Kent Bookstore

Kent Bookstore New + used books in downtown Lindsay. Independent and family owned since 1993.

Just grab a book, no suitcase required and you can be anywhere in this world or another, past , present or future. Visit...
06/03/2026

Just grab a book, no suitcase required and you can be anywhere in this world or another, past , present or future. Visit us to pick your destination.
15 William St. N. in downtown Lindsay. Open 10-5 Monday to Friday & 10-4 Saturdays
705-328-1600 www.kentbooks.ca

A Korean Canadian woman returns to the prairies, where she revisits her childhood and confronts her haunting guilt.Anne ...
06/01/2026

A Korean Canadian woman returns to the prairies, where she revisits her childhood and confronts her haunting guilt.

Anne Kim is a New York lawyer whose success is built on forgetting the past. When her father dies and she returns to Edmonton for the funeral, she is shocked to discover that he was from North Korea and that he left his brother behind.

As Anne reads the undelivered letters her father wrote to his brother about life in Canada, she is transported back to her childhood during the 1980s and 90s. She recalls the struggles her parents faced as immigrants who ran a grocery store in a rural prairie town. Anne and her brother, Charles, felt the weight of their father's expectations: whereas Anne was driven to excel and became an overachiever, Charles rebelled, determined to pursue his own dreams. His rebellion created a rift that culminated in a devastating act, irrevocably shattering the family and leaving Anne overwhelmed by inescapable guilt.

Inheritance explores the immigrant experience, the sacrifices made by both parents and children, and the way trauma is transferred to the next generation. As Anne completes her journey to the past, she emerges to finally define life on her own terms.

Available at 15 William St. N. in downtown Lindsay. Open 10-5 Monday to Friday & 10-4 Saturdays
705-328-1600 www.kentbooks.ca

"To read John of John is to move to the Isle of Harris and take up residence in the family croft. The novel is so immers...
05/29/2026

"To read John of John is to move to the Isle of Harris and take up residence in the family croft. The novel is so immersive, so all-encompassing, that I felt like I was living in it. Douglas Stuart has written something brilliant and rare." —Ann Patchett

Out of money and with little to show for his art school education, John-Calum Macleod takes the ferry back home to the island of Harris to find that little has changed except for him. In the windswept croft where he grew up, Cal begrudgingly resumes his old life, stuck between the two poles of his childhood: his father John, a sheep farmer, tweed weaver, and pillar of their local Presbyterian church, and his maternal grandmother Ella, a profanity-loving Glaswegian who has kept a faltering peace with her son-in-law for several decades. Cal wonders if any lonely men might be found on the barren hillsides of home, while John is dismayed by his son’s long hair and how he seems unwilling to be Saved. As lambing season turns to shearing season, everything seems poised to change as the threads holding together the fragile community become increasingly knotted.

John of John is a singular novel about duty and patience and the transformative power of the truth. It is a magnificent literary work that shows Douglas Stuart working at an even higher level of artistic creation.

Available at 15 William St. N. in downtown Lindsay. Open 10-5 Monday to Friday & 10-4 Saturdays
705-328-1600 www.kentbooks.ca

And all roads lead here.15 William St. N. in downtown Lindsay. Open  10-5 Monday to Friday & 10-4 Saturdays705-328-1600 ...
05/27/2026

And all roads lead here.

15 William St. N. in downtown Lindsay. Open 10-5 Monday to Friday & 10-4 Saturdays
705-328-1600 www.kentbooks.ca

Skye Nickson’s world changed forever when her dad went on the run with her brother, Finn. It’s been four years without F...
05/25/2026

Skye Nickson’s world changed forever when her dad went on the run with her brother, Finn. It’s been four years without Finn’s jokes, four years without her father’s old soul music, and four years of Skye filling in as Rent-a-Finn on his MIA birthdays for their mom. Finn’s birthday is always difficult, but at least Skye has her best friends, Reece and Jax, to lean on, even if Reece has started acting too cool for them.

But this year is different because after Finn’s birthday, they get a call that he’s finally been found. Tall, quiet, and secretive, this Finn is nothing like the brother she grew up with. He keeps taking late-night phone calls and losing his new expensive gifts, and he doesn’t seem to remember any of their inside jokes or secrets.

