The Dusty Bookcase

Whenever I'm asked to talk about Ricochet Books, I make a point of mentioning Al Palmer's  Sugar-Puss on Dorchester Street . The tit...

Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence [ Divers ] Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé [trans Jane Brierley] Montreal: V é hicule, ...

André Louis Armand Hissink 26 June 1919, Batavia, Dutch East Indies - 1 January 2024, Perth, Ontario, Canada My grandfather. Merrickville, O...

An addendum to last week's post on "Woman-handled" by Arthur Stringer .   Much of yesterday was spent reading 'The Surviva...

... or maybe not

'Woman-handled' Arthur Stringer The Saturday Evening Post , volume  197, issue 44 May 2, 1925 A critic writes: "In your New Yea...

If the Coffin Fits Day Keen [Gunard Hjerstedt] Toronto: Harlequin, 1952 The cover copy lays it straight: Central City specialized in vice, l...