Gold Winner Woozles Silver Winner Venus Envy Bronze Winner Bookmark Woozles has been a Halifax staple for 41 years, making it the oldest children’s bookstore in the country. “We love what we do and are continually inspired by our loyal customers and the new folks who manage to find us. Working with young eager readers […]
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Best Independent Bookstore
Gold Winner Woozles Silver Winner Venus Envy Bronze Winner Bookmark “I get to work in a place that my parents dreamed of years ago,” says Suzy MacLean of Woozles. “The two of them started this store, when my oldest sister was just one year old, and there was nowhere in town to buy children’s books. […]
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Best Independent Bookstore
Gold Winner Woozles Silver Winner Bookmark Bronze Winner John W. Doull, Bookseller The importance of a good bedtime story is not lost on Woozles’ co-manager Lisa Doucet. “We have generations of fans. Grandparents who brought their kids and now their grandkids come here. We have a unique class of regulars who live all over the […]
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Investigative journalist and author Amy Goodman to give talk in Halifax
Amy Goodman in Halifax Saturday, September 30, 8-10pm (doors open at 7pm) Ondaatje Theatre, Dalhousie University goodmanhalifax.eventbrite.ca Adding to the list of much-loved journalists heading to Halifax this fall (Scaachi Koul and Peter Mansbridge among them), longtime Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman is slated to appear in town this September. Democracy Now! is an independent […]
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Outlander author Diana Gabaldon comes to Halifax
Diana Gabaldon in Halifax Wednesday, May 3 at 7:30pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium $23 Diana Gabaldon is the superstar author of the addictive #1 New York Times bestselling Outlander series, the story a mix of historical fiction, romance, sci-fi, mystery, fantasy, adventure and general hotness. Gabaldon is coming to Halifax thanks to the Bookmark, and will be […]
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Best Independent Bookstore
Gold Winner Bookmark Silver Winner Woozles Children’s Bookstore Bronze Winner John W. Doull Bookseller The internet was supposed to have defeated books by now, but printed literature is thriving, as evidenced by your absolute dedication to Spring Garden vet Bookmark. And it’s not just you: “Tourists who would normally come on the boats and stay […]
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SHOP THIS: Hand Drawn Halifax Colouring Book
Emma FitzGerald was midway through her now-popular book Hand Drawn Halifax when she had the idea to make a colouring book version, inviting readers and creative types the opportunity to put their own stamp on her line drawings. “Three years ago in Toronto, I bought a Van Gogh colouring book,” says FitzGerald. “As a kid […]
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SHOP THIS: Hand Drawn Halifax Colouring Book
Emma FitzGerald was midway through her now-popular book Hand Drawn Halifax when she had the idea to make a colouring book version, inviting readers and creative types the opportunity to put their own stamp on her line drawings. “Three years ago in Toronto, I bought a Van Gogh colouring book,” says FitzGerald. “As a kid […]
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Season’s readings
We’ve got a read on who ended up on your list this year, and we’re telling you it doesn’t matter—there’s a book for that. Make your life easy and channel your inner Oprah this holiday season: “You get a book, and you get a book, and everybody gets a book!” It’s one-stop shopping at its […]
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Best Independent Bookstore
Gold Winner Bookmark Silver Winner Woozles Bronze Winner John W. Doull Bookseller If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. That’s what manager Mike Hamm attributes to Bookmark’s repeat wins as Halifax’s Best Independent Book Store. “We’re a small store, but we’re able to jam so many interesting books into such a small space,” he says. […]
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Read my list: books for your next beach trip
Emma Jane Unsworth, Animals It’s summertime and you’re probably going a little buck wild—it’s OK we’re all still young at heart. My hangover cure: Two Advil, coconut water, as many carbs as you can handle and this drug-and-alcohol-laced black-out of a dysfunctional friendship. Laura’s getting married and trying to grow up. Her best friend Tyler […]
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Best Independent Bookstore
Gold Winner Bookmark Silver Winner Woozles Bronze Winner J.W. Doull Bookseller Halifax is #blessed with its indie bookstores, the silver and bronze Best of winners being gold-standard in their niches: Doull the legend in used titles, Woozles for kidlit, from picture books to angsty teen fantasies parents want to borrow. But Bookmark is the champion, […]