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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...

Between Exhaustion and ExpressionShackles Madge Macbeth New York: Waterson, 1927 282 pages The first three pages of Shackles  take the form of a letter written by the author...brianbusby.blogspot.com

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

On the heels of Simon's @stuckinabook.bsky.social review of Constance Beresford-Howe's The Book of Eve, I came across this theatrical adaptation. According to the intro, it was the most successful production of the 1976 Stratford Festival, outselling Chekhov, Congreve, Wilde, and the Bard of Avon!

Just read this novelization of a 1957 supernatural CinemaScope thriller. It was written by Robert Switzer, who this Montrealer considers Saskatoon's most mysterious writer. #CanLit #cdnhist #Saskatchewan brianbusby.blogspot.com/2026/07/sill...

Silly IdolThe Living Idol Robert Switzer New York: Signet, 1957 128 pages Robert Switzer's second book, The Living Idol  is a novelization of a Hollyw...brianbusby.blogspot.com

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

Margaret Laurence: 100 YearsMargaret Laurence was born one hundred years ago today. Is recognition appropriate in a blog devoted to Canada's forgotten, neglected, and s...brianbusby.blogspot.com