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Author, editor, publisher. Fierce feminist.
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Premee Mohamed
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OK guys you need some quiet, virtually plot-free escapism -- go read THE APPLE-TREE THRONE and find out if holy water helps with a haunting* and how to appropriately mock a man's moustache *it does not
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The Apple-Tree Throne
Buy The Apple-Tree Throne: Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GCFY44D
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UBC Press
1 day ago
We are looking for a Junior Editor. The Junior Editor will contribute to the acquisition, development, and funding requirements of an intellectually rich program of books to be published by UBC Press in defined subject areas. Further information and apply at:
https://ow.ly/b5Aw50XX2FQ
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Junior Editor
Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Editorial and Production Services , Level A Job Title Junior Editor Department Acquisitions | UBC Press Compensation Range $5,791.00 - $8,323.42 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted...
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Skyla Dawn Cameron
1 day ago
Also, tell your friends to buy books! They're better than looking at the news (even with all the trauma)!
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Judith Lam Tang
1 day ago
What a fun and joyful podcast - with 2 of Edmontonâs best authors!! đ
@sgwong.com
@premeemohamed.com
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We Contain Multitudes podcast
1 day ago
â¨â¨â¨GLITTER CANNON DEPLOYEDâ¨â¨â¨ S1 E1 is now live on
@theincomparable.com
! with special guest
@premeemohamed.com
𪲠Listen now! Or bookmark this for later! Whenever you need a hit of joy, we've got you covered! Transcript:
sgwong.com/blog/episode...
Subscribe/Follow the show! Share the joy â¨
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Premee Mohamed - The Bugge (We Contain Multitudes 1)
Premee nerds out about a beloved (and well-used!) collection.
https://www.theincomparable.com/multitudes/1/
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eSpec Books, LLC
2 days ago
Calling all librarians! If you have a Library Thing account, request The Cryptid Compendium
www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
compiling the cryptids featured in the first five years of the acclaimed Systema Paradoxa series, combined with vivid full-color illustrations by the reclusive J.W. Harp.
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Book Giveaway for The Cryptid Compendium: 2021 - 2025 by Danielle Ackley-McPhail and harpjw
Enter to win one of 30 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
https://www.librarything.com/ner/detail/55654/The-Cryptid-Compendium-2021-2025
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Quill & Quire
8 days ago
Aware of which titles have been pulled from various school libraries in Alberta? So far, school boards have been unwilling to release the titles of books that have been banned. If you know of titles affected, contact Q&Q using our anonymous tipline:
https://quillandquire.com/tipline/
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Anonymous tipline - Quill and Quire
Got a news tip for Q&Q? Is there something going on at your company â or elsewhere in the book business â thatâs not going to be announced in any press release but that Quill & Quire should still know...
https://quillandquire.com/tipline/
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Senator Paula Simons đ¨đŚ
5 days ago
After all the heartbreak and horror of the world this week - a reminder of why Canada, and the idea of Canada, really matters. We arenât trying to be great again - just trying to make a better country, every day. Sending this out with love and hope.
#Canada
#cdnpoli
#ElbowsUp
#Alberta
#refugees
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The Case for Sticking Around - Alberta Views
Iâm calling on us to do something un-Canadian: and stand up for the country we loveâand reject the idea of a sovereign Alberta
https://albertaviews.ca/the-case-for-sticking-around/
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Skyla Dawn Cameron
4 days ago
In DMs we're posting screenshots of the sharp sales drop-off we've all had the last few months so basically if you're still out there buying books, you might be the difference between some folks still having a career or going back to being considered a hobbyist. It's bad out there in the arts.
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Geoffrey P Johnstonđđ¨đŚđşđŚ
4 days ago
Time to ban X. Canadian government still using X amid platformâs child sex abuse material scandal - National |
Globalnews.ca
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Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada
Globalnews.ca â Watch and read Canadaâs Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News
https://Globalnews.ca
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Laura Brady
4 days ago
I have been emailing and phoning municipal, provincial and federal politicians about getting off of X. Surprisingly, I have the ear of a high-ranking provincial politician. Please send your best anti-Twitter think pieces.
