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Writer, ghostwriter, écrivain public, literary historian, bibliophile, and three-time winner of the Ice Capades Colouring Contest.
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”Fuck off“ NDP MP Charlie Angus had some choice words for convoy livestreamer Chris Dacey after Dacey and his gang of far-right activists followed Angus around at a pro-Ukraine protest outside the Russian Embassy in Ottawa this afternoon

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Reading the Hardy Boys in late middle age because I didn't in pre-adolescence. Is this the first - perhaps only - to feature a gay character? And whatever happens to Frank and Joe's ice boat? brianbusby.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-... #canlit #hardyboys

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Canadians across the country are rallying behind a petition to revoke Elon Musk's citizenship. He wasn't born in Canada. He represents profoundly anti-democratic values. In Canada citizens can present these petitions to Canada’s parliament. I support them. charlieangus.substack.com/p/musk-doesn...

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Swanson, Valentino, and the woman who gave us "It," all in one lush once lost film. brianbusby.blogspot.com/2025/02/elin... #canlit #silentfilm

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Mavis Gallant is acknowledged as a master of the short story, but in her twenties, Gallant worked as a journalist for the Montreal Standard. In one of her earliest columns, she writes about immigration, housing, life, and loneliness in Montreal: thewalrus.ca/a-wonderful-coun...

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Instant mood enhancer

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The third old book buy of 2025. A 1923 novel by Canadian physician Beaumont S. Cornell (instrumental in the discovery of insulin) set in a thinly disguised Brockville, Ontario. Brockville? Why that's where I do my grocery shopping!

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He'll be claiming to be Napoleon next.

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Released a half-century ago today. ‘Do you remember, your President Nixon?’

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The rich really are different than you and me - at least according to Elinor Glyn. brianbusby.blogspot.com/2025/02/no-h...

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Unlocked | Harris: Does Canada need a ripper, or someone who knows the ropes? https://buff.ly/3Qk9SnP

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Harlequin before the romance. Happy Valentine's Day!

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Some pictures speak more than a thousand words.

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Second old book purchase of 2025, this one published in 1923 by Heinemann. Not in the best shape, but in twenty years of collecting Stringer I'd never once seen the dust jacket. If you're curious, the man with the gun is a Bolshevik intent on blowing up Wall Street. He's portrayed as a villain.

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There were Black authors who wrote romance for Harlequin and Silhouette in the 80s and 90s, but they often had to write white stories in order to get published. Here are four examples: romancehistory.com/2024/02/10/w...

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And just in case anyone is missing flag content on my feed (ahem), my latest for the LAC blog is up today. Read about my favourite flag debate also-ran. And, in the spirit of also-rans, I "run, Forrest, run" into a Forrest Gump reference, 30 yrs on. #cdnhist #vexillology tinyurl.com/mskcffjm

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