The Dusty Bookcase

A JOURNEY THROUGH CANADA'S FORGOTTEN, NEGLECTED AND SUPPRESSED WRITING

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31 October 2010

Another Harlequin Halloween

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29 October 2010

Limited Time, Limited Editions (6/6)

General Ludd John Metcalf Downsview, Ontario: ECW, 1980 Bought nearly a quarter century ago, it turns out that this, not No Man's Meat ,...

27 October 2010

Amazon Customer Review: 'my review has more intelect'

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25 October 2010

Limited Time, Limited Editions (5/6)

Collected Poetry Louis Dudek Montreal: Delta Canada, 1971 "This first edition of 3,000 copies, printed by W. & G. Baird Ltd., estab...

21 October 2010

This Just In...

... and arriving in bookstores: The Crime on Cote De Neiges by David Montrose. First published by Collins White Circle in 1951, it wasn&...

18 October 2010

Limited Time, Limited Editions (4/6)

As for Me and My House Sinclair Ross Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1994 "This is an edition of 250 signed and numbered copies, of...

16 October 2010

The Talented Mr. Orenstein

Something for Saturday. Over at Fly-by-night , dedicated researcher Bowdler uncovers two illustrations by the late director Leo Orenstein , ...

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About Me

Brian Busby: A writer, ghostwriter, écrivain public, literary historian and bibliophile, I'm the author of Character Parts: Who's Really Who in CanLit (Knopf, 2003), and A Gentleman of Pleasure: One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Translator, Memoirist and Pornographer (McGill-Queen's UP, 2011; shortlisted for the Gabrielle Roy Prize). I've edited over a dozen books, including The Heart Accepts It All: Selected Letters of John Glassco (Véhicule, 2013) and George Fetherling's The Writing Life: Journals 1975-2005 (McGill-Queen's UP, 2013). I currently serve as series editor for Ricochet Books and am a contributing editor for Canadian Notes & Queries. My most recent book is The Dusty Bookcase (Biblioasis, 2017), a collection of revised and expanded reviews first published here and elsewhere.

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