Whether they serve as venues for reading performances or as brokers to our private libraries, bookstores consecrate our pleasure of reading books and are the secular temples where we often discover the poetry we care about.
An independent bookstore in North Vancouver.
3185 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
http://www.32books.com/
“Another Story Bookshop is a progressive bookstore with a comprehensive collection of books for children and adults with an emphasis on social justice, equity and diversity. For the past 19 years, we have provided book-lovers and educators in the GTA with a vast selection of literature to meet their needs.” Check out their events page and page for” teachers”:http://www.anotherstory.ca/edr.html.
315 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.anotherstory.ca/index2.html
“Blackberry Books is an independent, family-owned bookstore on Granville Island in the heart of beautiful Vancouver, BC.” Now, with a webstore.
Granville Island, Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
http://www.bbooks.ca/
“Bolen Books, founded in 1975 is an owner operated family run enterprise. At 19800 square feet we are the largest independent Bookstore in B.C.”
111-1644 Hillside Ave., Victoria,
British Columbia,
Canada
http://bolen.bc.ca/
“Toronto’s Leading Independent BookStore—‘Comfortable, Classy and Cheap’”
“In 1976 Book City opened it doors to the people of Toronto. Situated in the Annex, one of Toronto’s great neighbourhoods, it has been treating its customers to an eclectic range of books ever since. Toronto bibliophiles must have liked us, or our books at any rate, because thirty years on we have five store locations across Toronto.” Sign up for their emai list newsletter.
various locations, Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.bookcity.ca/
“Books on Beechwood is an independently owned and operated business that has been serving the New Edinburgh neighborhood in Ottawa for over a decade. We pride ourselves on our literary-fiction, biography & history sections, and we offer a huge selection of books for children and young adults.”
35 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.booksonbeechwood.on.ca/
Collected Works is an independent bookstore serving the vibrant community to the West of downtown Ottawa. Collected Works hosts Arc’s annual Diana Brebner Prize reading in December.
Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.collected-works.com
“Duthie Books is an independent Vancouver book store located in Kitsilano. Since 1957 Duthie Books has sought to provide excellence to readers throughout the Lower Mainland… Our web site will allow you to purchase books online, read up on new titles, as well as browse the inventory before you come in to visit us.”
2239 West Fourth Avenue, Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
http://www.duthiebooks.com/
Kidsbooks, with stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver, now also sells books online.
3083 West Broadway, Vancouver, and 3040 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
http://www.kidsbooks.bc.ca/
“Established in 1975, KW Book Store is a 4300 square foot bookstore located in downtown Kitchener, making it one of South-western Ontario’s largest used bookstores. It also features the largest and most diverse selection of new magazines in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.”
308 King Street West, Kitchener,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.kwbookstore.on.ca/
“Mac’s Fireweed Books is a proud, independent bookstore and a Whitehorse institution. Mac’s has a terrific selection of books and newspapers from all over the world.”
203 Main Street, Whitehorse,
Yukon Territory,
Canada
http://www.macsbooks.ca/
Canada’s largest independent bookseller, a “small” chain, McNally Robinson opened a new store in New York City in December of 2004. (Ratings free online store)
“Mother Tongue supports local expression. Not only do they host poetry readings by local writers, they also stock works by Ottawa area writers. Shelves are stocked with local, Canadian and international fiction and poetry, feminist and cultural theory, First Nations writings and children’s books.”
1067 Bank Street, Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.womennet.ca/directory.php?show&2397
“Canada’s most magnificent bookstore!” Located in the heart of Victoria’s Old Town.
1108 Government Street, Victoria,
British Columbia,
Canada
http://www.munrobooks.com
“For over thirty years, Nicholas Hoare has provided an eclectic selection of books, predominantly British, to individuals and libraries worldwide.
“Our shops, located in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto, feature books and CDs in uncommonly elegant settings: the best of fiction, current affairs, biography, food and wine, with design, travel, and unusual books for children.”
Ottawa (419 Sussex Dr.), Toronto, and Montreal,
Canada
http://www.nicholashoare.com/
“Northwest Passages is a virtual bookstore and information resource for readers, scholars, and students of Canadian literature. Founded in 1996, by Rob Stocks and Paul Martin, Northwest Passages operates out of Vancouver, British Columbia…. Northwest Passages focuses on a very specific niche: Canadian fiction, poetry, drama, and literary criticism. By so doing, we have taken a deliberate step to position ourselves as the complete antithesis of the online superstores; rather than trying to address some of the needs of everyone, we have chosen to focus on all of the needs of a particular group of readers.”
Northwest Passages ships worldwide. Check out their overview of Canadian literary awards and their extensive “CanlitLINKS”: page, offering “the largest set of Canadian literature links on the Internet.” Subscribe to their monthly email newsletter, The Compass.
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
http://www.nwpassages.com/
“Progressive books, news & views.”
116 Third Ave., Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.octopusbooks.org/
“Pages operates in the tradition of bookselling that goes beyond selecting, stocking and offering books for sale. The tradition extends to being a gathering place where ideas are exchanged and communities developed. The store serves the exciting neighbourhood that has grown at Toronto’s Queen Street West and a broad grouping of artists, writers, intellectuals, journalists, filmmakers, designers, and voracious critical readers.”
