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Showing posts with label Biblioasis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biblioasis. Show all posts
30 November 2023

Celebrating John Metcalf at 85

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This past Saturday, I joined a pubfull of people – yes, a pubfull – in downtown Ottawa to celebrate John Metcalf's 85th birthday. It wa...
18 July 2022

What Is a Canadian Fiction?

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Several months ago, The Dorchester Review  asked me to review David Staines'  A History of Canadian Fiction . Who am I to turn down an i...
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30 January 2021

Erring on The Terror of the Tar Sands

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A 1968 children's book, one of the most obscure novels I've read since beginning the Dusty Bookcase, The Terror of the Tar Sands ca...
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14 December 2020

The Dusty Bookcase Christmas Gift List

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A trying year all around, right? The Westons have been making out like bandits while we've been obsessing over our PC Optimum points bal...
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13 July 2020

CNQ: Spring? Spring Ish

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“When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.” Th...
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27 April 2018

Further Along The Lane That Had No Turning

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The Lane That Had No Turning      and Other Tales Concerning the People of Pontiac;      Together with Certain 'Parables of Provin...
11 December 2017

The Year's Best Books in Review – A.D. 2017; Featuring Three Books Deserving Resurrection

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I finished reading my last book of the year yesterday afternoon; there is no way the I'll reach the end of the next before January. ...
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21 August 2017

The Dusty Bookcase — The Book!

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The Dusty Bookcase arrived at our home this past Friday, meaning copies are now making their way to bookstores across the country. I&...
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