Bibliography of John Robert Colombo

John Robert Colombo in 2009. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

John Robert Colombo has been called Canada's most prolific author of serious books. The following are the books written and edited by John Robert Colombo.

Poetry

• Fragments. Kitchener, ON: privately published, 1957.
• Incident for a Winter's Evening. Toronto: Hawkshead, [1960?]
• Lines for the Last Day. Toronto: Hawkshead, 1960.
• The Mackenzie Poems. Toronto: Swan, 1966.
• Miraculous Montages. Don Mills, ON: Heinrich Heine Press, 1966.
• The Great Wall of China: An entertainment. Montreal: Delta Canada, 1966.
• William Lyon Mackenzie Rides Again!. Don Mills, ON: Guild of Hand Printers, 1967.
• Abracadabra. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1967.
• John Toronto. New poems. Ottawa: Oberon, 1969.
• Neo Poems. Vancouver: Sono Nis Press, 1970.
• The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1971.
• Leonardo's Lists. Toronto: Weed / Flower Press, 1972.
• Praise Poems. Toronto: Weed / Flower Press, 1972.
• Translations from the English: Found poems. Toronto: P. Martin Associates, 1974.
• The Sad Truths: New poems. Toronto & New York: P. Martin Associates, 1974.
• The Great Collage. Toronto: privately published, 1974.
• Proverbial Play. Toronto: Missing Link Press, 1975.
• Mostly Monsters. Toronto: Hounslow, 1977; Toronto: Colombo, 1995.
• Variable Cloudiness: New poems. Toronto: Hounslow, 1977.
• Private Parts. Toronto: Hounslow, 1978.
• The Great Cities of Antiquity. Toronto: Hounslow, 1979.
• Recent Poems. Toronto: League of Canadian Poets, 1980.
• Poems of the Inuit. Ottawa: Oberon, 1981.
• Selected Poems. Windsor, ON: Black Moss, 1982.
• Songs of the Indians. Ottawa: Oberon, 1983.
• Off Earth: Poems and effects. Willowdale, ON: Hounslow, 1987.
• Songs of the Great Land. Ottawa: Oberon, 1989.
• The Mystery of the Shaking Tent. Toronto: Hounslow, 1993.
• Luna Park: One thousand poems. Toronto: Hounslow, 1994.
• Space Poems. Toronto: Colombo, 1995.
• Earlier Lives: Old poems and new effects. Toronto: Colombo, 1996.
• Contrails: New poems and new effects. Toronto: Colombo, 1996.
• Ether: Oceans and emotions / Rewords: One thousand new poems. Toronto: Colombo, 1997.
• What is What: New poems, new effects. Toronto: Colombo, 1998.
• Interspaces: Some poems, some effects. Toronto: Columbo, 1999.
• Impromptus: One thousand poems. Toronto: Colombo, 2000.
• Half a World Away: Poems and effects. Toronto: Colombo, 2000.
• Half Life: Poems and effects. Toronto: Colombo, 2002.
• All the Poems of John Robert Colombo. (3 volumes), Shelburne, ON & Sauk City, WI: Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2005.
• Autumn in August: Poems and effects. Toronto: Colombo, 2006.
• Parts of the World: New poems and effects. Toronto: Colombo, 2007.
• End Notes: Poems with effects. Toronto: Colombo, 2008.
• A Far Cry. Toronto: Colombo, 2009.
• End of Greatness. Toronto: Columbo, 2010.
• Poems of Space and Time. Eugenia, ON: Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2010.
• Entresol: Poems of 2010. Toronto: Colombo, 2011.

Non-fiction

• New Directions in Canadian Poetry. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1971.
• Omnium Gatherum: John Robert Colombo's biography. Toronto: Colombo, 1994.

Aphorisms

• Semi-Certainties: Some aphorisms of John Robert Colombo. Toronto: Colombo, 1998.
• Open Secrets: Aphorisms of John Robert Colombo. Toronto: Colombo, 2000.
• Briefs: Certain aphorisms of John Robert Colombo. Toronto: Colombo, 2001.
• Personal Effects: New aphorisms of John Robert Columbo. Toronto: Colombo, 2003.
• All the Aphorisms of JRC. Shelburne, ON: Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2006.
• Indifferences: New aphorisms. Toronto: Colombo, 2009.
• Imponderables. Toronto: Colombo, 2011.

