The Dusty Bookcase

A JOURNEY THROUGH CANADA'S FORGOTTEN, NEGLECTED AND SUPPRESSED WRITING

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15 October 2026

Oh, Little Man!

Chipmunk Len Peterson Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1949 299 pages Claude Widgewood specializies in buns at Toronto's Modern Bake...

05 October 2026

From Tangled Torment to Tepid Romance

Carried by Storm May Agnes Fleming New York: Carleton, 1880 400 pages The first sentence holds a promise of things supernatural: Miss Ventno...

21 September 2026

A Nellie McClung Manitoba Mystery

The Black Creek Stopping-House and Other Stories Nellie L. McClung Toronto: William Briggs, 1912 224 pages We have here a collection of shor...

08 September 2026

Our Little Life: Dressmaker Meet Cheesemonger

Our Little Life: A Novel of To-Day J.G. Sime London: Grant Richards, 1921 394 pages Jessie Georgina Sime's debut novel begins with a tal...

24 August 2026

Looking Back on Lot's Wife

Lot's Wife [ La Femme de Loth ] Monique Bosco [trans John Glassco] Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1975 151 pages De temps à autre, ...

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About Me

Brian Busby: A writer, ghostwriter, écrivain public, literary historian and bibliophile, I'm the author of Character Parts: Who's Really Who in CanLit (Knopf, 2003), and A Gentleman of Pleasure: One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Translator, Memoirist and Pornographer (McGill-Queen's UP, 2011; shortlisted for the Gabrielle Roy Prize). I've edited over a dozen books, including The Heart Accepts It All: Selected Letters of John Glassco (Véhicule, 2013) and George Fetherling's The Writing Life: Journals 1975-2005 (McGill-Queen's UP, 2013). I currently serve as series editor for Ricochet Books. My most recent book is The Dusty Bookcase (Biblioasis, 2017), a collection of revised and expanded reviews first published here and elsewhere.

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