The Dusty Bookcase

The Dustiest Bookcase: Short pieces on books I've always meant to review (but haven't). Old Soldier Frederick Niven London: Collins,...

Frederick Niven wrote  The Flying Years . I learned this as a teenager through a list of New Canadian Library titles printed in a copy o...

The Black Donnellys Thomas P. Kelley Toronto: Harlequin, 1962 158 pages Oh you who hail from Ontario Know the tale of the Donnellys...

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

Arctic Rendez-vous Keith Edgar Toronto: Collins White Circle, 1949 192 pages I've finally finished my review of Arctic Re...

A sunny weekend in St Marys was made brighter still when I finally finished  Arctic Rendez-vous , the sixth novel by part-time pilot...

Glengarry School Days:      A Story of the Early Days in Glengarry Ralph Connor [pseud. Rev. Charles W. Gordon] Toronto: Westminster,...

Present Reckoning Hugh Garner Toronto: Collins White Circle, 1951 Tom Neelton has arrived too late for the party, but he doesn't...

Further goodness from the May 1958 issue of The Montrealer with Richler reviewing the New Canadian Library's inaugural offerings. A...