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Online Bookstores
Find your favourite bookstore. Looking for a particular store not listed? Try searching at the Canadian Booksellers Association. Contact us if you would like your bookstore listed below.

Nation-wide & Central Canada

 

Amazon.ca
Online bookstore

Chapters & Indigo
Various locations in Canada

McNally Robinson Booksellers
Various locations in Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Calgary

Northwest Passages
Vancouver, British Columbia

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Western Canada

 

Armchair Books
Whistler, British Columbia

Annie’s Book Company
Calgary, Alberta

Banff Book & Art Den
Banff, Alberta

Banyen Books
Vancouver, British Columbia

Barbara Jo’s Books to Cooks
Vancouver, British Columbia

Black Bond Books
Various locations in Vancouver, British Columbia

Blackberry Books
Vancouver, British Columbia

Bolen Books
Victoria, British Columbia

Books & Company
Prince George, British Columbia

Book Warehouse
Vancouver, British Columbia

Coho Books
Campbell River, British Columbia

Country Bug Books and Gifts
Merritt, British Columbia

Crown Publications
Victoria, British Columbia

Duthie Books
Vancouver, British Columbia

Fraserwood Books
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia

Galt Books
Vancouver, British Columbia

Life Now Books
Vancouver, British Columbia

Kidsbooks
Vancouver, British Columbia
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Surrey, British Columbia

Little Sister's
Vancouver, British Columbia

Misty River Books
Terrace, British Columbia

Mosaic Books
Kelowna, British Columbia

Munro’s Books
Victoria, British Columbia

The Mulberry Bush Book Store
Parksville, British Columbia

Museum of Northern BC Gift Shop
Prince Rupert, British Columbia

NAIT Campus Reads and Needs
Edmonton, Alberta

Northwest Coast Books
Queen Charlotte City, British Columbia

Odin Books
Vancouver, British Columbia

OUC Bookstore
Okanagan University College
Kelowna, British Columbia

Owl's Nest Books
Calgary, Alberta

Pages Books on Kensington
Calgary, Alberta

People’s Co-op Bookstore
Vancouver, British Columbia

Pulpfiction Books
Vancouver, British Columbia

Russell Books
Victoria, British Columbia

Sage Books
Kelowna, British Columbia

Sophia Books
Vancouver, British Columbia

Sorensen Books
Victoria, British Columbia

SFU Bookstore (Harbour Centre)
Vancouver, British Columbia

The Travel Bug
Vancouver, British Columbia

UBC Bookstore
Vancouver, British Columbia

University of Alberta Bookstore
Edmonton, Alberta

University of Calgary Bookstore
Calgary, Alberta

Whitby’s Bookstore
White Rock, British Columbia

Women in Print
Vancouver, British Columbia

Wendel’s Bookstore and Café
Fort Langley, British Columbia

The Yellowknife Book Cellar
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

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Eastern Canada

 

Algonquin College Bookstore
Ottawa, Ontario

Archambault
Various locations, Quebec

Ballenford
Toronto, Ontario

The Beguiling
Toronto, Ontario

Ben McNally Books
Toronto, Ontario

Benjamin’s Books
Rothesay, New Brunswick

Bon Appetit Cookbooks
Westmount, Quebec

Bonder Bookstore
Montreal, Quebec

Book City
Toronto, Ontario

Book Express Ltd.
Cambridge, Ontario

Book Room
Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Book Store at Western
University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario

Bookmark
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Books Inn & Java Grind Café
Miramichi, New Brunswick

Books for Business
Toronto, Ontario

Books on Beechwood
Ottawa, Ontario

The Bookshelf
Guelph, Ontario

Bookworks of Brantford
Brantford, Ontario

Bookworks of Cambridge
Cambridge, Ontario

The Box of Delights
Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Brome Lake Books
Knowlton, Quebec