Reference

• Colombo's Canadian Quotations. Edmonton, AB: Hurtig, 1974.
• Colombo's Names & Nicknames. 1974; Toronto: NC Press, 1978.
• Colombo's Concise Canadian Quotations. Edmonton, AB: Hurting, 1976.
• Colombo's Canadian References. Toronto & New York: Oxford University Press, 1976.
• Colombo's Book of Canada. Edmonton, AB: Hurtig, 1978.
• Colombo's Book of Marvels. Toronto: NC Press, 1979.
• CDN SF & F: A bibliography of Canadian science fiction and fantasy. Toronto: Hounslow, 1979.
• The Canada Colouring Book. Willowdale, ON: Hounslow, 1980.
• Blackwood's Books: A bibliography devoted to Algernon Blackwood. Toronto: Hounslow, 1981.
• Toronto's Fantastic Street Names. Toronto: Bakka, 1982.
• Words in Small: An anthology of miniature literary compositions. Vancouver: Cacanadadada Press, 1992.
• Colombo's 101 Canadian Places. Willowdale, ON: Hounslow, 1983.
• Colombo's Canadiana Quiz Book. Saskatoon, SK: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1983.
• Canadian Literary Landmarks. Willowdale, ON: Hounslow, 1984.
• 1001 Questions about Canada. Toronto & Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986.
• Colombo's New Canadian Quotations. Edmonton, AB: Hurtig, 1987.
• Mysterious Canada: Strange sights, extraordinary events, and peculiar places. Toronto: Doublday, 1988.
• 999 Questions about Canada. Toronto: Doubleday, 1989.
• Writer's Map of Toronto. Toronto: Colombo, 1991.
• The Dictionary of Canadian Quotations. Toronto: Stoddart, 1991.
• Writer's Map of Ontario. Toronto: Colombo, 1992.
• The Little Blue Book of UFOs. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1992.
• Colombo's All-Time Great Canadian Quotations. Toronto: Stoddart, 1994.
• Ghost Stories of Ontario. Toronto & Niagara Falls, NY: Hounslow, 1995; Toronto: Dundurn, 2000.
• Shapely Places: Places of imaginative geography. Toronto: Colombo, 1996.
• Haunted Toronto. Toronto: Hounslow, 1996.
• Quotable Canada: A national treasury. Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 1998.
• Mysteries of Ontario. Toronto & Tonawanda, NY: Hounslow, 1999.
• Colombo's Famous Lasting Words: Great Canadian quotations. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2000.
• The Penguin Dictionary of Popular Canadian Quotations. Toronto: Penguin, 2006.
• A Little Book of Facts about a Really Big Country. London, ON: Penguin, 2007.
• Footloose: A commentary on the books of Gordon Sinclair. Toronto: Colombo, 2008.
• Whistle While You Work: A chrestomathy. Toronto: Colombo, 2008.
• Fascinating Canada: A book of questions and answers. Toronto: Dundurn, 2011.

Juvenile

• Kidstuff: A collection of light Canadian lore for children of all ages. Toronto: Colombo, 1996.

Translated

• Selected Translations. Windsor, ON: Black Moss, 1982.

Edited

• Robert Zend, From Zero to One: Poems. Mission, BC: Sono Nis, 1973.
• George Faludy, Learn this Poem of Mine by Heart: Sixty poems and one speech. Toronto: Hounslow, 1983.
• Nicola Rousinoff, The Balkan Range: A Bulgarian Reader. Toronto: Hounslow, 1986.'

• Richard Maurice Buck, The New Consciousness: Selected papers. Toronto: Colombo, 1994.
• Sax Rohmer, The Wisdom of Sumuru & Tears of Our Lady by Sax Rohmer. Eugenia, ON: Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2010.

