The Dusty Bookcase

The Dustiest Bookcase: Short pieces on books I've always meant to review (but haven't). The Service Paul Quarrington Toronto: Coach ...

More than a fortnight has passed since my last post, but I haven't been lazy. It's been a hectic time, centred around our third ...

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 National Hockey League regular season ended late last night. Tomorrow hundreds of millionaires will take to the ice in paid pursuit ...

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...

Grey Cup or Bust Tony Allan Winnipeg: Stovel-Advocate, 1954

Seconds to Go Phil Strong [pseud. Danny Halperin] Toronto: Arrow, 1950 Is anything to be made of the similarity between the name Dan...

Summertime and the living is busy... so busy that it wasn't until this past weekend that I finally got around to reading the annual ...

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

News today that may or may not contradict the hot tip our Prime Minister gave intrepid Jane Taber at his most recent Christmas party...

Regular readers and suffering dinner companions will know that for years my eyes have been scanning the horizon for signs of Stephen Harp...

Election day in Canada. Unless the pollsters are way off, it looks like we'll be passing on the opportunity to have a Booker Prize no...