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A ragtag team of creatives celebrating amazing CanLit. Join the party, pals! Est. 2010.
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JUNCTION READS
about 21 hours ago
Junction Reads SEASON FINALE with donuts! TYPE Books Junction. 2887 Dundas St. W.
@farzanadoctor.bsky.social
hosts this special event w/ Chanel Sutherland,
@hollay.bsky.social
& Alison Gadsby! Register for the livestream, or PWYC at the door.
#canlit
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1596371904...
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At TYPE: Chanel Sutherland, Hollay Ghadery, Alison Gadsby (Livestreaming)
Farzana Doctor hosts readings and Q&A with Chanel Sutherland, Hollay Ghadery & Alison Gadsby. Register for live-stream or pay at the door.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1596371904339?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Brent van Staalduinen | Writer, Resister, Human.
about 21 hours ago
Launch Week for THE PEACE THIEVES! This was the day we were issued our rifles during Basic Training. No, we weren't told to name them. Yes, I named mine. No, I'm not sharing her name. 🤣
www.peacethieves.ca
#canlit
#novel
#booklaunch
@thistledownpress.bsky.social
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Wolsak & Wynn
about 21 hours ago
We've a wonderful interview with Kyle Flemmer up at the Miramichi Reader:
miramichireader.ca/2026/05/cele...
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Celestial Poesis: A Conversation with Kyle Flemmer | The Miramichi Reader
Calgary-based poet, publisher, and digital artist Kyle Flemmer has long been a vital member of his literary communities, both in Canada and abroad, and he h ...
https://miramichireader.ca/2026/05/celestial-poesis-a-conversation-with-kyle-flemmer/
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Sean Paul Bedell
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Great to visit with Owl's Nest Books in Calgary! Drop by to browse their great selection and pick up a signed copy of Shoebox.
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Hollay Ghadery
2 days ago
#NationalShortStoryMonth
spotlight 4: “The Deal With Roger” by Alison Gadsby, from Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive (Guernica Editions, 2026). Read the story:
www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/nationa...
#shortstory
@junctionreads.bsky.social
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social
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“There is a lot of climate grief in The Fall-Down Effect... And yet, at the same time, each of the characters also tend to and preserve their hope for and connection to the natural world.” -Liz Johnston Read the full interview:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/3/...
#ecolit
#canlit
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Wolsak & Wynn
4 days ago
Friends, just a reminder that our Toronto Spring Launch is coming up fast! We hope you can come out and celebrate with us at the Tranzac:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/wolsak-and...
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Wolsak and Wynn 2026 Spring Launch
Join us for the launch of our Spring 2026 titles!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wolsak-and-wynn-2026-spring-launch-tickets-1987450946281?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
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Hollay Ghadery
7 days ago
“At its heart, this novel looks at the beautifully complicated, creative, and powerful ways people learn to survive and thrive when love and belonging feel out of reach.” —Justine Abigail Yu, 49th Shelf Read the full column:
49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/04...
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
#litfic
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Hollay Ghadery
10 days ago
This month’s 3% article is dropping soon! Current subscribers: please remember you can contact me anytime and ask questions!
#publicity
#canlit
#books
#publishing
#writerslife
substack.com/@hollayghade...
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3%: A CanLit Publicist’s Diary | Substack
I’m an award-winning Iranian-Canadian multi-genre writer and a book publicist who works with traditional publishers in Canada. Join me for author and industry discussions and insights.
https://substack.com/@hollayghadery?r=1pwkvf&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=stories&shareImageVariant=light
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McNally Robinson Booksellers
10 days ago
On Thursday May 28 at 7pm, join us for Unforgettable Characters: Three Canadian Authors in Conversation, with Zilla Jones (The World So Wide), Alison Gadsby (Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive) &
@hollay.bsky.social
(The Unraveling of Ou). Hosted by Lindsay Wong. -
mailchi.mp/grant/unforg...
