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- ↑ "Miriam Toews, Omar El Akkad & Katherena Vermette among 12 authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 8, 2021.
- ↑ "Retired bricklayer among six debut novelists vying for $60,000 prize". The Globe and Mail , May 10, 2022.
