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J. Macdonald Oxley was one of the best known Canadian authors of his time, but few people today have heard of Bert Lloyd’s Boyhood. In his diary we learn that it was reviewed in 15 periodicals and newspapers upon its publication in 1889, and that he was paid $175 for it by his American publisher.

The Toronto Small Press Book Fair (TSPBF) is one of Canada’s most important venues for small literary presses, having exhibited and provided a distribution network for the imprints of hundreds of publishers since its inception in the late 1980s.