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  • Read an Excerpt from Grace Vanderzande's Story of Life and Love as an Ontario Farmer
    Read an Excerpt from Grace Vanderzande's Story of Life and Love as an Ontario Farmer
    August 17, 2022

    Read an Excerpt from Grace Vanderzande's Story of Life and Love as an Ontario Farmer

    Grace Vanderzande didn't set out to be a farmer or a writer, but falling in love led her to become both. When she met her husband and he shared his dream of owning and farming land in eastern Ontario, ...

  • Excerpt: Don't Miss this Powerful Glimpse into the Lives of Country Vets in Gillian Wigmore's Night Watch: The Vet Suite
    Excerpt: Don't Miss this Powerful Glimpse into the Lives of Country Vets in Gillian Wigmore's Night Watch: The Vet Suite
    February 23, 2021

    Excerpt: Don't Miss this Powerful Glimpse into the Lives of Country Vets in Gillian Wigmore's Night Watch: The Vet Suite

    In Nightwatch: The Vet Suite (Invisible Publishing), acclaimed poet and novelist Gillian Wigmore takes readers into the unique lives of rural veterinarians. Wigmore comes by the incredibly in-depth ...

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