Big Reader reviewed in the Toronto Star
Steven Beattie reviews Susan Olding’s Big Reader for the Toronto Star, saying that it’s “not simply a justification for a reading life, but an examination
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The End of Me shortlisted for the ReLit Award
Congratulations to John Gould, whose short story collection The End of Me has been shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Award! The winner will be announced
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Speechless shortlisted for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
Congratulations to Anne Simpson, whose novel Speechless has been shortlisted for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award! The winners will be announced in an online ceremony
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If Sylvie Had Nine Lives shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards
Congratulations to Leona Theis, whose book If Sylvie Had Nine Lives has been shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards! The winners will be announced in
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Twin Studies and Hummingbird on the ReLit shortlist
Congratulations to Keith Maillard (Twin Studies) and Devin Krukoff (Hummingbird), who have landed on the “long shortlist” for the ReLit Awards! You can see the
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Universal Disorder reviewed in the Vancouver Sun
It’s a rave review for Universal Disorder in the Vancouver Sun, from reviewer Tom Sandborn. “[A] work of glittering brilliance . . . make no
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New ownership at Freehand Books
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 11, 2021 New ownership at Freehand Books Award-winning, Calgary-based literary publisher Freehand Books has a new owner as of January 1,
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The End of Me reviewed in the Ormsby Review
Heidi Greco reviews John Gould’s The End of Me in the Ormsby Review: As for reviewing a book as expansive as The end of me, I
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Freehand Books on CBC’s Daybreak Alberta
Thanks to Angie Abdou and Daybreak Alberta for profiling Freehand Books, and some of our latest books, in this year’s Christmas Book Show! We’re so
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One Madder Woman reviewed in The Ormsby Review
Carole Gerson reviews Dede Crane’s One Madder Woman in The Ormsby Review: “In many ways [Morisot’s] story invites comparison with that of Emily Carr (which
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If Sylvie Had Nine Lives reviewed in the Winnipeg Free Press
Dave Williamson reviews Leona Theis’s If Sylvie Had Nine Lives in the Winnipeg Free Press, calling it “sophisticated comedy . . . Sylvie emerges as
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Universal Disorder in Quill and Quire’s 2020 Books of the Year: Industry Picks
It’s great to see Bernice Friesen’s novel Universal Disorder selected for Quill and Quire‘s list of 2020 Book of the Year: Industry Picks, as selected
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