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Unforgettable Characters: Three Canadian Authors in Conversation
Join acclaimed author Lindsay Wong, with Zilla Jones, Alison Gadsby, and Hollay Ghadery for an evocative conversation. Their books travel the world and into the minds of unforgettable characters. Find...
https://mailchi.mp/grant/unforgettable-characters
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Acclaimed Windsor-area author André Narbonne was recently featured in The Windsor Star. In the column, he talks about his new
#historicalfiction
, Those Are Pearls (Palimpsest Press, June 15, 2026). Shout to journalist Pascal Hogue for the excellent reporting! Read the article:
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11 days ago
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Hollay Ghadery
13 days ago
Thank you to the Sheelagh Caygill for interviewing me about my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, 2026) in the most recent issue of Literary Mama—and thanks to Literary Mama for continuing to celebrate writers who mother! Read the profile:
literarymama.com/articles/dep...
#litfic
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Thank you to Nolan Kehler and Classical 107 FM for the wonderful feature of Christine and her new novel, The Instrument Must Not Matter! Read the full article:
tr.ee/ZTd1Oe6YbY
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
#piano
#classicalmusic
#ireadcanadian
#pianomusic
#books
14 days ago
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Big love to Heather Campbell, the intrepid publisher of Northern Ontario’s Latitude 46 Publishing! Heather has been named one of Sudbury’s most influential artists by Sudbury Arts Council. Read the full column:
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@latitude46pub.bsky.social
#books
#canadianliterature
15 days ago
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George Murray
15 days ago
There's NewPoetry today from Hollay Ghadery.
newpoetry.ca/2026/05/18/t...
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The Other White Whale
Hollay Ghadery For Baby Beluga (with Roo) go mama is deep blue home the dive heaven the spout a waking night warm moon splash and …..wave song ……
https://newpoetry.ca/2026/05/18/the-other-white-whale/
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Hollay Ghadery
15 days ago
Thanks to
@bookninja.bsky.social
for inviting me to submit a poem to
NewPoetry.ca
. The poem featured, “The Other White Whale” was written by my youngest daughter and me. We printed out lyrics from Raffi’s Baby Beluga, scrambled them, and used 20 words or so to create this poem. 🌊
#begula
#poem
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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~
17 days ago
Loved
@hollay.bsky.social
's seriously playful, playfully serious novel about a woman and her sock puppet. Published by
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
. Check it out if you like whimsical queer stories that will break your heart just a little!
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The Unravelling of Ou
Check out The Unravelling of Ou - Moving on is hard. Even harder when it's from a make-believe friend--someone, or in this instance, some thing--who's been your strongest source of support. On what sh...
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-unravelling-of-ou-hollay-ghadery/e32cae34d9dc6581?ean=9781997508090&next=t
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Hollay Ghadery
17 days ago
Thank you so much, Tessa!
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Heather J. “I Should Be Writing” Wood
17 days ago
40 Asian Canadian writers to have on your radar
#CanLit
www.cbc.ca/books/40-asi...
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40 Asian Canadian writers to have on your radar | CBC Books
May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. CBC Books is highlighting books by writers of East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Western and Central descent published in the last few years to add to you...
https://www.cbc.ca/books/40-asian-canadian-writers-to-have-on-your-radar-9.7197180
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What does it mean to lose a mother tongue—and to write your way back to it? Beloved Edmonton poet, artist, educator, translator, and researcher Adriana Oniță shares her thoughts on this question in a recent interview on our blog.
www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/4/...
#poetry
18 days ago
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Hollay Ghadery
19 days ago
Join us on Thursday May 28 2026 7:00 pm in Winnipeg at McNally Robinson! More details below & RSVP here:
facebook.com/events/s/unf...
Join acclaimed author Lindsay Wong, with Zilla Jones, Alison Gadsby, and Hollay Ghadery for an evocative conversation. Hosted by Lindsay Wong. 🫶🏼
#winnipeg
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“A magical journey full of heart, wonder, and imagination.” @balooberry_reads on IG spotlights Not All Dragons by David Ly! Learn more:
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/not...
