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- ↑ "Finalists announced for Governor General's Literary Awards" Archived January 15, 2014, at archive.today . National Post , October 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Presenting Charles Taylor Prize nominee Carol Bishop-Gwyn". Maclean's , January 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Charles Taylor Prize Interviews: Carol Bishop-Gwyn" Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine . Open Book Toronto, February 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Author Richard Gwyn talks to book club about John A.". Pembroke Daily Observer , November 29, 2008.
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