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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 1

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

Most recent posts

The Ten Best Book Buys of 2023!
With sadness, I report that 2023 was another year in which all my favourite acquisitions were purchased online. This is not to suggest that every transaction was a good one. In March, I won a …
On , by Brian Busby, 788 words
Celebrating John Metcalf at 85
This past Saturday, I joined a pubfull of people – yes, a pubfull – in downtown Ottawa to celebrate John Metcalf's 85th birthday. It was a glorious event with David O'Meara serving as host and …
On , by Brian Busby, 263 words
An Alvin Schwartz Cover Cavalcade
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 followed dozens of shorter works, including: "His Lordship's Double" (Batman #21), "Superman's Search …
On , by Brian Busby, 772 words