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We Love Local Booksellers: Book Warehouse Main Street

Independent bookstores in Vancouver are the foundation of our thriving community, not to mention places to while away hours browsing (and buying!). In this new series, we speak with some of the booksellers, owners and champions in stores across the city.

A Brief History of Scrabble: In Celebration of the VWF’s Book Sale Spectacular

Ah, the illustrious game of Scrabble: vocabulary developer, evening entertainer, family splitter. Who hasn’t cast a side-eye at a friend with the perfect two-letter word, or reached for the rule-book when a loved one breaks a triple letter score with a questionable verb?

A Short History of the Book Cover – Part 1

The Alcuin Awards, which celebrate the finest book design in the country, take place on April 4. They got us thinking: when did the old adage, “don’t judge a book by its cover” begin—and what is the history of such an important part of the industry today?