The Dusty Bookcase

Blogs.  They were done in by social media, right? In my own small way I helped hasten the decline. Back in 2011, after years of reluctance, ...

Being the fifth post on The First Original Unexpurgated Authentic Canadian Book of Lists .   Susanna Moodie surrounded by men seems an appro...

Never has there been a year like this. I visited few used bookstores, ignored library book sales, spent no more than a couple of hours p...

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My introduction to Canadian literature came in the pages of National Lampoon . No joke. Canada's writers weren't taught in the...

A gift from a friend, this modest booklet became part of my collection just weeks after I was introduced to the bloomer by the ever-infor...