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Premee Mohamed
4 days ago
ALSO I keep forgetting to re-up my books (times are hard, I know, but still, you gotta) -- THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST came out in audio in November! A magical forest, a valley occupied by a Tyrant, and two children lost in the woods...
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
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The Butcher of the Forest Audiobook on Libro.fm
A world-weary woman races against the clock to survive a deadly forest in this dark, otherworldly fairytale from Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Premee Mohamed.At the northern edge of a ...
https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9798331962265-the-butcher-of-the-forest
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University of Alberta Press
5 days ago
NEW for
#MLA26
: Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour by Kate Beaton. https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l
##MLAnews
@modernlanguage.bsky.social
#booksky
#books
#graphicnonfiction
#comics
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University of Alberta Press
6 days ago
NEW for
#MLA26
: Alice Munro and the Art of Time by Laura K. Davis https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
##MLAnews
@modernlanguage.bsky.social
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Verso Books
5 days ago
The Dialectic of Sex was the first book of the womenâs liberation movement to propound a feminist theory of sex. Here we have compiled works of feminism that live in conversation with the ideas Firestone expounded.
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Feminist Theory | Verso Reading Guide
Featuring books by Shulamith Firestone, Nancy Fraser, Vivian Gornick, Andreas Long Chu, and more!
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/3504-feminist-theory?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the_dialectic_of_sex_26
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Alvin Finkel
5 days ago
Review of Humans by James Fell, the "sweary historian" who has almost 400,000 Facebook followers.
www.facebook.com/bodyforwife/...
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James Fell
It's rare for me to promote a book that isn't one of my sweary history books. In the last two years I read a couple hundred history books to prepare for writing "Greedy Sexist Religious Bigots: A...
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This Magazine
6 days ago
đ¨ Reminder for Writers!! đ¨ Monday, January 12 is the LAST DAY to submit pitches for This Magazine's annual Culture Issue! Details at the link below:
this.org/contribute/
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This Magazine â Contribute to This Magazine
https://this.org/contribute/
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University of Alberta Press
6 days ago
NEW for
#MLA26
: Shelter in Text: Essays on Dwelling and Refuge, edited by Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik. https://bit.ly/4p4eXQ4
##MLAnews
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6 days ago
Check out what Alberta readers were picking up in December 2025! Featuring titles from
@thenewpress.bsky.social
,
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social
, and more! See the full list here:
buff.ly/zJeBNH9
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NeWest Press
6 days ago
⨠NEW REVIEW of "Standing in the Footprints of Beasts" Alberta Views! Get your copy of the magazine and the book now!
#NeWestPress
#StandingInTheFootprintsOfBeasts
#ABbooks
#AlbertaPublisher
#CanadianLiterature
#CanLit
#ReadLocal
#ReadCanadian
#BuyCanadian
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UCalgary Press
6 days ago
Our literary series forwards bold and lively voices that entertain and engage. Discover Brave & Brilliant poetry.
https://ow.ly/fOzG50XNrhE
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University of Alberta Press
6 days ago
#MLA26
: Living and Learning with Feminist Ethics, Literature, and Art, edited by Dominique HĂŠtu, Libe GarcĂa Zarranz, Amanda Fayant, and Marie Carrière. https://bit.ly/3Dmnwnp
##books
#reading
#literature
#CompLit
#poetics
#highered
#MLAnews
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Great Plains Press
6 days ago
Earthen, Stories by Katherine Koller Publication Date: May 2026 đ¨đŚ Pre-order now from our website or from your local bookstore
greatplainspress.ca?s=earthen&se...
#Nature
#Fiction
#ShortStories
#Earth
#CanadianAuthor
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This Magazine
6 days ago
Did you enjoy today's story? This Magazine is currently accepting short fiction submissions for publication in 2026! Email fiction editor H Felix Chau Bradley at
[email protected]
and attach your story (no more than 2500 words long) by January 31! Further details here:
this.org/contribute/
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Editors/RĂŠviseurs Canada
6 days ago
Are you a student editor? Join Editors Canada as a student affiliate (for a fraction of the cost of full membership) to get a headstart on growing your network and your career. Here's why it's a great business move:
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Student affiliate program - Editors Canada
Are you a student who is thinking about becoming an editor? Discover the benefits of becoming a student affiliate of Editors Canada.
https://www.editors.ca/join/student
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Laurie D. Graham
7 days ago
Leaving home as inherited condition. Displacement as engine of industrial ag. Whatever became of my great-grandmothers. What they became when they landed here. What they thought or believed, couldnât say, couldnât do. Our present chews holes in shared memory. This will be my fourth book.
