Category Archives: Humour

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass by Drew Hayden Taylor

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Wollamshram

Taylor, Drew Hayden. Motorcycles & Sweetgrass. Toronto: Alfred A. Knoph Canada, 2010. Completed: 8 September 2010 After a review and recommendation like this, how could one not read this book. We have the trickster, Nanabush, appearing on the small reserve … Continue reading →

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The Curse of the Labrador Duck by Glen Chilton

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Wollamshram

Chilton, Glen. The Curse of the Labrador Duck. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2010. Completed: 6 September 2010 Humour seems to be my late summer reading. I heard about this title while trolling the Leacock medal short list for 2010. I’ve known about … Continue reading →

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A Scar is Born by Eric Nicol

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Wollamshram

Nicol, Eric. A Scar is Born. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1968. Completed: 2 September 2010 This is one of four Nicol books I picked up on a recent trip to Toronto.  The book details Nicol’s misadventures when his successful Canadian play … Continue reading →

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Shall We Join the Ladies? by Eric Nicol

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Wollamshram

Nicol, Eric. Shall We Join the Ladies? Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1955. Completed: 31 August 2010 Another winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour (1956).  Nicol has won 3 Leacock Medals.  No one has won more (although four other authors have … Continue reading →

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The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick by Morley Torgov

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Wollamshram

Torgov, Morley. The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick. Toronto: Lester & Orphen Dennys Ltd. 1982. Completed: 28 August 2010 One Leacock leads to another.  In this case a winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour in 1983.  One of my … Continue reading →

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Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Wollamshram

Leacock, Stephen. Nonsense Novels. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd.,  1965. Completed: 11 August 2010 They don’t come anymore Canadian than this, a Leacock book published in the New Canadian Library (No. 35, collect them all) by “the Canadian Publishers” at … Continue reading →

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