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
#fantasybooks
20 days ago
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Thanks for
@deborahkalb.bsky.social
for the feature on Ben Berman Ghan’s new short fiction collection, The Library Cosmic! 💫:
@inkstainedwreck.ca
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
#shortstories
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20 days ago
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GUERNICA EDITIONS
21 days ago
Thank you Ron Andrea and the Historical Novel Society for the review of "Blood Bound: Unlacing Secret Ties," by Marie-Josée Poisson trans. by Flora-Lee Bendit. Thank you,
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
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Blood Bound: Unlacing Secret Ties - Historical Novel Society
A dress discovered hidden in a palace wall in France sends shock waves across the Atlantic. This deep dive into historical and genealogical research in Paris and Montreal follows protagonist Lou Ashby...
https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/blood-bound-unlacing-secret-ties/
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River Street’s intern Michael Schmidt has curated a list of 8️⃣ awesome 2026 books covers from independent Canadian publishers! Read full article:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/5/...
#bookishcanadians
#ireadcanadian
#bookcover
21 days ago
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All Lit Up
26 days ago
"In genre we can make subtext into text, and we can make text weird." We chat with
@inkstainedwreck.ca
about speculative fiction & his forthcoming book THE LIBRARY COSMIC (
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
), a collection of stories that considers the mysteries of life.
alllitup.ca/dont-explain...
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Who else loves short stories? ❤️ We are stoked to see four of the short story collections we’ve been celebrating featured in this BookTrib column by Michael Schmidt!
booktrib.com/2026/05/06/4...
@booktrib.bsky.social
26 days ago
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Wolsak & Wynn
28 days ago
Reviews are starting to come in for Christine Fischer Guy's The Instrument Must Not Matter - here's a lovely one from Laura Rock Gaughn in The Seaboard Review:
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-instru...
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The Instrument Must Not Matter by Christine Fischer Guy
A Guest Review by Laura Rock Gaughan
https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-instrument-must-not-matter-christine-fischer-guy
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Hollay Ghadery
28 days ago
Q: Gitwaaɫtk is a story about the Highway of Tears in northern British Columbia. What compelled you to write this story? Read the interview:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/4/...
#mmiwg2s
#reddressday
#indigenousstories
#highwayoftears
#indigenousvoices
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Hollay Ghadery
28 days ago
May is
#NationalShortStoryMonth
and I’ll be sharing a few short stories from contemporary writers on my blog. I’m kicking off my wee series with “Caviar”—one of the stories in my flash fiction collection, Widow Fantasies (Gordon Hill Press, 2024).
www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/caviar-...
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ICYMI: The Unravelling of Ou by award-winning Iranian-Canadian author Hollay Ghadery was featured in Ms. Magazine! Thank you Karla Strand and Violet Pandya for including Canadian published literature in their column. 🫶🏼:
@msmagazine.com
Want to request a review copy of this book? Comment below.
30 days ago
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Heather J. “I Should Be Writing” Wood
30 days ago
I’ll be hosting poets
@afmoritz.bsky.social
, Kate Rogers, John Wall Barger and Kathryn MacDonald today Sunday, May 3, 5pm at Ben McNally Books.
#CanLit
,
#poetry
,
#Toronto
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Kim Fahner
about 1 month ago
My friend Rosanna has a new book about growing up in Sudbury as the daughter of Italian immigrants in the 1960s. Definitely a must read if you are a Sudburian & love the city’s fascinating history. Love this little book. Congrats, Rosanna! ❤️📚@robattigelli.bsky.social @latitude 46pub.bsky.social
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Flying Books, CMU Press and River Street are delighted to host the Toronto launch of Nightberries by Elina Penner in conversation with Sherri Klassen. More info & RSVP here:
flyingbooks.ca/events/51672...
#germanlit
#canlit
@cmupress-ca.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Today is
#NationalFirstRespondersDay
, and we’re spotlighting Nova Scotia author and retired paramedic and fire service captain Sean Paul Bedell, who was featured in Canadian Firefighter. Read this fascinating interview:
www.cdnfirefighter.com/not-every-ca...
@seanpaulbedell.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Literary Mama
about 1 month ago
"What if a memory is a burden? What if a memory is ascribing you to an identity that you actually don't want to confront?" Whitney French, author of Syncopation: A Novel in Verse, talks w Amanda Fields & Tiffanie Drayton on This Mama Is Lit!
