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- ↑ "Walker wins Chalmers". The Globe and Mail , January 29, 1985.
- ↑ "Andrew's Tree tops play competition". The Globe and Mail , May 13, 1991.
- ↑ "Canadian playwrights honored". Edmonton Journal , February 25, 1992.
- ↑ "Book symbolizes gays' advances". The Globe and Mail , June 4, 1992.
