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- ↑ Birthplace and year mentioned in Penguin interview with Tim Bowling regarding The Paperboy's Winter
- 1 2 3 Medley, Mark (7 November 2012). "A river runs through Tim Bowling's The Tinsmith". National Post. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ↑ "Judges". Griffin Poetry Prize. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ↑ Canadian Authors Association: Poetry award winners list
- ↑ Writers' Guild of Alberta: 2004 Alberta Book Awards winners Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (PDF document)
