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Lawrence Hill
Novelist, Essayist, Memoirist
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Author David A. Robertson Wins Freedom to Read Award
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is pleased to announce that Manitoba author David A. Robertson is the recipient of the 2021 Freedom to Read Award. The award...
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Operation Vanished by Helen C. Escott wins a Silver Medal at the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards
Helen C. Escott
Operation Vanished by Helen C. Escott wins a Silver Medal at the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards Flanker Press would like to congratulate Helen C. Escott. Her bestselling crime thriller Operation Vanished was awarded a Silver Medal – Best Regional Fiction at the 24th annual Independent...