Thursday, April 19, 2012

Brian Busby Shortlisted


Our good friend, Brian Busby, who contributes to FFB and writes an enjoyable and erudite blog, has been honored:

The Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures (ACQL) is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2011 Gabrielle Roy Prize (English Section), which each year honours the best work of Canadian literary criticism published in English. This year’s shortlisted finalists (in alphabetical order) are Brian Busby for A Gentleman of Pleasure: One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer (McGill-Queen’s UP), You can find it here.



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Patti - Thanks for sharing this! Well done Brian Busby!

John McFetridge said...

Yes, congratulations to Brian. By the way, he has an article about the experience of writing the book in the latest Concordia alumni magazine:

http://issuu.com/span/docs/conmag-spring2012-web

I find the site a little odd to navigate but the article is on page 42.

Always good to see a fellow Concordia grad doing so well ;).

Brian Busby said...

Thank you Patti, Margot and John. The book was something of a labour of love, so the recognition is especially appreciated. I was happy to write the piece for Concordia. 'Twas the influence of professor that encouraged me to take on the task all those years ago. A much-loved, much-missed man.