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Save the date! We are excited to be launching Kate Scarth’s book Romantic Suburbs: Imagining Home in Greater London on ...
05/30/2026

Save the date! We are excited to be launching Kate Scarth’s book Romantic Suburbs: Imagining Home in Greater London on Friday, June 26th. Kate will be in conversation with Sarah Emsley, author of The Austens. It’s going to be a wonderful evening, we hope you can come!

Date: Friday, June 26th
Time: 4:30
Location: Room 243, Don and Marion McDougall Hall at UPEI
Cost: Free, all are welcome

KATE SCARTH is the chair of L.M Montgomery Studies with UPEI’s L.M. Montgomery Institute and an Associate Professor in the Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture (ACLC) program at UPEI. She is the presenter of the audio course, “The Life and Works of L.M. Montgomery,” part of The Great Courses (available on Audible), editor of the online, open access Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies, and co-coordinator of Your L.M. Montgomery Story with Trinna S. Frever, a project that has collected stories from L.M. Montgomery fans in 23 countries.

SARAH EMSLEY is the author of The Austens, Jane Austen’s Philosophy of the Virtues, and St. Paul’s in the Grand Parade. Sarah received her PhD from Dalhousie University, held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, taught classes on Austen in the Writing Program at Harvard University, and now lives in Halifax with her family. She has hosted several blog series celebrations of Austen’s work and she edited a collection of essays on Jane Austen and the North Atlantic for the Jane Austen Society.

The indie booksellers across Canada have diverse reading tastes, which is why there is such great variety in the Spring ...
05/30/2026

The indie booksellers across Canada have diverse reading tastes, which is why there is such great variety in the Spring Edition of The Bookseller’s List. If you love thrillers, today’s featured title The Last Mandarin by Lousie Penny and Melissa Fung might be your next great read! You can find copies in The Bookseller List display and in the mystery section of the store.

The Last Mandarin is an electrifying study of absolute power and voracious greed, political terror and personal conviction. But it is also, as to be expected from the minds of Louise Penny, beloved author of the Gamache novels, and Mellissa Fung, an acclaimed international journalist, an intimate examination of choice, of sacrifice, of memory and myths, both cultural and personal. It is the story of a mother and daughter, as well as a compelling international thriller about the precarious balance of power across the world, and within a family. And what happens when both break down.

Khira from Daisy Chain Books says “Louise Penny steps away from Three Pines and is joined by award-winning journalist Mellissa Fung for this stand-alone mother-daughter political thriller that is sure to captivate the reader from the first page. The story takes you through the USA and China with great Chinese history and myths weaved into the story. Part historical fiction, part thriller, this is a high-stakes novel sure to satisfy any reader.”



St. Martin's Press Louise Penny Mellissa Fung IndieBookstores.ca

We are excited to be hosting two fiction authors in the bookstore on Wednesday. Join us for a wonderful evening featuri...
05/30/2026

We are excited to be hosting two fiction authors in the bookstore on Wednesday. Join us for a wonderful evening featuring Halifax author Jeff Miller and Island author Katie Mac. It’s going to be a wonderful evening, we hope you can join us!

Date: Wednesday, June 3
Time: 7 pm
Location: Bookmark, 111 Kent Street
Cost: Free, all are welcome

JEFF MILLER is the author of the award-winning creative nonfiction collection Ghost Pine: All Stories True. His stories have appeared in several anthologies, and he frequently publishes criticism. Jeff holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia and lives in Nova Scotia.

KATIE MAC writes noir, thrillers and westerns, all with a little bit of love and comedy. She co-wrote the Bell Fibe TV1 show Currie, based on the life of PEI-born wild west outlaw George 'Flat Nose' Currie. Katie received an Island Literary Award for her short story 'The Key to Wednesdays' and her debut noir novel, Ken's Corner won the 2026 PEI Book Award for Fiction.

Last night’s Poetry in the Bookshop with Sue Sinclair was such a wonderful event! We want to thank Sue for taking time ...
05/29/2026

Last night’s Poetry in the Bookshop with Sue Sinclair was such a wonderful event! We want to thank Sue for taking time out of her writing retreat to join us. We also want to thank Jane Ledwell, our moderator, for leading such an engaging conversation about poetry and Goose Lane Editions for their support. Finally, we would like to thank our wonderful audience of local poets and readers for sharing their evening with us, it was a wonderful night! If you missed the event, you will find copies of New-Fangled Rose and Sue’s other poetry books in the Poetry section of the shop.


Can’t remember the title of the books you heard Heather talking about with Mitch on CBC Island Morning this morning? Th...
05/29/2026

Can’t remember the title of the books you heard Heather talking about with Mitch on CBC Island Morning this morning? This month’s book column was a celebration of just a few of the wonderful Indigenous writers in Canada. If you are looking for a great read for the weekend, drop by and pick up one of these titles

-Wild People Quiet by Tara Gereuax
-Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
-Waiting for the Long Night Moon by Amanda Peters

Reconciliation Resources
-52 Ways to Reconcile by David Robertson
-Ally is a Verb by Rose Lemay
-21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph

National Indigenous History Month starts Monday and to celebrate our bookseller Heather is going to be talking about a n...
05/28/2026

National Indigenous History Month starts Monday and to celebrate our bookseller Heather is going to be talking about a number of wonderful Canadian Indigenous books with Mitch on CBC Island Morning after 8 am tomorrow (Friday). Trying to decide which books to talk about was an incredibly hard decision because there are so many incredible books to choose from. Listen in to find out more about Wild People Quiet and 5 more great books to add to your must-read list.

Today is the day! We will be hosting acclaimed Atlantic poet Sue Sinclair in the bookshop tonight. In addition to readi...
05/28/2026

Today is the day! We will be hosting acclaimed Atlantic poet Sue Sinclair in the bookshop tonight. In addition to reading from her new collection New-Fangled Rose, Sue will be in conversation with Island Poet Jane Ledwell. This is a free event and all are welcome.

Date: Thursday, May 28th
Time: 7 pm
Location: Bookmark, 111 Kent Street
Cost: Free, all are welcome

It’s going to be a wonderful evening – you should come!


At Bookmark, we love everything that Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris produce, so we were thrilled that The Book of B...
05/28/2026

At Bookmark, we love everything that Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris produce, so we were thrilled that The Book of Birds was voted onto the spring edition of The Bookseller’s List! Since spring seems to be hiding from us again, treat yourself to The Book of Birds to remind yourself that spring does exist and that summer will come. You can find copies of the book in The Bookseller’s List display and in the Nature section of the store.

From the creators of the internationally bestselling, award-winning, multi-adapted phenomenon The Lost Words: a dazzling celebration of birdlife, re-imagining the classic field guide for a new generation of nature lovers

The Book of Birds is a compendium of forty-nine bird species, from Avocet to Yellowhammer, all of which are declining or endangered. Inspired by the classic bird-books with which the authors grew up, this is a field guide with a difference. It asks not ‘What is that bird?’, but ‘Who is that bird?’ It shows its readers how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them.

Erin, a bookseller at Huckleberry Books, says “Any time that author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris pair up, the world gets a little more colourful. The Book of Birds is no exception. Macfarlane’s song-like writing and Morris’ sumptuous illustrations create alchemy together. Yes, this is a book that every birder should own—but it’s so much more than that. Anyone who needs a reminder that wonder and magic exist will find enchantment on each page.”

Drop by the shop, find out why Robert and Jackie are shop favourites, and pick up your next great read!


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