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- ↑ "Playwright Keith Barker to lead new play development in Stratford". stratfordbeaconherald. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ↑ "Play examines plight of indigenous women". Kingston Whig-Standard , March 9, 2016.
- ↑ "The finalists for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Award for drama". CBC Books, October 3, 2018.
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