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References
- ↑ Jane van Koeverden, "How Phyllis Aronoff & Howard Scott translated their way to a Governor General's Literary Award". CBC Books, November 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Governor General's Literary Awards nominees". Telegraph-Journal , October 15, 2009.
- ↑ Pat Donnelly, "Gazette's Todd scores 2 awards". Montreal Gazette , November 30, 2001.
- ↑ "Writers nominated for QWF prizes". Montreal Gazette , October 18, 2007.
- ↑ Eleanor Brown, "QWF 2015". Sherbrooke Record , October 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail , September 14, 2022.
- ↑ Lisa Hagen, "From rural roots to Rideau Hall". New Hamburg Independent, November 15, 2018.
- ↑ Bronwyn Chester, "Translating has its rewards: A fascination with sex and language leads to G-G's prize". Montreal Gazette , January 31, 1998.
- ↑ Robert Reid, "Jane Urquhart wins Governor General's Award for fiction". Waterloo Region Record , November 19, 1997.
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