for 2014-15! Ian