“If I was ever going to take the leap into running my own business, it was always going to be bookselling,” says Sarah Lilleyman. “I’m a voracious reader, I’m addicted to BookTok and Bookstagram, I love reading about books and following authors’ careers.”
Book Bar, which opens on June 27 in Toronto’s recently opened Mirvish Village development, is a 2,600-square foot space in a renovated heritage home on Markham Street.
In its Tuesday newsletter, Bookmanager shared some of the sales numbers from this year’s CIBD as well as those from Independent Bookstore Day, which took place in the U.S. on the same date.
Olivia Hinchberger opened Word Squirrel in Kincardine, Ontario, in May 2025.
A newly launched web platform offers independent Canadian bookstores in English Canada an opportunity to work together to reach for a greater market share.
At Toronto’s Union Station, a pop-up bookstore run by two indie booksellers — Hopeless Romantic Bookshop and Little Ghosts Books — offers commuters the chance to shop for romance and horror books.
In the weeks since the show based on it aired, the book has claimed a spot on all the bestseller lists, and demand for it is unusually widespread.
Catherine Quaglia and Dana Corbett are not new to bookselling. But after decades of dreaming about owning their own bookstores, the pair teamed up last year to open a new bookstore together on the east coast of Vancouver Island.
Kearston Bergeron and Serena Goodchild opened their romance bookstore on a whim.
For a limited time, visitors to Toronto’s Kimpton St. George Hotel can pick up a book by a Canadian author as part of their stay.
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