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- 1 2 "Meet Red Deer Reads 2017 Winning Author Amy Jones". RDNewsNow , October 20, 2017.
- ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (2020-08-05). "Alisha Newton & Martha Burns Among Cast For Canadian Feature 'We're All In This Together' From Writer-Director-Actress Katie Boland". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ↑ "Amy Jones launches first novel, set in Thunder Bay". CBC Thunder Bay, June 8, 2016.
- ↑ "28 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2019". CBC Books, January 25, 2019.