Anthologies

• The Varsity Chapbook. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1959.
• Probings: A collection of essays contributed to the Canadian Mental Health Association for its golden jubilee, 1918-1968. Toronto: Canadian Mental Health Association, 1968.
• How Do I Love Thee? Sixty poets of Canada (and Quebec) select and introduce their favourite poems from their own work. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1970.
• Rhymes and Reasons: Nine Canadian poets discuss their work. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971.
• Colombo's Hollywood: The wit and wisdom of the moviemakers. Toronto: Collins, 1979
  • published in U.S. as Popcorn in Paradise: The wit and wisdom of Hollywood. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1979.
• Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy (1979)
• Other Canadas: An anthology of science fiction and fantasy. Toronto: McGraw Hill-Ryerson, 1979.
• Friendly Aliens: Thirteen stories of the fantastic set in Canada by foreigners. Toronto: Hounslow, 1981.
• Not to Be Taken at Night: Thirteen classic Canadian tales of mystery and the supernatural. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1981.
• Windigo: An anthology of fact and fantastic fiction. Saskatoon, SK: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1982.
• Years of Light: A celebration of Leslie A. Croutch. Toronto: Hounslow, 1982.
• We Stand on Guard: Poems and songs of Canadians in battle. Toronto: Doubleday, 1985.
• Mysterious Canada: Strange sights, extraordinary events, and peculiar places. Toronto: Doubleday, 1988.
• Extraordinary Experiences: Personal accounts of the paranormal in Canada. Toronto: Doubleday, 1989.
• Mysterious Encounters: Personal accounts of the supernatural in Canada. Willowdale, ON: Hounslow, 1990.
• Mackenzie King's Ghost, and other personal accounts of Canadian hauntings. Willowdale, ON: Hounslow, 1991.
• UFOs over Canada: Personal accounts of sightings and close encounters. Willowdale, ON: Hounslow, 1991.
• Dark Visions: Personal accounts of the mysterious in Canada. Willowdale, ON: Hounslow, 1992.
• Walt Whitman's Canada. Willowdale, ON: Hounslow, 1992.
• Close Encounters of the Canadian Kind: Personal accounts of UFOs in Canada. Toronto: Colombo, 1994.
• Ghosts Galore!: Personal accounts of hauntings in Canada. Toronto: Colombo, 1994.
• Strange Stories: weird and wonderful events and experiences from Canada's past. Toronto: Colombo, 1994.
• Voices of Rama: Traditional Ojibwa tales from the Rama Reserve, Lake Couchiching, Ontario. Toronto: Colombo, 1994.
• Some Hungarian Poets (edited with George Jonas). Toronto: Colombo, 1995.
• Closer than You Think: Personal accounts of the unusual in Canada. Toronto: Colombo, 1998.
• Marvellous Stories. Strange events and experiences from Canada's past. Toronto; Colombo, 1998.
• Singular Stories: Tales of wonder from 19th-century Canadian newspapers. Toronto: Colombo, 1999.
• Three Mysteries of Nova Scotia. Toronto: Colombo, 1999.
• Weird Stories: From 19th-century Canadian newspapers. Toronto: Colombo, 2000.
• Ghosts in Our Past: 60 true ghost stories from 19th-century Canadian newspapers. Toronto: Colombo, 2000.
• Ghost Stories of Canada. Toronto: Dundurn, 2000.
• The Penguin Treasury of Popular Canadian poems and songs. Toronto: Penguin, 2002.
• The Midnight Hour: Canadian accounts of eerie experiences. Toronto: Dundurn, 2004.
• Terrors of the Night: Canadian accounts of eerie events and weird experiences. Toronto & Tonawanda, NY: Dundurn, 2005.
• Many Mysteries. Toronto: Colombo, 2001.
• Strange but True: Canadian stories of horror and terror. Toronto: Dundurn, 2007.
• The New Consciousness: Selected Papers of R.M. Bucke (2007)
• The Big Book of Canadian Ghost Stories. Toronto: Dundurn, 2008.
• The Big Book of Canadian Hauntings (edited with Jason Karp). Toronto: Dundurn, 2009.
• Jeepers Creepers: Canadian accounts of weird events and experiences. Toronto: Dundurn, 2011.

Humour

• Colombo's Little Book of Canadian Proverbs. Edmonton, AB: Hurtig, 1975.
• 222 Canadian Jokes. Cobalt, ON: Highway Book Shop, 1981.
• Colombo's Last Words: The dying words of eminent Canadians. Cobalt, ON: Highway Book Shop, 1982.
• Colombo's Laws: A compendium of the laws of human behaviour conceived by eminent Canadians. Cobalt, ON: Highway Book Shop, 1982.
• René Lévesque Buys Canada Savings Bonds, and other great Canadian grafitti. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1983.
• Great Moments in Canadian History. Willowdale, ON: Hounslow, 1984.
• The Toronto Puzzle Book. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1984.
• Canada First Quiz. Innovative Promotions International, 1984.
• Quotations from Chairman Lamport: Metro's Golden Mayor. Vancouver: Pulp Press, 1990.
• Ogdenisms: The Frank Ogden quote book. Toronto: Hounslow, 1994.
• Metro's Goldwyn Mayor: The complete malapropisms of Allan Lamport. Toronto: Colombo, 1995.
• Erotica Canadiana. Toronto: Colombo, 1995.
• 666 Canadian Jokes. Toronto: Colombo, 1996.
• Slightly Higher in Canada: A treasury of Canadian lore. Toronto: Colombo, 1996.
• The Stephen Leacock Quote Book. Toronto: Colombo, 1996.
• Iron Curtains: Humour of the Soviet Union. Toronto: Colombo, 1996.
• All About Us: A collection of occasional Canadian humour. Toronto: Colombo, 1998.
• More Iron Curtains. Toronto: Colombo, 1998.
• Yet More Iron Curtains. Toronto: Colombo, 2000.
• Canadian Capers. Toronto: Colombo, 2000.
• The Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes. Toronto: Penguin, 2001.
• The Humour of Stephen Leacock. Eugenia, ON: Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2004.
• Red Humour: East European jokes and anecdotes. Shelburne, ON: Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2006.

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