Phoenix Book Store

Phoenix Book Store PHOENIX BOOK STORE
Buy, sell and trade good quality second hand books, interesting browsing, great selection!

An amazing second hand book store established by founder Bruce Coulter in downtown Owen Sound in 1980, Phoenix continues to grow and flourish. In the business of buying, selling and trading all kinds of quality used books, Phoenix is also proud of keeping millions of printed pages out of the land fill and recycling bins of our area, as
well as providing great books at reasonable prices.

I'm taking the day off to either:-do housework and run errands.-further my pursuit of knowledge and better myself.-hang ...
06/22/2026

I'm taking the day off to either:

-do housework and run errands.
-further my pursuit of knowledge and better myself.
-hang out, eat junk food and watch soccer with Murray.
Take a wild guess, folks!

Anyway, star assistant Laura is in the store, she'll be happy to help and answer questions. Have a great day everyone!

06/19/2026

When I get books by writers as popular as these two, it's best to let people know asap.
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I don't think I've ever featured our True-Crime section, but it's full of great titles, like Owen Sound lawyer Brian Bar...
06/19/2026

I don't think I've ever featured our True-Crime section, but it's full of great titles, like Owen Sound lawyer Brian Barries riveting account of a notorious murder trial.
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

I was so happy about getting these yesterday! It's always special seeing a small child getting excited about a book thei...
06/17/2026

I was so happy about getting these yesterday! It's always special seeing a small child getting excited about a book their parents or grandparents, or even great grandparents loved.
I hope you all have a great day!

I don't think I've ever had a history of this region so I thought someone might be interested. It's in beautiful conditi...
06/16/2026

I don't think I've ever had a history of this region so I thought someone might be interested. It's in beautiful condition. Happy Tuesday everyone!

Tomorrow is Murray Day! It's been five years since the best cat in the world came to live with me, and we'll be celebrat...
06/12/2026

Tomorrow is Murray Day! It's been five years since the best cat in the world came to live with me, and we'll be celebrating with canned salmon and sliced turkey for him, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race, for me.
I'll be taking the day off but I'll be more than capably replaced by our part-time assistant and all-round Good Egg, Laura.
I hope you all have a great weekend!
OH, and we have some books to sell. Real good ones too!

It's grilling season! I remember when that meant hot dogs, frozen mass-produced burger patties, and Wonder bread buns. M...
06/11/2026

It's grilling season! I remember when that meant hot dogs, frozen mass-produced burger patties, and Wonder bread buns. Maybe a handful of potato chips on the side. Now, with help from books like this, it's Italian sausages, gourmet Smashburgers and grilled asparagus. That last one was for me- I love grilled asparagus! And if your goal is to grill like a 1970's hockey player, we have you covered!

My prized Thompson for Sheriff poster above a visibly ailing Commentary section. This is the section for Politics, Philo...
06/10/2026

My prized Thompson for Sheriff poster above a visibly ailing Commentary section. This is the section for Politics, Philosophy, and general social commentary. Books by everyone from Plato or Marshall McLuhan to David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell and Naomi Klein belong here. We're always looking for books for all our sections but this one is really hurting. Do your thing Grey-Bruce!

Oh bo****ks. The very British commentator for the race I'm watching is... a challenge. He makes a lot of mistakes, but t...
06/07/2026

Oh bo****ks. The very British commentator for the race I'm watching is... a challenge. He makes a lot of mistakes, but the worst thing is his terror of dead air. So he talks and talks. About anything.
Earlier this year I was watching a race in the Swiss Alps(I was on my couch) that he was working and there's a thing on the screen you can click to skip forward 10 seconds. So he's blathering on about NOT THE RACE, and I hit 10 sec a few times and I get this "I really don't know how they installed those massive windows in that building." Then I hit about a minute forward and I hear "And amazingly, several of the men knew something about taking care of goats." I swear on my Mother it's true.
I hope you're all enjoying a beautiful Sunday!

This is from an old favourite movie, Clerks, by Kevin Smith. It also has our hours of business. The thing is, those hour...
06/04/2026

This is from an old favourite movie, Clerks, by Kevin Smith. It also has our hours of business.
The thing is, those hours aren't much use to people who work until 5 pm. To make it a little easier for you, Phoenix will now be open until 5:30, except for Saturdays, and if you show up at 5:25, I won't rush you!
I still haven't broken the news to Murray that his dinner is going to be later.

Address

980-2nd Avenue East
Owen Sound, ON
N4K2H6

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 5:30pm
Thursday 10am - 5:30pm
Friday 10am - 5:30pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

(519)371-1228

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