The Dusty Bookcase

A bit quiet here owing to a late summer/early autumn visit to St Andrews, New Brunswick. I brought along a couple of books, but read l...

Four weeks from today, Montreal's Writers' Chapel will be celebrating the life and work of Constance Beresford-Howe. The event w...

Tonight will see the Montreal Writers' Chapel 2018 plaque dedication. This year's honouree is poet, critic and academic Louis...

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The plaque is cast! This evening I'll be hosting the ninth annual plaque dedication at Montreal's Writers' Chapel, hono...

I'll be in Montreal next week for what looks to be an eventful thirty-eight hours. On the Tuesday, October 3rd, I'll be hosting ...

Not Klein himself, of course, but an evening held in celebration of his life, culminating with the unveiling of a plaque in his honour. ...

A week today will see the installation of the eighth memorial plaque at Montreal's Writers' Chapel. This year we will be honour...

In today's Gazette , a full page devoted to Montreal Writers' Chapel penned by Ian McGillis. Yours truly is quoted. You can r...

Cast earlier today at Alloy Foundry in Merrickville, Ontario , a plaque honouring the great short story writer Mavis Gallant. Next Fri...

Hommage à Louis Hémon Parrainé par le Writers' Chapel Trust Vous êtes invités à assister au dévoilement d'une plaque commém...

The plaque on Palmer Cox's gravesite went missing last year. Its disappearance, believed to be the work scrap metal scavengers, is...

A week today, 11 October, will see the installation of a plaque dedicated to the memory of novelist Gwethalyn Graham at the Writers...

As 2012 draws to a close, I find myself wondering whether this was the year in which we should have been celebrating the sesquicentennia...

This coming Friday, 26 October, will see the dedication of  a plaque in memory of Hugh MacLennan at the Writers' Chapel of Montrea...

Audio of my recent conversation with Nigel Beale has just been posted here at the Literary Tourist . Mordecai Richler, A.J.M. Smith, ...

This coming Thursday, 13 October, will see the dedication of a plaque in memory of F.R. Scott at the chapel of Montreal's St James th...

A very fine column by Mike Boone on St James the Apostle's Writers' Chapel from yesterday's Gazette : City's Great Wri...

It was thirty years ago today that A.J.M. Smith died. This coming Saturday afternoon will see the unveiling of a memorial plaque to the p...

North Bay mayor Victor Fedell with Tony Clement, 7 September 2010 Minister of Industry Tony Clement was in North Bay this wee...