Books published by FreeHand Books

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Here Is Where We Disembark

Freehand Books | September 1, 2010 | 104 pages
With her remarkable debut collection, Yukon poet Clea Roberts proffers a perceptive & ecological reading of the Canadian North’s past & present.Roberts deftly draws out the moments that comprise a cycle of seasons, paying as much attention to the natural—the winter moon’s second-hand... More Info
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Personals

Freehand Books | April 1, 2012 | 120 pages
These are not love poems. These are almost-love poems. Jittery, plaintive, and fresh, Personals is voiced through a startling variety of speakers who continually rev themselves up to the challenge of connecting with others, often to no avail. Williams writes in traditional poetic forms: ghazals, a... More Info
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The Doctrine of Affections

Freehand Books | April 1, 2010 | 200 pages
A poverty-stricken guitar virtuoso navigates the political landscape of nineteenth-century Parisian society as he comes out of retirement for one final concert. A sessional instructor competing for the prestigious Interdisciplinary Chair in Aretha Franklin studies gets sidetracked by her obsession... More Info
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Bitter Medicine

Freehand Books | March 10, 2010 | 260 pages
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While The Sun Is Above Us

FreeHand Books | April 1, 2012 | 240 pages
It is too difficult to release this war from our blood, when it long ago shaped who we are, howwe live, how we move, how we breathe. Blood has filled this earth up; it has made God angry.We must be forgiven or nothing will change.While The Sun Is Above Us takes readers deep into the extraordinary... More Info

The Crimes of Hector Tomás

Freehand Books | October 1, 2012 | 416 pages
Enrique Tomás lives a quiet life with a large, loving family in an unnamed South American country. But Enrique has secrets. When his second eldest son, Hector, and Hector’s beloved friend Nadia uncover one of Enrique’s secrets, the course of Hector’s life is irrevocably altered. Exiled by... More Info

Every Wolf's Howl

Freehand Books | October 1, 2012 | 240 pages
This is the story of Barry and Lupus. Barry, an exhausted newspaper owner physically and economically on the ropes, meets Lupus, a wolf-German Shepherd cross, at an animal shelter. Despite a nagging belief that he cannot take responsibility for anything or anyone else, Barry rescues Lupus and takes... More Info

Tangles

Freehand Books | September 1, 2010 | 127 pages
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The Reverse Cowgirl

Freehand Books | October 1, 2011 | 200 pages
Keen, intense, darkly comic, and accident-prone, the short fictions of David Whitton are full of sullen underdogs: his characters clean up real nice, but can't help but unravel back to their original fallen and fascinating selves. Their mistakes and misdeeds, temptations and transgressions trample... More Info

Not Being on a Boat

Freehand Books | October 1, 2011 | 347 pages
Rutledge, an aging, divorced man, has treated himself to a Cruise on the Mariola. The Cruise is not just any cruise. It's the whole shebang. It's around the world. It's a lifestyle change: G & Ts and tuxedos and cigars and cognac galore. The service is top-rate. And Rutledge's steward, Raoul,... More Info