Sunday, April 28, 2024

Every day is a good day to visit a bookstore. Here are a few favourites....

White Mountain Publications and Bookstore, Cobalt, Ontario, home of the Canadian Writers' Contest Calendar

Every year, Independent Bookstore Day comes on the fourth Saturday in April. But the other 364 days of the year are also good times to visit your local bookstore. Here's a few of the bookstores in Ontario:



A Different Drummer Books, Burlington

BOLTON: Forsters Book Garden

BRACEBRIDGE: The Owl Books

BRIGHTON: Lighthouse Books

BURLINGTON: A Different Drummer Books {which hosts many book launches}; 
By the Lake Books (A great used bookstore just around the corner from where I teach my in-person classes in Burlington. ~Brian) 



ELORA: Magic Pebble


GODERICH: Fincher's

Want some ideas on what books to buy? Check out this post and this one, and for more books and 70+ other gifts for writers, check out this post.  

GUELPH: BookShelf

HALIBURTON: Master's Bookstore


Indigo/Chapters has branches all over the place. {Yes, I know it's not an independent, but it's not Amazon, either.)

KINCARDINE: Fincher's

KINGSTON: Novel Idea

Bookshelf, Guelph


MISSISSAUGA: The Book Wardrobe 

NEW LISKEARD: Chat Noir


ORANGEVILLE: BookLore

ORILLIA: Manticore Books


PARRY SOUND:Parry Sound Books

PETEROROUGH: Hunter Street Books



Novel Idea, Kingston

ST. CATHARINES: Someday Books



UXBRIDGE: Blue Heron Books


WINDSOR: Biblioasis

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