Despite my conviction that the golden age of books is past I am happy that Victoria has some good book stores. The three biggest and most impressive are Munro's, Chapters, and Russell Books, pictured above. All three are located downtown. Munro's sells only new books but has an immense selection and is probably the most beautiful book store in Canada. Chapters, one of a Canada-wide franchise, is also huge and sells gifts and toys as well as books. Russell Books is featured here today because it is only a few steps from the intersection of Douglas and Fort Streets, the subject of posts a few days ago and bills itself as Canada's largest used book store. If you're the sort of person that likes to get lost browsing in the back aisles where the books start at the floor and go up to the ceiling you will love Russell Books. As well as a vast collection of used books they have a helpful and knowledgeable staff. Victoria also has a wealth of smaller bookstores and some day here I hope to do a series on Victoria's book stores.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Russell Books
Despite my conviction that the golden age of books is past I am happy that Victoria has some good book stores. The three biggest and most impressive are Munro's, Chapters, and Russell Books, pictured above. All three are located downtown. Munro's sells only new books but has an immense selection and is probably the most beautiful book store in Canada. Chapters, one of a Canada-wide franchise, is also huge and sells gifts and toys as well as books. Russell Books is featured here today because it is only a few steps from the intersection of Douglas and Fort Streets, the subject of posts a few days ago and bills itself as Canada's largest used book store. If you're the sort of person that likes to get lost browsing in the back aisles where the books start at the floor and go up to the ceiling you will love Russell Books. As well as a vast collection of used books they have a helpful and knowledgeable staff. Victoria also has a wealth of smaller bookstores and some day here I hope to do a series on Victoria's book stores.
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Couple of nice bookshops here in Barcelona as well, the 2 best ones being french, strangely enough
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I wandered past this many times but never stopped in, always due to an impossibly packed itinerary while in Victoria. Did I miss something with Munro's? I finally went in and found it to be really tiny. Was there a 2nd floor or basement floor that I missed?
ReplyDeleteIt's a great book store. I always pop in whenever I'm in Victoria.
ReplyDeleteThis would definitely draw me in Ben!
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