Is romance in store for you?
Mar. 20th, 2026 02:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blogcutterIf you love reading about love, there's a new bookshop in Ottawa that will be celebrating its grand opening tomorrow:
https://evermorebooks.ca
I'm thrilled to see the resurgence of specialty bookshops in the area. We lost House of SF and Prime Crime long ago, but romantasy is so hot these days that with any luck, Amanda Holmes and her crew will be able to make a go of things. And back in the era when House of SF and Prime Crime were around, websites and online sales were not really a thing the way they are now. Evermore Books will promote and sell books both in-person and online and presumably events may be conducted both ways too.
In a recent post, I mentioned the Spaniel's Tale, which will soon be moving to more spacious digs, probably some time in May. Sadly, though, not all the independents are doing so well. Further along that Wellington-to-Richmond stretch of road, Westboro Books closed permanently earlier this month:
https://www.facebook.com/100094299872995/posts/dear-readers-we-have-some-sad-news-to-share-with-you-after-a-lot-of-consideratio/775280878958568/
The independents can't flourish if we buy all our books at Indigo and Amazon. So check out Evermore Books and the Spaniel's Tale for your beach reads, your travel reads, and all those quirky chance discoveries you didn't even know were out there!
https://evermorebooks.ca
I'm thrilled to see the resurgence of specialty bookshops in the area. We lost House of SF and Prime Crime long ago, but romantasy is so hot these days that with any luck, Amanda Holmes and her crew will be able to make a go of things. And back in the era when House of SF and Prime Crime were around, websites and online sales were not really a thing the way they are now. Evermore Books will promote and sell books both in-person and online and presumably events may be conducted both ways too.
In a recent post, I mentioned the Spaniel's Tale, which will soon be moving to more spacious digs, probably some time in May. Sadly, though, not all the independents are doing so well. Further along that Wellington-to-Richmond stretch of road, Westboro Books closed permanently earlier this month:
https://www.facebook.com/100094299872995/posts/dear-readers-we-have-some-sad-news-to-share-with-you-after-a-lot-of-consideratio/775280878958568/
The independents can't flourish if we buy all our books at Indigo and Amazon. So check out Evermore Books and the Spaniel's Tale for your beach reads, your travel reads, and all those quirky chance discoveries you didn't even know were out there!
