April 30, 2015

Authors for Indies Day: May 2, 2015


Celebrate independent bookstores in Canada
on Saturday, May 2, 2015 
with your favourite children's and YA authors 
who will be there volunteering!

Across Canada this Saturday, many authors will be volunteering their time to promote independent bookstores.   I know I’m going to miss some of your favourites but here’s a generous smattering of independent bookstores who will be hosting an assortment of authors (children’s, YA and adult) and even providing treats and prizes, if you’re lucky!

PLEASE check with the Authors for Indies website and individual bookstores listed with regards to the timing of events and schedule for author appearances. As you’ll note, authors may be at several venues during the day and I would hate for you to miss them because of a lack of clarity or detail in my listings.



British Columbia
Mosaic Books, Kelowna
Karen Autio

Black Bond Books (Trenant Park Square), Ladner
Susan Juby
Ashley Spires

Black Bond Books, Maple Ridge
Tiffany Stone

Talisman Books & Gallery, Pender Island
Penny Draper
Andrea Spalding

Salt Spring Books, Salt Spring Island
Margriet Ruurs
Kim Thompson

Black Bond Books (Central City), Surrey
Gabrielle Prendergast

Black Bonds Books Warehouse, Surrey
Sylvia Taylor

Kidsbooks in the Village, North Vancouver
Eileen Cook
Shelley Hrdlitschka
Ainslie Manson
David Smith

Book Warehouse on Broadway, Vancouver
Susin Nielsen
Paola Opal

Book Warehouse on Main Street, Vancouver
Sarah Ellis

Hager Books, Vancouver
Caroline Adderson
Beryl Young

Kidsbooks on Broadway, Vancouver
Caroline Adderson
Ashley Spires
Gabrielle Prendergast
Norma Charles
Kathryn Shoemaker
Susin Nielsen
Julie Flett
Jeremy Tankard
Cynthia Nugent
Tiffany Stone
Linda Bailey
Deborah Hodge
Sheri Radford
Maggie De Vries

UBC Bookstore, Vancouver
Shar Levine
Paola Opal
Sheri Radford

Bolen Books, Victoria
Daniel Luxton
Troy Wilson

Munro’s Books, Victoria
Julie Lawson
Kit Pearson
Robin Stevenson




ALBERTA
Owl’s Nest Books, Calgary
Janet Gurtler

Audrey’s Books, Edmonton
Mike Boldt
Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Gail Sidonie Sobat
Thomas Wharton




SASKATCHEWAN
SK Books & Collectibles Inc., Regina
Alison Lohans

McNally Robinson Booksellers, Saskatoon
Beth Goobie




MANITOBA
McNally Robinson Book Sellers, Winnipeg
Shelly Sanders
Larry Verstraete




ONTARIO
Mill Street Books, Almonte
Jan Andrews
Liane Shaw

Forster’s Book Garden, Bolton
Kelley Armstrong
Alyxandra Harvey
Steve and Mary Runciman, Runley Books

Lighthouse Books, Brighton
Peggy Dymond Leavey
Renee Schmidt

A Different Drummer Bookstore, Burlington
Sylvia McNioll

The Avid Reader Magazines & Books, Cobourg
Sarah Henstra
Linda Hutsell-Manning
Wesley King

Curiosity House, Creemore
Elly Mackay

A Novel Spot Bookshop, Etobicoke
Sarah Henstra
Beth Pollock
Linda Spalding

Rozanne’s Reflections Book and Card Shop, Fergus
Karen Krossing

The Bookshelf, Guelph
Douglas Davey
Thomas King
Jean Little
Kathy Stinson

Bryan Prince Bookseller, Hamilton
Gillian Chan
Joanne Levy

Epic Books, Hamilton
Sylvia McNicoll
Gisela Tobien Sherman

Novel Idea Bookstore, Kingston
Jill Bryant

Gulliver’s Quality Books & Toys, North Bay
Martha Attema
Steve Pitt

Manticore Books, Orillia
Lisa Dalrymple

Books on Beechwood, Ottawa
Allison Van Diepen

Kaleidoscope Kids’ Books, Ottawa
Kathy Clark
Don Cummer
Kate Jaimet
Caroline Pignat
Max Turner
Amanda West Lewis
Tim Wynne-Jones

Backbeat Books, Music & Gifts, Perth
Charles de Lint
Liane Shaw

The Book Keeper, Sarnia
Jacqueline Garlick

Another Story Bookshop, Toronto
Sangeeta Bhadra
Natale Ghent
Dennis Lee
Kyo Maclear
Kenneth Oppel
Drew Hayden Taylor

Bakka Phoenix, Toronto
Leah Bobet

Book City (Bloor West Village), Toronto
Sarah Henstra
Sharon Jennings
Patricia Storms

Book City (Danforth), Toronto
Evan Munday

Book City in the Beach, Toronto
Tish Cohen

Book City (Yonge at St. Clair), Toronto
Helaine Becker
Joyce Grant
Kathy Kacer
Angela Misri
Kevin Sylvester

Ella Minnow Children’s Bookstore, Toronto
Dan Bar-el
Robert Paul Weston
Dennis Lee
Mireille Messier
Edward Kay
Caroline Fernandez
Emily Adrian

Mabel’s Fables, Toronto
Helaine Becker
Paul Covello
Barbara Reid
Kevin Sylvester
Robert Paul Weston
Cybèle Young

Type Books, Toronto
Kyo Maclear
Cybèle Young
Paul Covello

Blue Heron Books, Uxbridge
Deborah Kerbel
Helaine Becker
Ted Staunton
Jennifer Dance

Words Worth Books, Waterloo
R. J. Anderson




QUEBEC
Librairie Paragraphe, Montreal
Elise Moser

Livres Babar, Pointe-Claire
Monique Polak
Lori Weber

Librairie Clio, Point-Claire
Monique Polak

Babar En Ville, Westmount
Carol-Ann Hoyte




NEW BRUNSWICK
Westminster Books, Fredericton
Kathleen Peacock
Cory Redekop



NOVA SCOTIA
Bookmark II, Halifax
Kate Inglis

Carrefour Atlantic, Halifax
Alison DeLory
Susan Tooke
Richard Rudnicki
Steve Vernon

Woozles, Halifax
Melanie Mosher
Natalie Corbett Sampson

Lexicon Books, Lunenburg
Joe Treggiari
Sylvia Gunnery

The Box of Delights Bookshop, Wolfville
Jan L. Coates
Ron Lightburn




PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Bookmark, Charlottetown
Sharon E. McKay




NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
Broken Books, St. John’s
Charis Cotter
Andy Jones



Check out the Authors for Indies website for the plethora of adult authors I didn't even try to mention, and authors and illustrators whose names I don't even know, yet!




Any errors or omissions are completely my own. Please leave a comment if I've made any horrific impossible-to-ignore mistakes that I can resolve promptly.  Thanks.


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