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- ↑ Katherine Monk, "Spotlight on Canadians: First-time directors get new showcase for their films". Ottawa Citizen , September 6, 2004.
- ↑ Lisa Schmidt, "Anil's Ghost wins again for Ondaatje; Governor General's award is 4th for his latest novel". Hamilton Spectator , November 15, 2000.
- ↑ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Mouawad fails, but in an interesting way". The Globe and Mail , July 20, 2009.
- ↑ Nelson Wyatt, "Author of Incendies, the play, praises movie version". Toronto Star , February 24, 2011.
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- ↑ Marc-André Lussier, "Littoral: une transposition plutôt décevante". La Presse , September 14, 2004.