We knew the response would be amazing, but we were absolutely blown away when we asked our community on Facebook to name the local indie bookstores they've continued to buy from through the pandemic: responses streamed in by the second, by the minute, and they're still coming in days later. THANK YOU!
Throughout October and November, we're going to highlight indie bookstore picks on social media and link back every time to this list that you helped create.
As we know, the weeks leading into the Christmas season are crucial for authors, publishers, and booksellers – we're wishing the very best year for all of them, and we can't help but take note of the ingenious shipping discounts many stores are now offering. Your loyalty is what makes the difference and we hope we can help to inspire others to buy local, buy indie!
The list we have here is not exhaustive but rather the sum of your Facebook comments. For an amazing map of Canadian indie bookstores that deliver, please see Don Gorman's incredible work.
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ALBERTA
Calgary:
Canmore: Cafe Books
Edmonton:
Daisy Chain Book Co (with another location in Beaumont, AB)
Lethbridge: Analog Books
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BC
Campbell River: Coho Books
Courtney: Laughing Oyster
Chilliwack: The Bookman
Cranbrook: Huckleberry Books
Madeira Park: EarthFair
Kelowna: Mosaic Books
Mayne Island: Books on Mayne
Nanaimo: Windowseat Books
Nelson: Otter Books
Parksville and Qualicum Beach: Mulberry Bush Bookstore
Port Coquitlam: Western Sky Books
Port Moody: Coastal Bookstore
Salt Spring Island: Salt Spring Books
Sechelt: Talewind Books
Tofino: Mermaid Tales Bookshop
Vancouver:
Vancouver Island (Duncan): Volume One Bookstore
Victoria:
Whistler: Armchair Books
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MANITOBA
Winnipeg:
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NEW BRUNSWICK
Fredericton: Westminster Books
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ONTARIO
Almonte: Mill Street Books
Arnprior: White Pine Books
Bath: Books on Main
Bayfield: The Village Bookshop
Kingston: Bookland
Brighton: Lighthouse Books
Burlington: Different Drummer Books
Cobourg: Let's Talk Books
Elora: Magic Pebble Books
Etobicoke: A Novel Spot
Gananoque: Beggars' Banquet Books
Guelph: The Bookshelf
Haliburton: Master's Book Store
Hamilton:
Kingston: Novel Idea
Lindsay: Kent Bookstore
London:
Midland: Georgian Bay Books
North Bay: Allison the Bookman
Ottawa:
Peterborough: Hunter Street Books
St. Catherines: Someday Books
Toronto:
Ella Minnow Children's Bookstore (kids)
Mabel's Fables Bookstore (kids)
The Beguiling (comics and graphic novels)
Parry Sound: Parry Sound Books
Port Hope: Furby House Books
Uxbridge: Blue Heron Books
Waterloo: Words Worth Books
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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Yellowknife: The Yellowknife Book Cellar
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PEI
Charlottetown: The Bookmark
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NOVA SCOTIA
Dartmouth: Tattletales (kids)
Halifax:
Woozles (kids)
LaHave: LaHave River Books
Sidney: Tanner's Books
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SASKATCHEWAN
Saskatoon:
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QUEBEC
In general: Les librairies
Gatineau: Bouquinart Librairie et Galerie d'art
Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly
Sherbrooke: Black Cat Books
Thank you (in no particular order!):
Heather Wilkey, Jayne Barnard, Ann Simmons, Jean Mills, Dawn Copeman, Susie Allen, Wendy McGrath, Gwen Davies, Frances Boyle, Enid Brazier, Christine Higdon, Anna Boyar, Heather O'Connor, Kate Edwards, Mon Pakawalafak, Kerry Clare, Celia Brogan, Kaley Stewart, Debbie Bateman, Lyn Marie, Heather Norris, Liz Ross, Jenny Getsinger, Jane Hutton, Alison Wurts, Brenda Lawrence, Jilanna Eagles, Susan Martin, Laurie Christine Burns, Lesley El, Margaret Black, Gillian van der Geest, Susan Hroncek, Aaron Keeler, Clare Hitchens, Patricia Donnelly, Hilary Squires, Karen Wisselink, Cheryl McKinnon, Dianne Clark, Janet Baker, Cathy Langdon, Kathy Hopkins, Lisa Richter, Maxine Peesker, Matha Attema, Colleen Eidsness, Kathy Page, Mac Farrant, Amber Harvey, Biz Thompson, Suzanne Norman, Sirje Ruus, Sarah Sawler, Virginia Reddin, Cheryl Andrews, Shauna Paull, Patty Kay, Suzanne Anderson, Ann-Maureen Owens, Ashley Little, Dorothy Young, Dennis Rovere, Marilyn Biderman, Pauline Johnson, Sally Nystrom, Johanna te Boekhorst, Stephanie Terra Schwartz, Marjorie Bruhmuller, Lynn Addleman, Jamila Allidina, Dawn Heideman McKirdy, Doreen Vanderstoop, Paulette C. Turcotte, Elizabeth Sleight, Lynn Martel, Susan Jenereaul, Kim Fahner, Wendy Lou Hartnett, Rachael Preston, Joan Clare, Lou-Ann Geauvreau-Karry, Iris Gray, Linda Crosfield, Farzana Doctor, Alison Jee, Sofi Christine, Derryn Collier, Jennifer Reid, Nikki Maud-Marie Reimer, Helen Sovereign, Rona Altrows, Anna Lev, Cora Taylor, Wendy Barker, Pat Bremner, Penny Goldsmith, Laura Lei, Lyn Davies, Laura Frey, Jean Keetch, and Chantelle Leslie.
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