As Skye tries to make sense of it all through the lens of her old Polaroid camera, she starts to wonder: Could this Finn be someone else entirely? And if everyone else has changed, does it mean that Skye has to change too?

15 William St. N. in downtown Lindsay. Open 10-5 Monday to Friday & 10-4 Saturdays
705-328-1600 www.kentbooks.ca

A standalone thriller co-written by  bestselling author of the Gamache series and an award-winning journalist.A mother a...
05/22/2026

A standalone thriller co-written by bestselling author of the Gamache series and an award-winning journalist.

A mother and a daughter race against time in this all-too-real thriller that reaches from Tiananmen Square all the way to the White House.

Alice Li, a first-generation Chinese American and former food blogger, has long lived in the shadow of her mother, Vivien Li— a Tiananmen Square dissident turned world-renowned human rights activist and passionate advocate for a free and democratic China.

When security and fire alarms go off simultaneously all around the world, setting off a panic, the signal is traced back to China. As world leaders scramble to respond, Vivien and Alice are called to the White House in hopes Madame Li can interpret the Chinese intentions. But why involve Alice?

If China isn’t behind the attack, Vivien warns, someone even more dangerous is pulling the strings. Mother and daughter must join together to overcome their estrangement if they have any hope of preventing global catastrophe. From DC to Ohio to Hong Kong, they work to prevent the next attack, along the way decoding an ancient legend and uncovering a secret language invented by women, for women.

Available at 15 William St. N. in downtown Lindsay. Open 10-5 Monday to Friday & 10-4 Saturdays
705-328-1600 www.kentbooks.ca

Nothing like snuggling up with my dog and a good book.15 William St. N. in downtown Lindsay. Open  10-5 Monday to Friday...
05/20/2026

Nothing like snuggling up with my dog and a good book.

15 William St. N. in downtown Lindsay. Open 10-5 Monday to Friday & 10-4 Saturdays
705-328-1600 www.kentbooks.ca

Closed today, relaxing with a good book and a glass (maybe 2) of wine. Hope everyone has a nice relaxing holiday. www.ke...
05/18/2026

Closed today, relaxing with a good book and a glass (maybe 2) of wine. Hope everyone has a nice relaxing holiday.

www.kentbooks.ca

An American Indian Youth Literature Award HonoreeIn her stunning debut, Cheryl Isaacs (Mohawk) pulls the reader into an ...
05/15/2026

An American Indian Youth Literature Award Honoree

In her stunning debut, Cheryl Isaacs (Mohawk) pulls the reader into an unsettling tale of monsters, mystery, and secrets that refuse to stay submerged.

When small-town athlete Avery’s morning run leads her to a strange pond in the middle of the forest, she awakens a horror the townspeople of Crook’s Falls have long forgotten.

The black water has been waiting. Watching. Hungry for the souls it needs to survive.

Avery can smell the water, see it flooding everywhere; she thinks she's losing her mind. And as the black water haunts Avery—taking a new form each time—people in town begin to go missing.

Though Avery had heard whispers of monsters from her Kanien’kéha:ka (Mohawk) relatives, she has never really connected to her Indigenous culture or understood the stories. But the Elders she has distanced herself from now may have the answers she needs.

When Key, her best friend and longtime crush, is the next to disappear, Avery is faced with a choice: listen to the Kanien’kéha:ka and save the town but lose her friend forever…or listen to her heart and risk everything to get Key back.

An unmissable horror novel for readers who devoured Trang Thanh Tran’s She Is a Haunting or Claire Legrand’s Sawkill Girls!

Available at 15 William St. N. in downtown Lindsay. Open 10-5 Monday to Friday & 10-4 Saturdays
705-328-1600 www.kentbooks.ca

We offer thousands of good quality titles to keep you satisfied. Stock up with our buy 3 used books get a 4th free. Brow...
05/13/2026

We offer thousands of good quality titles to keep you satisfied. Stock up with our buy 3 used books get a 4th free. Browse in store or you can browse our huge inventory of used books right on our website, then have us set them aside for you to pick up at 15 William St. N. in downtown Lindsay. Open 10-5 Monday to Friday & 10-4 Saturdays
705-328-1600 www.kentbooks.ca

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15 William Street N
Lindsay, ON
K9V3Z9

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

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