The Dusty Bookcase

Honoured to be today's Bookshelf feature over at Patti Abbott's blog . Amongst other things, I reveal the purpose behind all th...

It's been nearly a year since CBC Books unveiled its crummy 100 NOVELS THAT MAKE YOU PROUD TO BE CANADIAN. Don't know about yo...

An ode to the city, a tribute to Her Late Majesty, but more than anything a pitch to tourists, Victoria the Beautiful (self-publish...

The Plouffe Family [ Les Plouffe ] Roger Lemelin [trans. Mary Finch] Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1950 373 pages This r...

A pile of books – beloved underdogs all – recommended by writers polled by Partisan magazine . I'm honoured to have been one. ...

Verse for May Day by "Gay Page", Florence Nightingale Horner Sherk. Like last year's , this is drawn from  The Workshops...

I could not let National Poetry Month pass without presenting verse by James Gay, Poet Laureate of Canada (self-proclaimed) and Master ...