During the half hour Liz Crocker sits on a window seat inside Woozles’ new location, two eager customers come to the door. “Are you open yet?” one woman asks from beneath a mask. “I really need an advent calendar,” says the second, peering expectantly at the LEGO toy calendars on a shelf just a few […]
Woozles
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Best Independent Bookstore
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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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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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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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, […]
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Best Independent Bookstore
Gold Winner Bookmark Silver Winner Woozles Children’s Bookstore Bronze Winner John W. Doull Bookseller Entire big box bookstore chains are closing down in the States, and every second person on the bus is reading Fifty Shades of Grey on a Kindle, thinking they’re fooling us, and yet little Bookmark remains strong and steady, a throwback […]
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Happy birthday, dear Woozles
The story of Woozles children’s bookstore (1533 Birmingham Street), a wonderland of knowledge and imagination, began back in 1978. That makes this October its 35th, and also makes the downtown Halifax institution Canada’s oldest children’s bookstore—a pretty big deal if you ask us. And deals this big call for celebration. This Saturday, October 19 Woozles […]
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Best Independent Bookstore
Gold Winner Bookmark Silver Winner John W. Doull Bookseller Bronze Winner Woozles Children’s Bookstore “These people are heroes of humanity,” writes one Best of Halifax voter about Bookmark. “I love them and everything they do. Indie bookstores forever!” Indeed, Bookmark has excelled in keeping a broad range of stock in a relatively small space, and […]
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Best Independent Bookseller
Gold Winner Bookmark Silver Winner John W. Doull Bookseller Bronze Winner Woozles “We keep doing what we do well, which is carry interesting books,” says Bookmark’s manager and book buyer, Mike Hamm. Bookmark has defied the trend of disappearing independent book stores by providing impeccable service, keeping on top of new releases and keeping unusually […]
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Atlantic Author Day happens this weekend
If you haven’t figured out what book will absorb your interest this summer, we have a suggestion for you: Check out Atlantic Author Day, organized by Atlantic Books Today and the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association. It happens Saturday June 18 in a variety of bookstores from 10am to 4pm, with authors reading from their books. […]