The Dusty Bookcase
A JOURNEY THROUGH CANADA'S FORGOTTEN, NEGLECTED AND SUPPRESSED WRITING
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04 December 2023
The Ten Best Book Buys of 2023!
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With sadness, I report that 2023 was another year in which all my favourite acquisitions were purchased online. This is not to suggest that ...
30 November 2023
Celebrating John Metcalf at 85
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This past Saturday, I joined a pubfull of people – yes, a pubfull – in downtown Ottawa to celebrate John Metcalf's 85th birthday. It wa...
20 November 2023
An Alvin Schwartz Cover Cavalcade
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A follow-up to last week's post on Hot Star . Alvin Schwartz's debut novel, The Blowtop , was published in 1946 by Dial Press. It f...
13 November 2023
Dick Tricks Chicks Into Hot Pix!
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Hot Star Robert W. Tracy [Alvin Schwartz] New York: Arco, 1952 179 pages Betty and Bob's honeymoon was a disaster, but don't blame t...
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11 November 2023
Remembrance Day
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Daniel Issac Vernon Eaton was the father of novelist Evelyn Eaton, whose 1940 international bestseller Quietly My Captain Waits was review...
02 November 2023
Abraham's Bosom and the Great Change of Life
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Abraham's Bosom Basil King New York: Harper & Brothers, 1918 54 pages A short story masquerading as a novella, Abraham's Bosom ...
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