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- ↑ Winnipeg Free Press, April 18, 2011 D3
- ↑ Manitoba Writers' Guild Archived 2014-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ High Plains Book Awards [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ The Malahat Review Archived April 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Manitoba Writers' Guild Archived October 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Manitoba Book Awards 2020 shortlists - McNally Robinson Booksellers". www.mcnallyrobinson.com. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ↑ McNally Robinson Book Award Winners
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