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The Dusty Bookcase

A journey through Canada's forgotten, neglected and suppressed writing.

  • By Brian Busby
  • Based in Canada
  • Roughly one post per week
  • First post on

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Jul 2022 4
Aug 2022 7
Sep 2022 4
Oct 2022 6
Nov 2022 7
Dec 2022 8
Jan 2023 4
Feb 2023 4
Mar 2023 4
Apr 2023 3
May 2023 3
Jun 2023 5
Jul 2023 6
Aug 2023 5
Sep 2023 2
Oct 2023 6
Nov 2023 5
Dec 2023 5
Jan 2024 5
Feb 2024 4
Mar 2024 4
Apr 2024 5
May 2024 2
Jun 2024 4
Jul 2024 7
Aug 2024 3
Sep 2024 4
Oct 2024 5
Nov 2024 7
Dec 2024 5
Jan 2025 3

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

The Weird Covers of Wes Beattie
Two weeks into 2025 and I'm only now starting in on my first novel of the New Year... and so late in the day!I've wanted to read The Weird World of Wes Beattie for some …
On , by Brian Busby, 496 words
The Nine Best Canadian Novels of the 1920s
In my twenties, the 'twenties – by which I mean the 1920s – seemed the height of art, film, decadence, glamour, and romance.I'm not sure I was wrong.The decade also saw the the height of …
On , by Brian Busby, 854 words
'Premier janvier' by Jean Bruchési
New Year's verse by Jean Bruchési from Coups d'ailes (Montreal: Bibliothèque de l'Action française, 1922)PREMIER JANVIERComme un vase dont le cristal s'est émiettéSous la main qui venait y déposer des roses,Un an est disparu, brutalement …
On , by Brian Busby, 211 words