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George R. Andrews

George R. Andrews is a Canadian writer from Ontario whose work explores history, politics, civic life, and the human consequences of power. He studied Modern European History at university, with a minor in Political Science, and has remained deeply interested in the forces that shape nations, institutions, communities, and private lives.

Andrews writes in both fiction and non-fiction. His interests move between historical fiction, alternate history, political reflection, and accessible civic writing. Across all of it, his central concern remains the same: how large events reach ordinary people.

His work looks for history not only in battles and speeches, but in fields, roads, ledgers, kitchens, classrooms, ration lines, courtrooms, newspapers, borders, and the small daily choices by which people endure the weight of their age.

Publisher: Hippopotamus House Independent Press

Contact: Info@HippoHouse.site

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Calder’s Ledger

Some violence is written in clean ink.

Calder’s Ledger is a powerful work of Canadian historical fiction about memory, bureaucracy, and the moral cost of obedience. Told through the life of Esmond Calder, a young Dominion clerk who begins his career believing in order, duty, and the clean authority of official records, the novel follows how maps, ledgers, passes, petitions, receipts, and school lists become instruments of harm.

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Who Does What? Canada Explained

Canada is complicated. It does not have to be unreadable.

Who Does What? Canada Explained is a plain-English guide to Canadian government, politics, elections, federalism, Parliament, rights, lawmaking, and citizenship. Written for readers who want clarity without jargon, it maps the public system by asking practical questions: who has authority, who pays, who delivers, who regulates, who enforces, and who answers?

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Fractured Continent

Every border is drawn through someone’s home.

Fractured Continent is a sweeping alternate-history series about conquest, occupation, rebellion, empire, and the dangerous stories nations tell about themselves.

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