The Dusty Bookcase

The Dustiest Bookcase: Short pieces on books I've always meant to review (but haven't). They're in storage as we build o...

List 75: Canadian Literature Vancouver: William Hoffer, Bookseller, [1989?] In spite of his obvious weirdness I found myself liking h...

The Kidnapping of the President Charles Templeton Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1974 Charles Templeton [...] will probably hav...

The Long November James Benson Nablo New York: Dutton, 1946 I'm going to step out on a limb here and state, with confidence, t...

A comment left last week had me thinking – obsessing, really – about those horrible old New Canadian Library covers of my youth. That McCl...

In 1943 and 1944, Collins placed some pretty pricey White Circle adverts in the Globe and Mail . I expect these spurred sales, but they...

A bit late, but it was only yesterday that I happened upon the above, placed in the 16 May 1959 edition of the Globe and Mail . Can'...