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- ↑ "A voice that sneaks on up; Toronto's Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer is a pleasant surprise: Debut story collection entertaining, even a bit enlightening". Toronto Star , March 28, 2004.
- 1 2 "Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer's All the Broken Things haunted by the traumas of war". The Georgia Straight , February 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Canadian First Novel Award announces shortlist". The Globe and Mail , June 23, 2006.
- ↑ "Ambitious story told from seven points of view". Winnipeg Free Press , April 26, 2009.
- ↑ "So much depends upon an Orange Blossom; A young boy must care for his disfigured sister and a carnival bear cub in Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer's look into the meaning of family". National Post , January 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Emily St. John Mandel wins 2015 Toronto Book Award". Toronto Star , October 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Stretching the Space of Realism: An Interview with Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer". The Puritan, Issue 26 (Summer 2014).
- ↑ Robert J. Wiersema, "Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer makes hay of the secrets and lies of the past in new novel ‘Wait Softly Brother’". Toronto Star , May 9, 2023.
- ↑ "12 Canadian books make longlist for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 6, 2023.
