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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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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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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It’s a rave review for Universal Disorder in the Vancouver Sun, from reviewer Tom Sandborn. “[A] work of glittering brilliance . . . make no …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
Universal Disorder in Quill and Quire’s 2020 Books of the Year: Industry Picks Read More
Congratulations to Sarah Leavitt, who won the Vine Award (Fiction) for Canadian Jewish literature for her graphic novel, Agnes, Murderess! The jury said, “Sarah Leavitt …
Bernice Friesen appeared on CBC Radio’s Saskatchewan Weekend to chat about her newest book, Universal Disorder, and how her father’s inventiveness and sense of play …