Russell Books

09/10/2026

Thanks to vithória 🍒 for sharing these gorgeous photos of the store with us!

09/09/2026

For our first up poetry night of season 31 we have Yvonne Blomer hosting readings from her new anthology 'Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice.'

There will be an incredible line up of poets reading: Andrea Raine, Simone Littledale, Marlene Grand Maître, Laurence Hutchman, Anne Hopkinson, Andrea Scott, Rhona McAdam, Pam Medland, Barbara Herringer, Dan MacIsaac, Cornelia Hoogland, Heidi Greco, Colleen Alstad, Jeremy Loveday, Marilyn Bowering, Katia Grubisic, & Julie Paul. Come join us to kick off season 31 in style!

We will also have our annual poetry book sale happening throughout the evening with the proceeds from the book sale going to support Planet Earth Poetry so we can continue to bring you incredible poets all season long.

Our Friday September 11 reading is at Russell Books in downtown Victoria, AND livestreamed on Zoom. Doors open at 7 pm (and open-mic sign up soon after that). The live event starts at 7:30 pm, with the Zoom livestream starting approximately 8 pm.

Check planetearthpoetry.com for details, and/or subscribe to our newsletter.

09/09/2026

Book release: “Listening Once Again to Our Great Mother: The Fairy Creek Blockades and the Life Story of Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones”

Join Elder Bill Jones and author Karen Moe to celebrate the release of Listening Once Again to Our Great Mother: The Fairy Creek Blockades and the Life Story of Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones. The evening will include readings from the book, discussion between the authors, and questions from the audience.

WHERE: Russell Books 100-747 Fort St, Victoria BC
WHEN: Sept 17th. Doors at 6:30, event starts at 7pm
COST: $10 basic ticket; $30 VIP ticket including signed copy of the book; sliding scale equity tickets also available - Tickets available on EventBrite
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-release-listening-once-again-to-our-great-mother-tickets-1997795537231?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

About the book: An inspiring personal transformation through rediscovery of Indigenous self.

“I was lost before I was born”: the starting point of Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones’ lifelong journey of decolonization. “You were all Indigenous once”: the starting point for ending a world based on exploitation and greed.

In 2020-2021, settlers and First Nations people held what became Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience - the Fairy Creek Blockades - in Port Renfrew, British Columbia. During this fight to save some of the province’s and the world’s last remaining old-growth forest, the protesters experienced a collective transformation and were reacquainted with our Great Mother. As Elder Bill sat in a tent during a West Coast storm at the height of the Blockades, he experienced the final phase of his personal decolonization when he had a realization that has informed his life ever since.

Weaving together the stories of Elder Bill’s personal life and those of his ancestors with Elder teachings, settler feminism, and the story of the Blockades, Listening Once Again to Our Great Mother shares wisdom that will inspire readers to reach their own self-awakening, now and for generations to come.

Dundurn Press

09/08/2026

Happy Labour Day! Here are some of our staff’s favourite books we read in school.

What books do you have fond memories of reading in school?

09/07/2026

Two more days to catch our sale! We are open 9:30-6:00 Monday and Tuesday!

Buy 2, Get 1 FREE on everything in-store next Thursday Sept 3rd to Tuesday Sept 8th (in-store only, includes everything in-store, item of lesser value is free).

**contest is closed** GIVEAWAY:
It’s sale time again and we are celebrating by giving away a $25 gift card.

To enter the gift card giveaway:
1. Follow Russell Book
2. Like this post
3. Tag a friend who loves books
4. Comment with your favourite fall read

Contest ends midnight September 3rd and runs across Facebook and Instagram (one winner will be chosen across platforms).

09/06/2026

Our Back-to-School Buy 2, Get 1 FREE sale is still going strong! Everything in-store is included and the sale runs until end of day Tuesday September 8th. We are open 9:30-6:00 everyday including Monday.

(Sale is in-store only, item of lesser value is free).

09/04/2026

Back-to-School Buy 2, Get 1 FREE SALE on now until end of day Tuesday September 8th!
We are open 9:30-6:00 every day including Monday!
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Sale is in-store only, item of lesser value is free.

09/03/2026

Staff pick: ‘The Enchanted April’ by Elizabeth von Arnim

“Eat Pray Love, but in the 1920’s, and make it fiction!”

09/02/2026

Books piling up at home? We just added more appointments for this week!

Book your book trade appointment here: https://www.russellbooks.com/book-an-appointment/