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June.21.11 A Description of the Blazing World reviewed in the National Post.  “… the book is full of deliciously gruesome riffs on death, dismemberment, and the cold […]

June.17.11 Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness wins Trade Nonfiction Book of the Year and the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize! 

June.17.11 A Description of the Blazing World reviewed in The Georgia Straight.  “The debut novel by Haligonian Michael Murphy comes out with both fists swinging.”

June.7.11 A Description of the Blazing World reviewed in Alberta Views.  “This is obviously an ambitious ouline for any novelist. But Michael Murphy keeps us

June.6.11 More reviews for Kristen den Hartog and Michael Murphy!  “The novel is emotionally exquisite and heartfelt, and captures the madness of parenting in an

June.1.11 LitDistCo is now the exclusive Canadian distributor for Freehand Books.  Effective June 1, LitDistCo will be the Canadian distributor for Freehand Books. Distribution for

June.1.11 And Me Among Them reviewed in the Edmonton Journal. “It’s tempting, then, to read And Me Among Them as a book that runs resolutely, albeit

May.17.11 A Description of the Blazing World reviewed in the Toronto Star. “A Description of the Blazing World is timely, profound and telling. It’s misfit fiction

May.12.11 And Me Among Them reviewed in the Winnipeg Free Press. “Den Hartog works wonders with both the mundane and the extraordinary….She can move a

April.27.11 Michael Murphy talks to CiTR’s The Arts Report! Michael Murphy waxes eloquent about his new novel, A Description of the Blazing World, on CiTR’s

April.25.11 Bitter Medicine is a finalist for the $10,000 Alberta Readers’ Choice Award! A huge congratualtions to Clem Martini and Olivier Martini. Thier graphic memoir,

April.25.11 Freehand Books featured in the Calgary Herald. We recently had the great pleasure of hanging out with Eric Volmers from the Calgary Herald and