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'lance
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posted 25 April 2003 03:23 PM
Second Duthie's (those fools! They had a great thing going, but tried to grow too fast), Munro's, Pages, Octopus, City Lights. Don't know the Regina ones, the women's bookstores, or Dark Horse. (Know Powell's by reputation only).Used bookstores anywhere, of course, rule. Cowtown has the new McNally Robinson, which I looove. (They wouldn't let me move in there -- just as well, really, I'd miss the DMM, and she me -- but did assure me, gently, they weren't a front for Chapters). There's also a Pages here which is very good.
From: that enchanted place on the top of the Forest | Registered: Jul 2001
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'lance
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posted 25 April 2003 03:28 PM
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If we're doing used bookstores: Seekers, in the Annex in Toronto was always a favourite haunt ... steps away from Dooney's, incense and great selection, what more could one ask for?
We haunted Seekers for several hours when we last visited, between Xmas and New Year's. Also called up skdadl while we were in the neighbourhood, but no reply...  Britnell's is a sad loss, all right. (Ah, my Toronto gone by, I miss it so). There were some other well-established ones that went under when Chapters was expanding, weren't there? I can recall vaguely one up on north Yonge street, maybe around Eglinton, that I heard closed up. Can't recall the name now though.
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lagatta
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posted 25 April 2003 06:03 PM
In Montréal, I like the little Quai des brumes on St-Viateur, and a rather large one, Olivieri, lots of literary stuff and a good café (it took over a Renaud-Bray when the latter moved into even bigger quarters near the U de M). Alas, there are no really good political bookshops any more. There is a pleasant little Latin-American bookshop, Abya-Yala, on St-Laurent just north of Mont-Royal. Mostly books in Spanish, some in French, English and Portuguese. Wish I could think of some good anglophone ones. Above all, NOT Paragraphe books, whose owners are union-busting scum who should be consigned to the fiery pits of hell alongside bookburning fascists. Both owners rose to management status by selling out people seeking to organise in two successive drives at Classics Books.
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Timebandit
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posted 26 April 2003 05:57 PM
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In Regina, my favorite was Buzzword Books. It's a little tiny, but they can always order in for you and the owner always has great recommendations for further readings.There's also the Book & Brier Patch, but I'm wary of that place because I tried to apply for a job there once and was told that they don't hire men. Plus they don't really have that great of a selection.
Heh, Buzzword is just around the corner and a block and a half away from our place... NIce people, great magazine selection, but the off the shelf selections is limited. Space issue, I suspect. I also like Book and Brier, they have a wonderful selection for kids' books, every bit as good as the Chapters down the road. And they order in, too. Don't know anything about their hiring practices, though.
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audra trower williams
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posted 26 April 2003 08:45 PM
In Halifax:Venus Envy! There's one in Ottawa, too. I've never been there, though. In Toronto: Good for her.
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lagatta
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posted 24 May 2003 05:18 PM
Librairie des Amériques is Spanish-language, not English language. They probably have a smattering of books in French, Portugese and English. Yeah, the Word is good. As per any second-hand bookshop, it depends on what they get. It is a very pleasant place. In French, lots of decent second-hand bookshops on St-Denis and on Mont-Royal just east of St-Denis, and one I really like (forget the name) on rue de la Roche just south of St-Denis. Being a middle-aged fart, it is fun but sad to see the names of formerly progressive people who have sold their Marxist, feminist, etc books  There used to be an excellent Italian-language bookshop, Tuttolibri, run by progressives. Now in Italian there is just the shitty Libreria italiana, near me but not worthy of note.
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