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View fullsize Just a few sweet picks from our families and diversity reading list! See the full list in the link in our bio. Check back too, as we are always adding to this list! Any suggestions? 📚📚📚⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀
View fullsize Check out a new book review video we shot in the store! We know a few of you are missing our personalized book recommendations so we wanted to re-create the feel of having a bookseller showcase some recent faves! (Link in bio!) 📚📚📚🤩🤩🤩⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
View fullsize Remembering ION testing and being so excited when it passed by our store. After 4 years of construction it only felt real when we saw it with our own eyes. People would stop in the street to stare and take pictures. Now it feels like it's been in our
View fullsize Can confirm that becoming obsessed with birds is a risk-free activity during a pandemic. 🐦🐦🐦🌱🌱🌱📚❤📚❤ #kwawesome #wrawesome #waterloo #waterlooregion #kitchenerwaterloo #uptownwaterloo #uptownwaterloobia #shoplocal #wrawesome #shoplocalcanada #
View fullsize We've been waiting for the release of Ottessa Moshfegh's newest novel for what seemed like forever! We absolutely loved My Year of Rest and Relaxation and can't wait to dig into Death in Her Hands... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "While on her daily walk with her d
View fullsize The start of summer usually means our tables of sale books in front of our store. We're missing this tradition as much as you are so we put together a list of Summer Sale Books on our site (link in bio)! We'll keep it updates as stock arrives so be s
View fullsize We love this illustration of Ideal Bookshelf's recommended anti-racism reads. Here is the link to the list of titles: https://bookshop.org/lists/anti-racism We put together a list of our own favourite titles (link in bio) because this work starts fr
View fullsize Wondering why we're not physically open yet? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are taking our staff's health and yours very seriously. We're making changes in the store to accommodate a safe experience in these trying times and will let everyone know as soon as
View fullsize We absolutely love these old pictures of Mandy and Dave! These were taken days before moving our whole bookstore into our current space (2012). It took us a few weeks to prep our space, painting all the walls and ceiling and installing carpets. It lo