Why Wordfest Matters
Check out this article from The Scene “Why Wordfest Matters”. This years festival features Freehand’s own Dania Idriss After 31 years in Calgary, it’s safe
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Freehand Books wins awards at the 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards
Freehand Books was awarded the Mel Hurtig Publisher of the Year award at the 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards. Congratulations to author Sharon Butala, editor
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M. Jay Smith featured in “Writer’s Block” on All Lit UP
M. Jay Smith, author of this seasons brand new short story collection Canaloupe! has been featured in All Lit Up’s “Writer’s Block”. Read the full
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Like a River Divides the Earth reviewed by the Winnipeg Free Press
Cheryl Girard of the Winnipeg Free Press has published this wonderful review of Dora Dueck’s Like a River Divides the Earth! “The themes of loss
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Freehand titles shortlisted for the Alberta Book Publishing Awards!
We’re thrilled to have three Freehand titles nominated in four categories at this year’s Alberta Book Publishing Awards! Make sure to check out the full
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Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand shortlisted for the High Plains International Book Award
Congratulations to Tim Bowling, shortlisted for the 2026 High Plains International Book Award for Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand! The nominees for the Short
Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand wins the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction
Congratulations to Tim Bowling and Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand, winner of the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction! The Alberta Literary Awards were presented
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Authors being contacted by someone impersonating Freehand editors
We’ve learned that someone is emailing authors under the names of Freehand’s editors, claiming to be interested in soliciting work for the press. They’re using
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Tales of the Mountains and the Sea reviewed in Quill and Quire
Reviewer Shazia Hafiz Ramji writes about Dania Idriss’s collection Tales of the Mountains and the Sea in Quill and Quire: “As in the liminal worlds
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Dania Idriss’s debut collection featured in the Calgary Herald
Dania Idriss chats with the Calgary Herald’s Eric Volmers about her debut book, Tales of the Mountains and the Sea, which “mixes folklore, horror, coming-of-age,
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Good Victory shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award
Congratulations to Mikka Jacobsen and Good Victory, shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award! The finalists are: About Good Victory, the jury (Lisa Alward, Waubgeshig Rice,
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Welcome to Sunny Town reviewed on Pickle Me This
Kerry Clare of Pickle Me This has a great review of Théodora Armstrong’s Welcome to Sunny Town: “Welcome to Sunny Town is a Künstlerroman, a beautiful
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