“For 10 people coming in the door, they’re looking for 10 different genres,” explains Jade W owner Sydney Hansen. “I encourage that. I say there’s a book for everyone, though not all the same book.” It works out, too, because the Jade W is a purveyor of variety, used and new, and in the new […]
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2009 Downtown Shopping Promotion
Its official name is the 2009 Downtown Shopping Promotion, but here at Shoptalk we like to refer to it with a nickname that carries a little more pizzazz: A Cowabunga Shopping Holiday Extravaganza for The End of the First Decade of the Millennium! (No, not really, but it is cool.) From November 23-28, participating downtown […]
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A guide to Halifax’s second-hand bookstores
Back Pages 1526 Queen Street, 423-4750 A wee bookstore on busy Queen Street, its little storefront hides a large selection of non-fiction and fiction titles. The owner was away on vacation for a good chunk of August, but the nice lady at the counter said the shop carries, in addition to its history and literature, […]