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Showing posts with label Findley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Findley. Show all posts
03 July 2024

My Second Canadian Book of Lists List: The 10 Most Egregious Errors (with Timothy Findley!)

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Being the third post on The First Original Unexpurgated Authentic Canadian Book of Lists .   THE 10 MOST EGREGIOUS ERRORS 1. THE 10 MOST ENJ...
23 March 2018

An Absentminded Amazon Customer is Confused; Timothy Findley Pays the Price

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cliquez pour agrandir Related posts: Homophobes and Book Burners Weigh In The Return of the Amazon Customer Review Much Ado Ab...
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11 July 2016

The Paratrooper, the Professor and the Publisher: The Nasty Public Battle Over The Quebec Plot

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The first review of my first book was negative. The reviewer's disappointment had to do with my having written the book I wanted to...
25 August 2013

H is for Hoffer

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List 75: Canadian Literature Vancouver: William Hoffer, Bookseller, [1989?] In spite of his obvious weirdness I found myself liking h...
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29 May 2012

Canada's Most Popular Writers (25 Years Ago)?

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Unearthed this past weekend, this little list from the May 1987 issue of Books in Canada . It is as described, a "studiously uns...
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12 December 2011

Jalna's Dirty Little Secret Exposed! (Part I)

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The Secret of Jalna Ronald Hambleton Toronto: PaperJacks, 1972 175 pages This review now appears, revised and rewritten...
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13 June 2010

Homophobes and Book Burners Weigh In

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Orlando Figes made the news a couple of months ago when the Times revealed that he'd posted a slew of savage pseudonymous reviews ...
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10 June 2010

Donald Jack Tackles Timothy Findley

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The Wars shines brightly, even as Timothy Findley's star falls. A Penguin Modern Classic, it's assigned to reluctant high school and...
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09 June 2009

Queen Remembers Forgotten Book

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Much ado this morning over Suzanna, a yellow Labrador retriever the Queen has given the RCMP. According to t he Globe and Mail , Elizabet...
22 February 2009

Freedom to Read

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Jean-Charles Harvey Bootlegger d'intelligence en période de prohibition The first day of Freedom to Read Week arrives and thoughts turn ...