The Dusty Bookcase

J.W.L. Forster . Adelaide Hoodless ( c. 1897) One hundred years ago today, Adelaide Hoodless collapsed and died while delivering a speech t...

The Globe and Mail , 31 December 1964 Oh, Policewoman Davies, you tried your best, but you were no match for Mistress Hill and Lady Chatterl...

Yesterday marked the beginning of Freedom to Read Week; I spent much of it stripping wallpaper. Truth be told, I don't much feel lik...

An advert parody from the April 1932 issue of short-lived humour magazine Oh-Oh Canada !

Those adverts at the back of The Last Canadian have had me scouring local thrift shops for Leo Orenstein's The Queers of New York ...