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- ↑ "The Red Word, by Sarah Henstra". Quill & Quire , March 2018.
- ↑ "Book about campus rape and an Indigenous memoir win $25,000 Governor General's Literary Award". Toronto Star , October 30.
- ↑ "Review: Mad Miss Mimic by Sarah Henstra". Now , June 10, 2015.
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