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February.27.2013. Review of While the Sun Is Above Us in Giraffe Days “In While the Sun is Above Us we get a distinctly female story [of Sudan]. Considering that

February.15.2013. People Who Disappear reviewed in The Coastal Spectator The Coastal Spectator, an arts mag out of Victoria, has a review up of Alex Leslie’s People Who Disappear. Reviewer Miles

February.14.2013. While the Sun Is Above Us shortlisted for four Saskatchewan Book Awards Melanie Schnell’s debut novel While the Sun Is Above Us has been shortlisted for

February.5.2013. While the Sun Is Above Us on Global Regina Devin Pacholik reviews Melanie Schnell’s While the Sun Is Above Us on air and on his blog. “Great

February.1.2013. PW Honorable Mention for Tangles Congratulations to Sarah Leavitt and Tangles, which received an Honorable Mention by the Publishers’ Weekly Comics World’s 2012 Graphic Novel Critics’ Poll! Read

January.21.2013. Freehand in the Calgary Herald We chat with the Calgary Herald about how things are going at Freehand these days and what’s coming up next! Read

January.13.2013. Melanie Schnell in QC Melanie Schnell, author of While the Sun Is Above Us, is featured in the cover story in QC, the Regina Leader-Post‘s lifestyles

January.16.2013. Esmé Claire Keith named one of 100 Most Fascinating Manitobans Esmé Claire Keith, winner of the 2012 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award

January.7.2013. Ian Williams talks to Kathy Ullyott in UofT Magazine “Ian Williams is learning to sew. But the poet and short story writer isn’t planning

January.3.2013. Julie Wilson on The Next Chapter Julie Wilson talks about how readers are like unicorns and more on CBC’s The Next Chapter. Listen here

January.3.2013. Barry Grills interviewed on The Book Room John Degen talks to Barry Grills about writing and wolves and writing about wolves (complete with wolf

December.13.2012. The Winnipeg Review reviews Ian Colford’s The Crimes of Hector Tomás Shawn Syms says: “To his great credit, Colford provides more ethical questions than answers over