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- 1 2 Stephen Cooke, "Sue Goyette named Halifax’s new poet laureate". Halifax Chronicle-Herald , April 28, 2020.
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- ↑ Carsten Knox, "My summer: Shauntay Grant, poet, broadcaster". The Coast , June 18, 2009.
- ↑ "Davis returns to province". The Telegraph-Journal , June 10, 2011.
- ↑ Catharine Tunney, "El Jones, Halifax's poet laureate, moving to Iowa for work". CBC News, July 16, 2015.
- ↑ Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird, "Reason and rhyme: meet Rebecca Thomas, Halifax’s poet laureate". The Coast , March 24, 2016.
- ↑ Brett Bundale, "Best-selling author Afua Cooper appointed Halifax's new poet laureate". 1310 News, April 23, 2018.