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- ↑ "Giller short list features three new novelists". Kamloops Daily News , October 5, 2001.
- ↑ "Three writers nominated for two literary awards". Guelph Mercury , February 13, 2002.
- ↑ "CBC Radio launches annual Canada Reads series". Cape Breton Post , February 27, 2007.
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