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- ↑ Dana Gee, "Queer love story at the centre of new Canadian historical novel". Vancouver Sun , February 21, 2024.
- ↑ "12 Canadian books make 2024 longlist for $100K Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 4, 2024.
- 1 2 "The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor". CBC Books, June 13, 2024.
- ↑ Brett Josef Grubisic, "Wartime Canadian romance, an LGBTQ love story and a reckoning of fate and destiny". Toronto Star , January 18, 2024.
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