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- ↑ Quiviger, Pascale (2001). "Ni Sols ni Ciels". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ↑ Laurin, Danielle (15 May 2015). "Entre la vie et la mort". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ↑ "Past Giller Prize winners: 2006". CBC. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ↑ "Here are the winners of the 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards". CBC. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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- "Toews, Dallaire win Governor General's Awards". CBC. 2004-11-17. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- Debby Waldman (April 30, 2010). "Uneven sophomore effort ignores basic writing rule: show,don't tell". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2010-07-03.[ dead link ]
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