Bryan Prince Bookseller
Hamilton, Ontario

Campus Bookstore
Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario

Caversham Booksellers
Toronto, Ontario

Collected Works
Ottawa, Ontario

Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore
Montreal, Quebec

The Cookbook Store
Toronto, Ontario

David Mirvish Books
Toronto, Ontario

Detour’s UrbanSource
Toronto, Ontario

Ella Minnow
Toronto, Ontario

Federal Publications Inc.
Toronto, Ontario

The Freckled Lion
Georgetown, Ontario

The Flying Dragon
Toronto, Ontario

Good Words Bookshop
Amherst, Nova Scotia

Granny Bates
St. John’s, Newfoundland

Gulliver’s Quality Books & Toys
North Bay, Ontario

The Inside Story
Greenwood, Nova Scotia

Librairie La Maison Anglaise Bookstore
Sainte-Foy, Quebec

Librairie Saint-Paul & Canterbury House Bookstore
Ottawa, Ontario

Mabel’s Fables Children’s Bookstore
Toronto, Ontario

Mastermind Educational
Various locations, Ontario

Newfoundland Books for Great Reading
Online store, Newfoundland books by Newfoundland authors.

Nicholas Hoare
Toronto, Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario
Montreal, Quebec

Pages Books and Magazines
Toronto, Ontario

Paragraphe Librairie/Bookstore
Montreal, Quebec

Prince Edward Island Books and Publications
Charlottetown, P.E.I.

The Reading Well Bookstore
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Squibb's Stationers
Weston, Ontario

Swipe Books on Advertising and Design
Toronto, Ontario

Tattletales
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Theatre Books
Toronto, Ontario

This Ain’t the Rosedale Library
Toronto, Ontario

Tidewater Books
Sackville, New Brunswick

Type Books
Toronto, Ontario

Upper Case Books
New Hamburg, Ontario

University of Toronto Bookstore
Toronto, Ontario

Westminster Books
Fredericton, New Brunswick

The Whirligig Book Shop
Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Woozles
Halifax, Nova Scotia

World of Maps Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario

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U.S.

 

amazon.com
Online bookstore

 
 

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Publishers Distributed by Raincoast
Raincoast Books is the Canadian distributor for over 50 national and international publishers. Our partners offer a diverse range of books and gift items, from Chronicle Books’ trendy pop culture books, cookbooks and stationery to Hay House’s spiritual guides and new age wisdom to Lonely Planet’s immensely popular travel guidebooks. We also distribute children’s books, adult fiction, graphic novels and books on design, architecture, art, science, nature, health, sports, games, history, humour and many other topics.

Below is a list of our distribution partners. Please note that not all of them have websites at this time.

 

A&C Black
London, U.K.

Advantage Publishing Group
- Parfait Press
- Portable Press (Uncle John’s Bathroom Readers)
- Silver Dolphin
- Thunder Bay Press
San Diego, California

Alma Books
- OneWorld Classics
- Pushkin Press
Richmond, Surrey, U.K.

AMACOM (division of American Management Association)
New York, New York

Anova Books
- Pavilion Books
- National Trust Books
- Robson Books
London, U.K.

Beginning Press
Seattle, Washington

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
San Francisco, California

Bilingual Books
Seattle, Washington

Bloomsbury U.K.
London, U.K.

Bloomsbury USA
New York, New York

Chronicle Books
- Becker & Mayer
- Blue Apple Books
- Handprint Books
- Laurence King
- Quirk Books
- Ragged Bears
- Seuil Chronicle
San Francisco, California

Drawn & Quarterly
Montreal, Quebec

Fantagraphics
Seattle, Washington

Frances Lincoln
London, U.K.

Gibbs Smith
- Ancient City Press
- Signature Publishing Group
Layton, Utah

Granta Books
- Granta Magazine
London, U.K.

Harcourt Inc.
New York, New York and
San Diego, California

Hay House, Inc.
- Princess Books
Carlsbad, California

Hesperus Press
- Herla
- Modern Voices
- New Fiction
London, U.K.

Kyle Cathie
- Kyle Books
London, U.K.

