Notable Bookstores and Literary Institutions in Victoria, British Columbia
You could spend days touring these bookstores, each with their own unique character to suit whatever mood or occasion, and a high level of Canadian customer service. This list features the big players, and also the minor characters.
1. Munro's Books
Bookstore
2. Renaissance Books
Store
3. Chapters
Store
5. James Bay Coffee and Books
Bookstore
AbeBooks
If there’s still not enough choice for you, simply travel up the peninsula to Sidney to find another wealth of bookstores on Vancouver Island. Even in Victoria, there are many other bookstores to explore, and this list merely scratches the surface. So see which one suits you best, from laid back to businesslike; lose yourself in an odyssey of fictional worlds and let the adventure begin.
Although not an actual bookstore, AbeBooks is a major source of economic income for the city. It sits slightly uncomfortably among the others on this list as the only online-only bookstore. Just as Munro’s championed the future of paperback in its time, AbeBooks.com looks to the next step in the journey of storytelling. An online marketplace for books that unites students and textbooks, the Victoria HQ is the birthplace of the virtual inventory. It continues to expand the horizon for book seekers and open up the value of used books for a whole new world to explore.
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