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Editors/RĂŠviseurs Canada
8 days ago
Editors Canada is now accepting 2026 Karen Virag Award nominations! A cash award of $400 is made possible by Editors Canada and its generous donors. Tell us about the editing heroes in your community:
www.editors.ca/about/awards...
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Karen Virag Award - Editors Canada
Karen Virag Award is given to the individuals/organizations who make an effort to raise the profile of our profession in their communities.
https://www.editors.ca/about/awards/karen-virag-award
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Goose Lane Editions
8 days ago
Canada Reads season is here and we're beyond thrilled to share that Slice the Water by PP Wong has been longlisted for CBC Books'
#CanadaReads2026
! Congratulations, PP â we're so excited! â¤đ
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The University of Chicago Press
8 days ago
Whether you're embracing or shunning
#DryJanuary
, our free e-book of the month, RUM MANIACS, is the perfect read, revealing how and why pathological drinking became a subject of medical interest and fascination in America. Get it here:
buff.ly/j9EDNew
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Verso Books
8 days ago
âMarx was on to something more profound than he knew, when he observed that the family contained within itself in embryo all the antagonisms that later develop on a wide scale within the society and state.â â Shulamith Firestone, The Dialectic of Sex
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The Death of a Revolutionary: Shulamith Firestone
Susan Faludi's excellent obituary of Shulamith Firestone, originally published in the New Yorker.
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/1964-death-of-a-revolutionary-shulamith-firestone?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the_dialectic_of_sex_26
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The Canadian Children's Book Centre
9 days ago
It is with deep sadness we share with you the passing of children's author Brian Doyle. CCBC President and former CCBN editor Gillian O'Reilly pays contribute to the late author:
https://bookcentre.ca/blogs/industry-news/three-things-i-ll-remember-about-brian-doyle
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9 days ago
Is one of your 2026 goals to have your book published? Pottersfeld Press is looking for submissions from writers who can provide a manuscript in any nonfiction medium to tell a story or put forward an idea. For more information, visit:
www.pottersfieldpress.com
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Editors/RĂŠviseurs Canada
9 days ago
We're accepting nominations for the $400 Karen Virag Award until Friday, March 6. Tell us about the editing heroes in your community:
www.editors.ca/about/awards...
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Karen Virag Award - Editors Canada
Karen Virag Award is given to the individuals/organizations who make an effort to raise the profile of our profession in their communities.
https://www.editors.ca/about/awards/karen-virag-award
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Bree
9 days ago
There is no world in which you should be publishing someone else's books if you are not willing to put the money you owe them aside and *never touch it, ever*
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University of Alberta Press
8 days ago
The MLA conference runs January 8 to 11 this year in Toronto. Here's to a great conference! Be sure to visit Michelle Lobkowicz at booth 109A. She would love to talk books with you. https://bit.ly/3WBWjSt
##MLA26
#MLAnews
@modernlanguage.bsky.social
@mlobkowicz.bsky.social
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2026 MLA Convention
 MLA-fullThe 2026 MLA Annual Convention will be held from 8 to 11 January in Toronto. Read about the presidential theme, Family Resemblances. Explore the online program. Make your travel plans in advance. We look forward to meeting in person, and...
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Jessica Coles
8 days ago
I just finished reading The First Thousand Trees by
@premeemohamed.com
. I loved this whole series, start to finish. Awful thing happen to her characters, nothing is tidy, and so very much stays broken. But in an extremely comforting way. A solidly good story by an exceptional storyteller.
