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- ↑ "Rae Spoon, Kamal Al-Solaylee among Canadian Lambda nominees". Quill & Quire , March 6, 2013.
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- ↑ "Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, 10th Anniversary Edition". Lambda Literary Foundation, May 6, 2013.
