The Dusty Bookcase

For the day, a list of fifteen novels by Quebecers – born and bred – all deserving more attention. In each case, the image presented is the ...

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

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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. ...

Not my pool, sadly, but that belonging to a friend and old work colleague. Today's  Saturday Star features a piece by Nick Patch on ...

In Quest of Splendour [Pierre le magnifique] Roger Lemelin [trans. Harry Lorin Binsse] Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1955 Roger...

Yes, the year's best books in review… the best reviewed here, anyway. These past twelve months haven't been the most active at t...

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe [Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe] Roger Lemelin [trans. Alan Brown] Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1984 O...