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University of Alberta Press
8 days ago
The FOLD has released its 2026 Reading Challenge. Follow their blog for recommendations, then get to your local bookstore or library and start reading!
https://bit.ly/4b72I27
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@cdnpublishers.bsky.social
@abbookpub.bsky.social
@writersguildab.bsky.social
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Book Publishers Association of Alberta
8 days ago
The BPAA is excited to announce that submissions are open for the 2026
#ABPubAwards
through February 27! More information can be found here:
buff.ly/M5gaEob
#ABbooks
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Robin Stevenson
8 days ago
As Alberta announces dozens of (secret) book bans... here's a reminder that if you are a published Canadian author or illustrator, we would love to have you join Canadian Authors and Illustrators Against Book Bans. Here's our linktree for more info and sign up page!
linktr.ee/caiabb
#canlit
#abed
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Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans
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49th Shelf
9 days ago
Happy New Year, everyone! We're here with some books to help you welcome 2026 from a healthy, happy place.
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@houseofanansi.bsky.social
@harpercollinsca.bsky.social
@ecwpress.bsky.social
@simonschusterca.bsky.social
49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01...
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New Books for a Fresh Year ¡ Blog Post ¡ 49th Shelf
Books to help you welcome 2026 from a healthy, happy place.
https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01/05/New-Books-for-a-Fresh-Year
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UCalgary Press
8 days ago
George Edward Buck was a revival preacher who came to Alberta to found Zion in the Rockies. How did he end up the face of fraud in an international inquiry? The Boom is an oil history that returns the wildcatters and charlatans to the record and traces the oil culture of Alberta to this day.
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Beacon Press
8 days ago
You could also give Steven Sandorâs LEVELING THE ICE as a New Yearâs gift, not just as a Christmas gift. Just sayin.â đ
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Score a copy or two from Postmedia's annual Christmas hockey book review for 2025
There are many titles to choose from this year, including some unsavoury topics, but you never go wrong with the gift of reading. More.
https://buff.ly/nldwReD
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Sarah Boon
8 days ago
New review of my book up at
@albertaviews.bsky.social
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albertaviews.ca/meltdown-sar...
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Meltdown by Sarah Boon - Alberta Views
Meltdown opens with author Sarah Boon alone with a student on an Arctic glacier, the student repeating âI donât want to die."
https://albertaviews.ca/meltdown-sarah-boon/
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Michelle Lobkowicz
8 days ago
Please stop by and say hello of you are at
#MLA26
this year!
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University of Alberta Press
8 days ago
Acquisitions editor Michelle Lobkowicz is attending
#MLA26
and is open to publishing queries and book proposals. Visit her at booth 109A! Our submissions guidelines are here: https://bit.ly/4cpQT4s
##MLANews
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Verso Books
9 days ago
Shulamith Firestone wrote the first book of the womenâs liberation movement to propound a feminist theory of sex. She would have turned 81 today. âI am who I am, and a lot of women are who they are, because of Shulie.â
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/1...
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The Death of a Revolutionary: Shulamith Firestone
Susan Faludi's excellent obituary of Shulamith Firestone, originally published in the New Yorker.
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/1964-death-of-a-revolutionary-shulamith-firestone?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the_dialectic_of_sex_26
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Small Spec Book Awards
9 days ago
Welcome to the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards competition FTL Publications,
@brigidsgatepress.bsky.social
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@thewpp.bsky.social
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@tychebooks.bsky.social
!
#SSBA
#SSBA2026
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Victoria Strauss
9 days ago
An excellent thread of advice to complement the advice on Writer Beware's Small and Independent Publishers page:
www.sfwa.org/other-resour...
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Orca Book Publishers
9 days ago
With the start of the new term and a new season, we want to take a moment to share all the resources we have available for educators! Read the latest Educator Newsletter for more âď¸
conta.cc/3KDAFfF
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The Educator Resource Roundup! âď¸
Email from Orca Book Publishers Plus a look ahead at our upcoming events Can't view images? Open this email in your web browser. Educator Resources Request An Author Visit The Orca Blog Welcome back!
https://conta.cc/3KDAFfF
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Editors/RĂŠviseurs Canada
10 days ago
Do you know an exceptional editor? Shine a spotlight on great editing by submitting a nomination for the $2,000 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. The 2026 award recognizes an outstanding editor on a project published in the 2025 calendar year:
www.editors.ca/about/awards...
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Tom Fairley Award - Editors Canada
The Tom Fairley Award is presented annually to an exceptional editor who played an important role in the success of a project. Learn more...
https://www.editors.ca/about/awards/tom-fairley-award
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