Love Your Bookshop Day

shelves of Christian non-fiction books divided by white placards in Bowness Arts bookstore

I was so excited to find out that today was Love Your Bookshop Day (which I was remiss in mentioning on Book Lovers Day), only to discover that it's an Australian holiday. Oh well, there's no reason I can't celebrate Canadian bookstores today!

Side note: In my mind and my Instagram reel, I accidentally call this holiday Love Your Bookstore Day; however, as it's Australian, I imagine that the term "bookshop" may be more prevalent. Not all common English terms translate across the Commonwealth, I suppose!

Regarding bookstores, I'm grateful to the amazing Christian bookstores in western Canada that have helped fill my bookshelves, including Kennedy's Parable, Christian Book and Record, Better Books and Bibles, House of James Books and Coffee, and Christian Book and Music.

I might be missing others, so please let me know!

bookstand in foreground with award winning titles with Young Adult books and other books in background and puzzle table set up to the right with seating

These pictures depict a used bookstore that I recently discovered, with sections for Christian non-fiction and fiction. The most impressive thing is that this is the first used bookstore I've encountered that subdivides its Christian non-fiction up by its Dewey Decimal categories (for instance, Bibles, devotionals, prayer, evangelism, family, counselling, church history, etc.) 🥰 It's a lovely space with vinyl records, music, movies, and a puzzle table downstairs and a board game café and candy store upstairs. Check out Bowness Arts if you have the opportunity!

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