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Just finished this 1949 debut novel by CBC Radio dramatist Len Peterson, in which boxing, baking, juvenile delinquency, knitting, and S/M feature. Entirely forgotten, it is one of the best books I've read this year. #CanLit #CdnHist brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/10/oh-l...

Heather McPherson is spot on. Let's not forget that between 48% and 53% of the premier's own party supports separation, thirty points over the rest of the province. Danielle Smith is a separatist through and through.

A gothic romance by New Brunswick's biggest bestselling author May Agnes Fleming. The body count is low (two), and there is only one deathbed confession. Disappointing. #canlit #canadianliterature #cdnhist brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/10/from...

John William Coltrane 23 September 1926 – 17 July 1967 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmx2...

Fifty-three years after first learning her name I finally read a Nellie McClung book - and I have questions! #canlit #canadianliterature #cdnhist brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-ne...

"We embrace our friends, and we help them in their moment of need. But we bow to no one. And the more we are insulted and threatened and abused, the more we will stand up for ourselves and stand united. I say that not in anger, but as one friend to another." www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMTO...

Canada Took In American Planes on 9/11. It Still Would Today. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

"There's no such thing as forever enemies or forever allies," a son-in-law says, and don't Canadians know it. Americans invaded in 1775 and 1776, then again during the War if 1812. Let's not focus on 1837, 1838, 1866, 1870, and 1871. They were beaten back every time.

Read for #SpinsterSeptember, this 1921 debut novel of the evolving relationship between a 46-year-old spinster seamstress and a disenchanted younger man during the final year of the Great War. Set in a thinly disguised #Montreal. #CanLit #cdnhist #booksky brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/09/our-...

Fun fact: The majority of the world's Bald Eagle population is found in Canada. Let's get this guy out of here.

Being a Canadian writer, these past few years I've been working at Canada Post. I've delivered so many books sent by Dolly as part of her Imagination Library. The final letter, when the child was about to enter school, more than touched the heart. It choked me up every single time. RIP Dolly

The 1975 translation of La Femme de Loth, winner of the 1970 Governor General's Award for French-language Fiction. Remarkably, it remains the only one of her 17 titles to have been translated. #WITMonth #cdnlit #booksky #cdnhist brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/08/at-e...

Welcome to my neighbourhood. #cdnpoli #vexillology

Researching the translation of Monique Bosco's Governor General's award-winning La Femme de Loth, this 1975 Toronto Star list of the top 10 fiction bestsellers stuck me for two reasons 1) Five of the ten were by Canadians. 2) The Toronto Star had a bestsellers list. #canlit #cdnhist

Another thing they have in common is Garnier Nutrisse Ultra Color Bleach.

For #WomenInTranslationMonth, a post about the great Sheila Fischman's hidden tribute and joke to fellow translator John Glassco in a 52-year-old @houseofanansi.bsky.social book by Roch Carrier. #canlit #canadianliterature #booksky #cdnhist #WITM brianbusby.blogspot.com/2021/05/fun-...

Images of the first package I've received as a member of the @biblioasis.bsky.social Limited Editions Club. Until now, I'd never quite understood the attraction of unboxing videos. #CanLit #booksky #canadianliterature

A century-old novel that anticipates A Room of One's Own by three years and is so good that I'm surprised there's never been a Virago edition. Fortunately, our own @invisibooks.bsky.social has made it available again. #CanLit #canadianliterature #booksky brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/08/betw...

October 20, 2002. The setlist included 23 songs, including a cover of Neil Young's 'I've Been Waiting for You.' Now, if only I could identify the book he's reading. #booksky

A birthday celebration! #canlit #cdnhist #booksky brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/07/marg...

Canadian politics in a nutshell: imitating an unhinged American war criminal while dressed like a fancy bag of milk.

White supremacist neo-fascist militiamen rely on public transportation. Who knew? Another photo for the ages. Happy July 4th from Canada! So glad to be far from any of this shit.

Fifty-three years ago today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gmP...

Another chapter in a #canlit mystery, this unrecognized debut novel by entirely forgotten Saskatchewan author Robert Switzer. Esquire thought he was the real deal, publishing 19 of his stories between 1947 and 1957. Switzer hasn't been heard from since 1961. brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/07/livi...

There may be more enchanting climes Within a southern zone; There may be eastern Edens deckt With charms to thee unknown; But thou art fairest unto me, Because thou art mine own, Canada, my land. #CanadaDay #canlit brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/07/wm-m...

She was a writer worthy of admiration and accolades. She deserved so much better.

Michael de Adder is by far the best editorial cartoonist working today, but he still can't quite capture Donald Trump's teeny, tiny hands.

My most recent read: A once-popular 1868 Canadian novel about an English baronet whose "one hour of mad, brief bliss" with a beautiful Roma woman leads to decades of well-deserved torment for both he and his family. #canlit #cdnhist #booksky brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/06/back...

Celebrating Greenland's National Day. The view from our Canadian home. #grønland #Greenland #vexillology

Nailed it!

Funny, how "The Most Historic Sporting Event of All Time" isn't even "The Most Historic Sporting Event of This Weekend."

Is the torture inflicted in co-hosting the World Cup really worth the 1.1 billion paid by Canadian taxpayers? Before you answer, consider this woman's plight as reported in The Globe & Mail, "Canada's National Newspaper."

Suckers!

Another of this week's acquisitions, this 1951 thriller was written by a Hungarian refugee who found a home in New York. It takes place in Montreal, which is interesting in itself, but it's the uncredited cover that grabs. Whoever it was, they really knew the city. #canlit #cdnhist #booksky #mtl

This 1895 paperback arrived in today's post. It's not in the best of shape, but this long-time Grant Allen fan had never before seen a copy. I expect @causticcovercritic.bsky.social will understand. With over 350 illustrations in silhouette by the broithers Gould! #canlit #cdnhist

I've now read every novel by once popular, now forgotten Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (1875-1928). This 1919 novel wasn't her best, but I liked it just the same. Amongst other things, I learned that 1913 experienced "an autumn of tight skirts." #canlit #cdnhist brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/06/mist...

BREAKING: The Trapp Family has withdrawn from Donald Trump's Freedom 250 concert, citing previous unpleasant experiences with fascists.

Come on New York Times, the word is 'murdered,' not 'killed.'

Reading Isabel Ecclestone Mackay's 1919 novel Mist of Morning today I came across this reference to the author's close friend Pauline Johnson who had died just six years earlier. #canlit #cdnhist #booksky

Canadian novelist Phyllis Gotlieb was born 100 years ago today, and so I was encouraged to read her 1964 debut Sunburst. It should be taught in our schools. I mean, c'mon, it was recognized as a classic upon publication. #canlit #cdnhist #booksky brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/05/prob...

An old story. A teenage girl from the country is swept up by Montreal's nightlife. The year is 1763. #cdnhist #canlit #booksky brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-we...