The Dusty Bookcase

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

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31 October 2016

Harlequin Halloween Horror Confusion

The Lady Lost Her Head Manning Lee Stokes Toronto: Harlequin, 1958 Lady, That's My Skull Carl Shannon Toronto: Harlequin, 195...

25 October 2016

Mister Allen Writes a Murder Mystery

Recalled to Life Grant Allen n.p.: Velde, 2009 Una Callingham remembers nothing before the death of her father – and that she reme...

17 October 2016

A List of Montreal's Post-War Pulps: Second Shot

Late last month, I was interviewed by CULT MTL for their cover story on Montreal pulp and the Ricochet Books series. The issue arrived ...

11 October 2016

The Sea Lord Unsheathes His Sword

Sea Lord [The Swordsman] William C. Heine Don Mills: ON: PaperJacks, 1984 William C. Heine's The Last Canadian is one of the w...

09 October 2016

Jean Blewett's 'Thanksgiving Prayer'

From Jean Blewett's Poems (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1922) Related posts: Thanksgiving in the Midst of War '...

07 October 2016

Canadian Notes & Queries en couleur

The new Canadian Notes & Queries arrived in the post a couple of days ago. The first colour issue – after forty-eight years in ...

06 October 2016

Tonight: A.M. Klein at the Writers' Chapel

Not Klein himself, of course, but an evening held in celebration of his life, culminating with the unveiling of a plaque in his honour. ...

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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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