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Betty’s Bookshelf

A small indie bookstore in downtown St. Marys, ON.

04/16/2026

We are thrilled to kick off our spring event announcements by sharing that Libby Ward will be joining us in St. Marys on Wednesday, May 27th to celebrate and talk about her new book Honest Motherhood.

💬: Her conversation partner for the evening is Tara Porter - social media maven, dancing queen, and joy seeker. We couldn’t be more thrilled with this pairing.

📍: The event will take place down the street from our shop at the beautiful Riverwalk Commons.

🎟️: Ticket and event information is available on our website and via the link in our bio.

Grab the best ladies in your life and join us for what is sure to be a night of intimate conversation you won’t want to miss.

04/13/2026

Inspired by the feedback provided in our recent reader survey, we’ve put together a curated subscription box for the spring/summer season.

Three books, three months, one price. For May, June, July you’ll receive a new release romance title, beautifully wrapped with a hand-written note.

These boxes have limited quantity and will be ready for Mother’s Day - how great would this gift be?

If you let us know if this is a gift for someone we will include a complimentary card.

Orders must be placed by Friday, April 24th. Forward to your loved ones so they can order for you!

https://www.bettysbookshelf.com/item/OOPUGyZ5CAndNH88yh1ZIA

04/10/2026

Three cheers for Friday and weekend of good books! What are you reading this weekend? I’ll go first: I have a paper ARC (so rare these days!) of Elizabeth Strout’s new book releasing in May and that’s about as happy as this reader could possibly be. Your turn…

04/09/2026

Please join us on Saturday, April 25 for Indie Bookstore Day!

What could be better than an entire day dedicated to celebrating independent bookstores and their communities?

Our schedule includes:

📚 All Day (until we run out): The first 10 people to spend $125 in store will get a free canvas tote filled with bookish goodies. One gift bag will also have a $50 gift card hidden inside.

📚 All Day: Earn double the loyalty points on all in-store purchases, save 20% on all Villager puzzles, and 10% off all spring/summer preorder books (online only).

📚 All Day (until found): One Libro.fm Golden Ticket will be hidden in the store. When you find it, you’ll win 12 free audiobooks credits.

📚 11am - 1pm: Local author book signing and kids’ story time.

Also….

📚 All in-store and online purchases (between 10am and 4pm) over $40 will be entered into a draw to win a $50 gift card to the store.

We can’t wait to see you and celebrate with you!

04/07/2026

An epic, small town, Y2K-era love story about a young video rental store employee whose life becomes intertwined with a famous acting dynasty scion one summer. Over the course of two decades they reconnect (a few times) as they make their own ways in the entertainment industry

Only read if you are into yearning (so much yearning), second-chance love, and big, big feelings.

Fwiw, I read all 450 pages in two-sittings back in March, and find this one to be a cross of Romantic Comedy, The Notebook, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow.

04/05/2026

Thank you for helping us select the winner of our first March Madness Tournament of Books!

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall was our bestselling book of 2025. In fact, it’s the bestselling book in our store since we started tracking sales in summer 2022.

Thank you for buying and reading and supporting indie bookstores. And for voting and playing along with us. If you haven’t read this one yet we really encourage you to!

04/01/2026

We are down to the final round in our March Madness Tournament of Books. Which title will win it all? Vote in the comments, on FB, or in stories!

📚Broken Country vs. One Golden Summer

03/30/2026

Our March Madness Tournament of Books concludes this week with the Final Four titles being revealed. We will announce the semi finalists tomorrow for the last round of voting!

Cast your vote in the comments, via stories or on FB.

📚Broken Country vs. The Correspondent
📚 Atmosphere vs. One Golden Summer

03/29/2026

This one of my favourite corners of the store!

The small romance shelf hovers over the seasonal table, which is starting to be stocked with new garden/bird/tree/chicken books. The backdrop for those are the cookbooks and new releases, which have mostly been so good this year. Lastly, you can sneak a peek of the new British magazines that arrived this week.

Thank you for shopping with us! It’s so nice to see everyone out and about on the streets again after a few quiet months.

03/27/2026

Happy opening day to all who celebrate! This beautiful coffee table book is ideal for every baseball-loving reader you know, and available in the shop now.

Have a great weekend, friends!

03/22/2026

Thank you to everyone who has cast a vote in our March Madness tournament of books!

The Elite Eight are ready to be revealed. These are the books you voted through as your favourites of 2025.

As the number of books decreases the decisions get tougher. Are you going to push through ’s One Golden Summer or ’s Onyx Storm. 😊

Voting resumes this week as we whittle the list down to the final four. You can cast yours in stories, in the comments, on FB, or come and tell us your picks in the store.

📚 Broken Country vs. My Friends
📚The Correspondent vs. The Favorites
📚 Atmosphere vs. A Season for Spies
📚One Golden Summer vs. Onyx Storm

Address

6 Water Street South, Unit 2
St. Marys, ON

Telephone

+12263014391

Website

http://Www.bettysbookshelf.com/

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