Lonely Planet Publications
Oakland, California

Magnetic Poetry
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Maple Tree Press
Toronto, Ontario

Moleskine
Italy

Morris Communication Corporations
- The Milepost
Anchorage, Alaska

Mountaineers Books
Seattle, Washington

New Harbinger Publications
Oakland, California

Parenting Press
Seattle, Washington

Princeton Architectural Press
- AA Publications
- Balcony
- Hyphen
New York, New York

Raincoast Books
- Blue Heron Books
- Polestar
- Press Gang Publishers
Vancouver, British Columbia

Trailblazer Publications
Surrey, U.K.

Walker & Company
New York, New York

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Literary Links
Book festivals, literary magazines and more!

Book Festivals, Literary Events and Reading Series in Canada

ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers
ALOUD brings hundreds of children to Harbourfront Centre in Toronto for four days of boisterous bookishness.

The Atlantic Book Festival
The Atlantic Book Festival combines awards, readings, workshops, tours, new book launches and children’s activities all over Atlantic Canada into one exciting celebration.

Bloody Words
Bloody Words is Canada’s oldest and largest gathering of mystery readers and authors, featuring mystery writers from Canada and around the world.

Halifax International Writers Festival
The Halifax International Writers’ Festival brings togerther a diverse group of Canadian and international authors to present their work.

Harbourfront Reading Series
Features events year-round at Harbourfront in Toronto, plus the world reknown International Festival of Authors and ALOUD.

International Festival of Authors
Based in Toronto, the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) brings together the best writers of contemporary world literature through interviews, lectures and round table discussions as well as public book signings and a festival bookstore.

The Ottawa International Writer’s Festival
A 10-day writers festival in Ottawa that celebrates the world’s best writing from home and abroad.

Saskatchewan Festival of Words
A four-day summer book festival in Saskatchewan to celebrate the many imaginative uses of language, and to promote literacy, lifelong reading and creative writing.

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
Canada’s longest running summer gathering of Canadian writers and readers, featuring established literary stars and exciting, new voices, in Sechelt, BC.

The Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival
A world of words on Granville Island, Vancouver. This festival occurs every October.

Winnipeg International Writers Festival
Winnipeg welcomes writers from Canada and around the world for a week of readings, lectures, interviews, conversations, book launches, and other events; a week of literary feasting which reaches out into the rural areas of the province as well.

WordFest: The Banff Calgary International Writers Festival
An annual celebration of the written and spoken word in Calgary and Banff, Alberta.

The Word on the Street
The Word On The Street is a book and magazine fair celebrating literacy and the printed word. Locations include Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Halifax, and Kitchener.


Literary Magazines and Other Literary Links

Arc Magazine
Canada’s National Poetry Magazine.

Brick, A Literary Journal
Brick, A Literary Journal, is edited by Michael Helm, Michael Ondaatje, Michael Redhill, Rebecca Silver Slayter, Esta Spalding and Linda Spalding.

Broken Pencil
Devoted exclusively to underground culture and the independent arts in Canada.

The Editors’ Association of Canada
EAC promotes professional editing as key in producing effective communications in the corporate, technical, government, non-profit, and publishing sectors.

Geist
A quarterly on “Canadian Ideas and Culture,” published out of Vancouver, responsible for high, middle and low art events such as Haiku Night in Canada.

January Magazine
An excellent site for reviews and other book-related articles.

The League of Canadian Poets
Tons of great info for poets, including a poetry chapbook template and ground central for National Poetry Month.

Qwerty
An electronic literary magazine developed by grad students from the University of New Brunswick’s creative writing program.

Room
Room is Canada’s oldest literary journal in Canada by, for about women. Based in Vancouver, Room showcases fiction, poetry, reviews, art work, interviews and profiles about the female experience.

Simon Fraser University Summer Publishing Workshops
Started in 1981 by a dedicated group of publishing industry professionals, the SFU Summer Publishing Workshops offer professional publishing training in Vancouver.

WORD: Toronto’s Literary Calendar
Word is a monthly literary calendar that lists all reading series, performances, book launches, open stages, slams, benefits, poetry performances and schmooze-fests happening in the Greater Toronto Area literary scene.

The Writers’ Union of Canada
Founded in 1973, The Writers’ Union of Canada is a national organization of professional writers of books for the general public.

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