The Dusty Bookcase

And the Town Talked Martha Ostenso Toronto: News Stand Library, 1949 159 pages The town is Bloomhill; the talk is of Elsbeth Payson. A few d...

The second of my two conversations with Leacock Medal scholar Dick Bourgeois-Doyle is now available here on Soundcloud . The topic is Ted Al...

The Calgary Herald , 29 September 1978 This weekend the 29th Toronto Jewish Film Festival presents  Love on the Nose. Do you know it? I didn...

Willie the Squowse Ted Allan Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977 57 pages What I admire most about Ted Allan was his ability to take an ...

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

Sadly, no; but I think my expectation was justified. See if you don't agree. Here's the beginning of my review, which was posted...

So, how was your weekend? Regular readers will remember that I ended last week's post on  Henry C. Clayton's very, very bad Fr...

Frustration Henry C. Clayton Toronto: News Stand Library, 1949 Tony Pearce's nudes are sold in Manhattan's finest galleries,...

The Pillar of Fire Gordon Green Toronto: News Stand Library, 1950 The Praying Mantis H. Gordon Green Fredericton: Brunswi...

Dirty City Michael Young Toronto: News Stand Library, 1949 If you cannot find the name of Dirty City on the map of the United States...

Today marks the centenary of Ted Allan’s birth. Though our lives overlapped by more than three decades, the only time I actually laid ey...