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  • Novelist Barbara Langhorst on Why Her Toughest Character to Write Became Her Favourite
    Novelist Barbara Langhorst on Why Her Toughest Character to Write Became Her Favourite
    November 16, 2021

    Novelist Barbara Langhorst on Why Her Toughest Character to Write Became Her Favourite

    Barbara Langhorst's The Winter-Blooming Tree (Palimpsest Press) takes readers deep into a seemingly ordinary family to showcase unforgettable characters.Ursula Koehl-Niederhauser is a teacher whose ...

  • Read an Excerpt from Want by Barbara Langhorst, A Sharp, Funny Family Story
    Read an Excerpt from Want by Barbara Langhorst, A Sharp, Funny Family Story
    November 14, 2018

    Read an Excerpt from Want by Barbara Langhorst, A Sharp, Funny Family Story

    In Barbara Langhorst's Want (Palimpsest Press), Delphine's life is happy and calm. She and her husband, Hugo, live in peace on a small hobby farm in the Prairies, studiously oblivious to contemporary ...

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