“Pages Books & Magazines, in partnership with NOW Magazine and The Gladstone Hotel, presents This Is Not A Reading Series (TINARS)… We’ve got live boxing, zombie flashmobs, meat rhymes, molecular poetics, dysfunctional families, cyclist sleuths, hockey erotica and more from the best fiction and non-fiction titles.”
Date: This Is Not A Reading Series (TINARS) takes place at the Gladstone Hotel, various times
256 Queen Street West, Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada
http://pagesbooks.ca/
“Located in the heart of the Kensington Village shopping and entertainment district, Pages is Calgary’s literary meeting place. We offer over 10,000 titles in stock at any given time and, through our special order service, we have access to most North American titles in print…”
“Our reading series goes practically year-round, offering the latest from Calgary’s writers as well as those from across Canada and around the world. Check out our upcoming events calendar to keep on top of what’s happening ‘upstairs at the bookstore’.” Or sign up for the email list newsletter.
1135 Kensington Road N.W., Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada
http://www.pages.ab.ca/index.html
“We have a large general stock on a wide variety of subjects at reasonable prices. This includes certain particular strength, such as Literature; British, Scottish, Irish history and literature, bibliography, poetry, Canadian history and local history divided into section by province. Others large sections are Ships and the Sea, Medicine, Philosophy, Ancient History and Classics, Art History, Canadian Art, First Nations, Law, Asia, Arctic, modern first editions, the Americas, etc. “
783 Bank Street (in the Glebe), Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.mcgahernbooks.ca
On the Drive! Formed in 1945, the People’s Co-op Bookstore aims to circulate books and magazines that are “socially significant”.
Now you can order books online. Get monthly newsletter to keep up with local Vancouver book news and events.
1391 Commercial Drive, Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
http://www.peoplescoopbookstore.com/
“Perfect Books is an independent bookstore that has occupied its current location on Elgin Street in Ottawa since 1993. As a neighbourhood bookstore, we specialise in special orders…”
258A Elgin Street, Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.perfectbooks.ca/
“Since 1973, Spartacus Books is a non-profit, volunteer & collectively run bookstore & resource center located right on the edge of Vancouver’s Eastside. The store has been successfully run for over 33 years by a collective of volunteers.”
Many Kootenay School of Writing events happen here. See events calendar
319 West Hastings, Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
http://www.spartacusbooks.org/
“Speak Volumes opened in 2003 with the goal of creating a boutique-type environment for books and related lifestyle products, offering both ‘substance and style’. Along with great books, magazines, stationery and gifts, we wanted to provide a pleasant shopping experience for booklovers and beyond, with an environment that anyone will find upbeat, friendly, beautiful, unpretentious, and a lot of fun.” Sign up for their email list newsletter.
446 George St North, Peterborough,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.speakvolumes.ca/
“Spoken Word Audiobooks is a retail store specializing in the sale of books on cassette tape ( and CD ). We’re located in downtown Toronto and carry several thousand audio titles from over a hundred different publishers.”
Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.spoken-word.com/
Bookstore in Guelph with Monday night readings and other events: eBar, music, cinema.
Bookshelf Monday Night Readings
eBar Calendar of Events
Date: Monday night readings
41 Quebec Street, downtown Guelph,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.bookshelf.ca/
“Canada’s Atlantic Canadian, Nova Scotia booksellers—since 1983! We sell books from Canada, about Canada, and by Canadians. We’re 100% Canadian-owned and independent. That means we give good, old-fashioned bookstore service. Come inside. Read, see and hear some of our latest books … in text, image and audio format. Oh yes, we love to do special orders. Just telephone and speak directly to us.”
Greenwood (963 Central Avenue) and Windsor,
Nova Scotia,
Canada
http://www.theinsidestory.ca/
“Waterloo’s favourite independent bookstore.”
Check out their author series. Sign up for their email list newsletter.
100 King St South, Waterloo,
Ontario,
Canada
http://www.wordsworthbooks.com/default.htm
“The Australian Poetry Resources Internet Library project (which John Tranter started in 2004 with this prototype Internet site) has been funded with a four-year major Linkage Grant from the Australian Research Council. Professor Elizabeth Webby and Creagh Cole, from the University of Sydney, in association with CAL (the Copyright Agency Limited), will head a team of researchers to build a permanent and wide-ranging library of resources on the Internet….”
“As it grows, the Australian Poetry Resources Internet Library project will provide original texts and basic background information on thousands of Australian poets selected by an advisory committee made up of writers, academic scholars, reviewers, librarians and publishers.”
Other offerings: Bookstores in Australia | Survey Articles Contents (with surveys of Australian poetry scene at various times)
Australia
http://www.austlit.com/a/index.html
“The Grolier Poetry Book Shop in Harvard Square, the oldest continuous poetry book shop in the United States, … stocks over 15,000 current volumes of trade, small press, and university publications.”
Cambridge, MA,
United States
http://www.grolierpoetrybookshop.com/
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