By Brian Busby

Largely drawn from his columns for Canadian Notes & Queries and entries in his renowned weblog by means of an analogous identify, Brian Busby's The Dusty Bookcase explores the interesting international of Canada's lesser-known literary efforts: works that suffered censorship, serious overlook, or extraordinary but fleeting notoriety. those infrequent and quirky totems of Canadiana, amassed during the last 3 a long time, shape a trip diary of sorts—yet one with out maps. overlaying greater than 250 books, peppered with observations at the writing and publishing scenes, Busby's paintings explores our cultural prior, wondering why sure works are celebrated and others ignored.

Brilliantly illustrated with covers and ephemera on the topic of the titles mentioned, The Dusty Bookcase attracts a lot wanted cognizance to unknown writing worthwhile of our consciousness, and a few of our acclaim.

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