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Congratulations to Artist Greta Hildebrand on the successful opening of her "Lake Erie Secrets" exhibit.Her exquisite ne...
08/02/2026

Congratulations to Artist Greta Hildebrand on the successful opening of her "Lake Erie Secrets" exhibit.
Her exquisite needle felt artwork will be on display in our Gallery 7 days a week until the end of August.
Thank you also to everyone who came to the open house and special thanks to Mr and Mrs. Blais for their support.




Come on in and visit this amazing display of Needle Felted Artwork by Greta Hildebrand. She has just finished her displa...
07/31/2026

Come on in and visit this amazing display of Needle Felted Artwork by Greta Hildebrand.
She has just finished her display and will be at our store from 1 to 3 on Saturday.
Her show is inspired by Lake Erie and our gorgeous natural surrounding parks and beaches.

Need a beach read or maybe a book everyone is talking about?We got you covered with new releases like "Yesteryear"and "T...
07/25/2026

Need a beach read or maybe a book everyone is talking about?
We got you covered with new releases like "Yesteryear"and "Theo of Golden" to great mystery books, historical fiction, romance and more.
We are open 7 days a week and offer books for all ages.
Happy summer reading everyone.

Join us on August 1 from 1 to 3pm to meet artist Greta Hildebrand at our open house. You may have seen her demonstrate h...
07/23/2026

Join us on August 1 from 1 to 3pm to meet artist Greta Hildebrand at our open house. You may have seen her demonstrate her incredible felt art at Ridgefest. We are pleased to host another solo show for Greta this August.
Her delicate multi layered art work captures local scenes from Fort Erie and often includes driftwood found on the shoreline of Lake Erie.
This is a free event and all are welcome.

If you like history and a good story you probably have read some of reporter James Culics columns in your local paper o...
07/22/2026

If you like history and a good story you probably have read some of reporter James Culics columns in your local paper over the years.
He has now published some of his articles in this great book. So come on in to Lakeside Books and pick up a copy today.
Thanks to James for stopping by. In this age of AI authentic voices are being squeezed out. So please support your local authors, reporters and newspapers like the Fort Erie Observer.
We are lucky to have them in our community.



A huge thank you to teacher and author Carlo Girardo for coming out to Downtown Ridgeway BIA for our final kid's storyti...
07/18/2026

A huge thank you to teacher and author Carlo Girardo for coming out to Downtown Ridgeway BIA for our final kid's storytime of the summer.
Carlo has created 3 children's books and 2 young adult books.
His stories are both fun and educational. My current favourite "Finding the Bright Side", focuses on family and also shows kids how to be resourceful!
A good lesson for a rainy day!
All of his books are available here at Lakeside Books.

Storytime continues this Saturday at 10 am with author and teacher Carlo Girardo who will be reading to the kids from hi...
07/14/2026

Storytime continues this Saturday at 10 am with author and teacher Carlo Girardo who will be reading to the kids from his book Puppies from Heaven. He is also the author of Vial which is a great fantasy story.
Lots of fun for all kids.
Snacks provided.
This is a free event and our last Kid's Storytime for the summer.
Enjoy!

We are having fun at Ridgefest with Poet Tara MacNevin who is signing copies of her book The Soul Knows and children's b...
07/12/2026

We are having fun at Ridgefest with Poet Tara MacNevin who is signing copies of her book The Soul Knows and children's book author Gody Gorham today. Come out and join the coloring contest with Cody and enjoy a reading from his hilarious children's book The Goobers.

Having fun at Ridgefest in front of our store with author Mark Wilkie and artist Greta Hildebrand. Drop by this amazing ...
07/11/2026

Having fun at Ridgefest in front of our store with author Mark Wilkie and artist Greta Hildebrand.
Drop by this amazing free festival.

It's Ridgefest this weekend and we are excited to have author Mark Wilkie signing copies of his book on the War of 1812 ...
07/07/2026

It's Ridgefest this weekend and we are excited to have author Mark Wilkie signing copies of his book on the War of 1812 and artist Greta Hildebrand will be doing a demo of her amazing art on Saturday.
On Sunday we have poet Tara MacNevin and children's book author Gody Gorham joining us under our tent infront of our store.
Also check out the kids coloring contest we are hosting.
We can't wait for Ridgefest. See you there.
Enjoy this wonderful free event !

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341 Ridge Road
Fort Erie, ON
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Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
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