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Join us on Saturday, April 30 for the second annual National Authors for Indies Day!

Authors for Indies Day is a day long event when Canadian authors show their support for independent bookstores by being booksellers for the day. We have a great lineup of authors coming by for this great event, so be sure to clear your schedule so you can stop by and meet them!

Our Authors for Indies Day Schedule:

11:00am to 12:00pm: Sarah Jennings (author of Art and Politics)

11:30am to 12:30pm: Her Excellency Sharon Johnston (author of Matrons and Madams)

12:00pm to 1:00pm: Charlotte Gray (author of The Massey Murder)

1:00pm to 2:00pm: Brenda Chapman (author of Tumbled Graves)

2:00pm to 3:00pm: David Holdsworth (author of Tough on Crime)

3:00pm to 4:00pm: Frances Boyle (author of Light-Carved Passages)

We hope to see you for this great day full of great books, wonderful authors and fabulous indies!

 

Local author Georg Northoff will be in the store on Saturday, April 16 from 12:00-2:00pm to sign copies of his new book Neuro-Philosophy and the Healthy Mind.

From the jacket:

“Taking an integrative approach to understanding the self, consciousness, and what it means to be mentally healthy, this book brings insights from neuroscience to bear on philosophical questions. Readers will find a science-grounded examination of the human condition with far-reaching implications for psychology, medicine, our daily lives, and beyond.”

Local author Robert Alvo will be in the store on Saturday, March 5 from 11:00am to 2:00pm to sign copies of his book Being a Bird in North America.

From the jacket:

“The first in a series of books describing the Earth’s elements of biodiversity, this is a new kind of book for anyone interested in birds.

• Custom-drawn cartoons from 15 artists
• Global distribution maps
• Taxonomy, nomenclature, and species ordering as per the American Ornithologists’ Union (Chesser 2014)
• An appendix that completes the list and status of North American birds.
• Well-researched and properly cited and referenced species accounts featuring interesting aspects of each native breeding species, such as their tricks for survival, real problems they face in nature or because of humans, ecology, birding considerations, unanswered questions, and much more.”

Local author Andrew Caddell will be here on Satuday, February 27 from 11:00am to 1:00pm to sign copies of his book The Goal: Stories About Our National Passion.

From the jacket:

“Andrew Caddell, Dave Stubbs and Philip Caddell have written for readers of all ages a wonderful collection of short stories about Canada’s passion for hockey. Ranging from the 1935 Stanley Cup to the present day, The Goal is a salute to the fans who pay to watch, the kids who play the game and the players who never made it.”

Since it is now January, we will be doing our annual stock-taking later this month. In preparation for this, we will be having an Inventory Sale from Sunday, January 10 until Saturday, January 23.

All books will be 20% off!
All gift items and calendars will be 30% off!

Alena Schram will be in the store on Saturday, December 19 from 1:00-3:00pm to sign copies of her book The Opinionated Old Cow: Ruminations from the Field.

About the book:

“[The Opionated Old Cow is] AN EPHRONESQUE OBSERVATION OF LIFE: FROM THE PERILS OF FACEBOOK,THE ANNOYING TENDENCIES OF HUSBANDS WHO CO-SHOP, AND THE DEFECTIVE REARING OF GRANDCHILDREN, TO SPORTS CARS FOR THE MENOPAUSAL, BRAS THAT WINCH, AND CHIN HAIRS WITH MINDS OF THEIR OWN.”

It’s the perfect (and funniest) stocking stuffer for anyone on your Christmas shopping list!

Local author John Graham will be in the store on Saturday, December 12 from 11:00am to 2:00pm to sign copies of his highly anticipated book Whose Man in Havana?

Snacks and refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing you here!