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Showing posts with label McClelland and Stewart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McClelland and Stewart. Show all posts
13 September 2025

Laura Secord at 250: What is Good and Brave

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Laura Secord was born 250 years ago today. She was the very first figure in Canadian history I knew by name, though family lore has it that ...
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05 August 2025

The Urban Leacock

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Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich Stephen Leacock Toronto: Bell & Cockburn, 1914 310 pages On my most recent visit to Montreal I ...
03 March 2025

Thank You for Being a Friend

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Between Friends/Entre amis [Lorraine Monk, ed.] Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976 276 pages Somewhat worse for wear, my copy of Betwee...
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02 July 2024

My First Canadian Book of Lists List: Ten Lists That Have Aged Poorly (Featuring Barbara Amiel!)

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Being the second post on The First Original Unexpurgated Authentic Canadian Book of Lists .   I read Barbara Amiel's columns in Maclean...
17 April 2024

Morley Callaghan's Red Ryan Rocket

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More Joy in Heaven Morley Callaghan New York: Random House, 1937 278 page s It's been decades since Intro to CanLit II, my second introd...
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16 April 2024

Of Known Knowns, Known Unknowns, Unknown Unknowns, and David Richard Beasley

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  Canadian Authors You Should Know is a self-published book written by a man who counts himself amongst those you should know.    Is that n...
26 December 2023

The Best Reads of 2023: Publishers Take Note

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The season brings a flurry of activity, which explains why I haven't posted one review this month. Still, I did manage to tackle twenty-...