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February.13.2014. Alberta Readers’ Choice longlist 2014 Exciting news—two Freehand titles have made the longlist for the $10,000 2014 Alberta Readers’ Choice Award! Big congratulations to

January.31.2014. Reviews of The Dilettantes Two new reviews of The Dilettantes today from opposite sides of the country. Out of the West Coast, the Langley Today reports that “The

January.20.2014. Welcome to Deborah Willis! Freehand Books is very excited to welcome Deborah Willis as our new submissions coordinator. Welcome, Debbie! Deborah is the author

January.16.2014. Spring 2014 Book Previews While we’re madly putting the finishing touches on our spring titles, Spring 2014 Previews are starting to pop up all

January.08.2014. Alberta Views reviews The Dilettantes Alberta Views always has a great book review section, and this month’s is no exception. Maurice Yacowar, professor emeritus

January.07.2014. 49th Shelf Spring 2014 Fiction Preview 49th Shelf puts out seasonal previews of upcoming books they’re looking forward to, and the Spring 2014 Fiction

January.07.2014. 5 Alberta Authors to Read in 2014 CBC Calgary has put out a list of 5 Alberta authors you should read in 2014, and

December.20.2013. Best of 2013… ‘Tis the season for year-end lists, and books are no exception. Here are a few places where Freehand titles are appearing

December.13.2013. Short fiction reviews and conversations The Found Press ShortLitCrit collective recently chatted about their favourite short story collections of 2013, which you can read

December.12.2013. Pickle Me This’s Top 10 of 2013 Two Freehand titles made Pickle Me This’s Top 10 (er, 22) Books of 2013! You can read

December.04.2013. Pickle Me This reviews Are You Ready to Be Lucky? “Rosemary Nixon’s collection of linked short stories is one of the funniest, most original books

November.25.2013 Are You Ready to Be Lucky? reviewed in The Winnipeg Review Julienne Isaacs reviews Are You Ready to Be Lucky? in The Winnipeg Review: “adventurous, funny and surprisingly sober