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
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Whitney French: Love, War, Memory, and Black Futurism
Amanda and Tiffanie chat with Whitney French, author of Syncopation: A Novel in Verse, about memory, identity, and what it means to reshape yourself in a fractured world.
https://open.substack.com/pub/literarymama/p/whitney-french-love-war-memory-and?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Blair Trewartha
about 1 month ago
My new book of poems is officially available for ordering. Highly recommend ordering through
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
(link below) or ordering through your local independent bookstore, but it's available at indigo or amazon if needed.
#booksky
#poetry
#canlit
palimpsestpress.ca/books/half-e...
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ICYMI: CBC producer Daphné Santos-Vieira spotlighted Jaime Forsythe’s beautiful long poem, Yield on The Next Chapter with the excellent Antonio Michael Downing. Yield is an unforgettable long poem that lingers in the postpartum void. Full episode:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#nationalpoetrymonth
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about 1 month ago
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💫 Coming soon! 💫 The Library Cosmic: Stories by Benjamin Berman Ghan, forthcoming with Wolsak & Wynn, May 26, 2026 DM us to request a review copy—just in time for National Short Story Month in May!
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
#shortstories
about 1 month ago
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Sheelagh Caygill 🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
@anncavlovic.bsky.social
's novel Count On Me is important, and receiving excellent reviews! Few writers explore family fractures that occur when parents are frail. Fewer take on the devastating subject of elder abuse. Podcast coming soon.
#elderabuse
#books
#reading
www.anncavlovic.com
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ANN CAVLOVIC CREATIVE WRITING
Count On Me exposes how a family can fracture when aging parents grow frail and debts from the past resurface. Filled with hope and humour amid the realities of elder abuse, this is a story about...
https://www.anncavlovic.com/
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Hollay Ghadery
about 1 month ago
“I don’t know if it’s that I like the idea of writing every genre as much as it feels like a natural choice. Like how sometimes you feel like walking somewhere and sometimes you need to run.” —Me!
boydwords.wordpress.com
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
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Congratulations to award-winning author Brad Smith, whose wise-cracking and fast-paced novel, Billy Crawford’s Double Play (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025), is longlisted for the 2026 Leacock Medal for Humour! 🏅 Read the full story:
tr.ee/t-jEFURPNE
Congratulations to all the longlisted authors!
about 1 month ago
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Literary Mama
about 2 months ago
***NEW EPISODE!*** Amanda Fields & Tiffanie Drayton talk w Whitney French, author of Syncopation: A Novel in Verse!
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
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Whitney French: Love, War, Memory, and Black Futurism
Amanda and Tiffanie chat with Whitney French, author of Syncopation: A Novel in Verse, about memory, identity, and what it means to reshape yourself in a fractured world.
https://open.substack.com/pub/literarymama/p/whitney-french-love-war-memory-and?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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DM us to request a review copy!
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about 2 months ago
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Literary Mama
about 2 months ago
We're excited to release a podcast episode with this phenomenal writer soon!
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ICYMI: Whitney French was recently interviewed by Shawn Conner in The Vancouver Sun about her phenomenal novel-in-verse, Syncopation (Wolsak & Wynn, 2026). 💜 Read the full article:
vancouversun.com/entertainmen...
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
@vancouversun.bsky.social
#books
about 2 months ago
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Sunny Dhillon
about 2 months ago
I was on
@globalnews.ca
discussing my book, identity and the value of Sikh Heritage Month:
globalnews.ca/video/117980...
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
#booksky
#canlit
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Palma’s Picks: Living in your own skin and not hiding anymore | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Palma’s Picks: Living in your own skin and not hiding anymore Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
https://globalnews.ca/video/11798057/palmas-picks-living-in-your-own-skin-and-not-hiding-anymore
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Read “Fernaldia pandurata and Diabrotica adelpha get symbiotic in Christie Pits” from Tinder Sonnets © 2026 by Jennifer LoveGrove, on our blog:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/3/...
#poetry
#onlinedating
@bookhugpress.bsky.social
@jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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rob mclennan
about 2 months ago
Kaie Kellough, Interposition /
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/04/kaie...
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Kaie Kellough, Interposition
beuz i can’t think in this star-powered new conclusion this streaming autobiographical noise in which the protagonist dissociates & ente...
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/04/kaie-kellough-interposition.html
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