About Brian Busby
Born 1962. Brian Busby is a Canadian historian and screenwriter.
Brian John Busby (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian literary historian and anthologist. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, he attended John Abbott College and Concordia University. Busby began his writing career writing daytime soap operas and educational material for Radio Canada International.
He is best known for his biography of John Glassco, A Gentleman of Pleasure: One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer and for his 2003 book Character Parts: Who's Really Who in Canlit , which discusses the real-life inspirations behind characters in Canadian fiction.
He is a former president of the Federation of BC Writers.
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Canadian historian
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Brian Busby was born on 29 August 1962.
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Brian Busby is a historian and screenwriter.
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