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27 September 2019

NB New Brunswick

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A bit quiet here owing to a late summer/early autumn visit to St Andrews, New Brunswick. I brought along a couple of books, but read l...
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18 September 2019

A Literary Vampire Alights upon an Impoverished Poet; or, A Newer New Grub Street in Manhattan

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The Silver Poppy Arthur Stringer New York: Appleton, 1903 291 pages Educated Englishman John Hartley has seen much sadness in his y...
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13 September 2019

Constance Beresford-Howe Memorial Plaque

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Four weeks from today, Montreal's Writers' Chapel will be celebrating the life and work of Constance Beresford-Howe. The event w...
03 September 2019

Where to Begin with Margaret Millar: A Top Ten

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I got off to a bad start with Margaret Millar. Of the twenty-six books published during her lifetime, the first I read was  Fire Will ...
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01 September 2019

'September Winds' by A.M. Stephen

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A poem for the month from The Golden Treasury of Canadian Verse , edited by A.M. Stephens, published in 1928 by J.M. Dent & Sons. Th...
26 August 2019

Domestic Suspense in Small Town Ontario

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M'Lord, I Am Not Guilty Frances Shelley Wees New York: Doubleday, 1954 222 pages M'Lord, I Am Not Guilty  begins after a mo...
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19 August 2019

Bach to the Future, Part III: The Squeaking Wheel

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Final words on  A Voice is Calling and its author. About eight years ago, I posted a piece on The Squeaking Wheel , an ugly, bigoted...
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