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May.07.2013. paulo da costa on OMNI TV Freehand Books makes its Portuguese television debut! OMNI TV talks to paulo da costa in this video, starting

May.04.2013. Ian Williams takes the Magic 8 Ian Williams takes Canada Writes’ Magic 8, and future-Ian-from-2063 stops in to answer a question too! Read the

May.2.2013. paulo da costa makes a list of “Literary Bites in Bits” for 49th Shelf paulo da costa, author of the new short story collection The

May.2.2013. Books set in Calgary The ever-awesome Calgary is Awesome did a recent piece about books set in Calgary, and was kind enough to include

April.29.2013. Alberta Book Award Finalists announced Freehand is proud to be in such good company on the Alberta Book Awards shortlist. The prizes will be

April.27.2013. Melanie Schnell wins Regina Book Award and Saskatchewan First Book Award Big congratulations to Melanie Schnell and While the Sun Is Above Us, which was awarded

April.19.2013. The Griffin Prize Q&A: Ian Williams Ian Williams talks to the National Post’s Mark Medley about the first poem he ever published, Poetry In Voice, and

April.17.2013. The Prairie Fire Review of Books reviews Every Wolf’s Howl by Barry Grills “Whereas Laferrière provides a personal take on a planetary event, Barry Grills tells an intimate

April.17.2013. The Prairie Fire Review of Books reviews Not Anyone’s Anything by Ian Williams “Williams’s method is experimental, both in the ways these complex stories interconnect and in the manner

April.15.2013. The Calgary Herald talks to Ali Bryan Ali Bryan talks to the Calgary Herald about “mommy blogs,” working with Paul Quarrington, and what her mother-in-law thinks of her

April.12.2013. Change of Venue for paulo da costa’s Calgary Launch paulo da costa will be launching his new book, The Green and Purple Skin of the

April.12.2013. The National Post reviews Roost Sue Sinclair reviews Roost by Ali Bryan in the National Post: “Roost is hilarious… Ali Bryan is a master of deadpan delivery and is a seemingly endless source