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I'm torturing myself this way because of an e-mail message I received several weeks ago from Bronwyn Drainie, editor of the Literary Review of Canada.
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... reporter Bronwyn Drainie tells CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks.
- ↑ "Order of Canada appointees – December 2023". Governor General of Canada . Retrieved 2023-12-28.
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