The Dusty Bookcase

More than a month into the New Year and I'm still at it . So are my pals Chris Kelly and Stanley Whyte . The books themselves ha...

The Happy Hairdresser Nicholas Loupos Richmond Hill, ON: Pocket, 1973 175 pages This review now appears, revised and...

Good things come to those who wait, but so do the bad and the ugly. Nine years and 138 days after it was first reported, one year and ...

Oh, we of little faith! Just as belief had begun to wain, joyous news comes from the East that the prime minister's hockey book ...

Another July brings another  Quill & Quire  Fall Preview issue and the usual embarrassment of promised riches. Nothing from me, I&...

The Sin Sniper Hugh Garner Richmond Hill, ON: Pocket Books, 1970 From the back cover: So what's he doing writing a ...

As expected, rumours of a ghostwriter grow, fuelled in large measure by  Globe & Mail  columnist John Barber naming Roy MacGregor...

What a day this turned out to be! Activity began early with  'Details of Stephen Harper's hockey book to be revealed' , ...

A big tip of the hat and nod of respect this fine weekend to journalist Stephen Maher for doggedly pursuing a story which so many o...

The Fabulous Kelley Thomas P. Kelley, Jr. Richmond Hill, ON: Pocket, 1968 The Fabulous Kelley Thomas P. Kelley, Jr. Toronto...

Face-Off Scott Young and George Robertson Toronto: Macmillan, [1971] It's playoff time in the NHL and who cares? Canada, ...

© The Estate of Leo Orenstein Leo Orenstein is worthy of much overdue attention for his work as one of this country's early tel...

Pocket Books' 1974 edition of William C. Heine's The Last Canadian , our silliest novel, seen here with the edition Paperjacks pa...

The Queers of New York Leo Orenstein Richmond Hill, ON: Pocket, 1972 The late Leo Orenstein was a producer, a director, an educat...