16 October 2012

Young Tom Kelley, King of the Canadian Pulps



A portrait of the artist as a young man. Here we have Thomas P. Kelley, a very dapper little boy who would grow up to write Bad Men of Canada, No Tears for Goldie , The Gorilla's Daughter and 'The Soul Eater':


13 October 2012

Isaac Brock: 200 Years


Sir Isaac Brock
6 October 1769 - 13 October 1812
'Brock: Valiant Leader' by J.D. Logan
Canadian Poets and Poetry

John W. Garvin, ed.
(Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1916)
from Brock Centenary, 1812-1912:
Account of the Celebration at Queenston Heights, Ontario, on the 12th of October, 1912

Alexander Fraser, ed.
(Toronto: William Briggs, 1913)

12 October 2012

Crazy, But That's How It Goes



Crazy to Kill
Ann Cardwell [pseud. Jean Makins Pawley]
Winnipeg: Harlequin, 1949
191 pages

This review now appears, revised and rewritten, in my new book:
The Dusty Bookcase:
A Journey Through Canada's
Forgotten, Neglected, and Suppressed Writing
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