This week’s blog is about another of Victoria’s independent bookstores: Russell Books.
According to its website, it is Canada’s largest independent bookstore. The family run business opened its first bookstore in Montreal in 1961 and opened a branch in Victoria in 1991.
The bookstore sells new and used books and also sells rare and antiquarian titles.
They do buy books from customers, however, the times of when the area for buying books is open is usually when I’m at work. There is also a link on their webpage to book an appointment for selling books to them.
Due to the hoops one has to go through to sell them books I haven’t brought any of my used books to them.
That being said, they do have a large collection and selection of new and used books.
When I first moved to Victoria, the bookstore was located on the other side of the street from where it is now. When they moved to the current location in 2019, they set a world record for the tallest tower of Guinness World Record books. The tower went from the lower level to the main floor level.
Although I sometimes miss the cramped aisles, creaking wooden floors, and narrow staircase of the old location, the current location is a lot brighter (with natural light filtering in from the skylights) and a lot easier to get around.
If the do not have the book one is looking for, like all independent bookstores in Victoria, the can order it in.
Location: 767 Fort Street
Website: https://www.russellbooks.com/
KotsuKotsuLife 
You must love books very much.
People who love books are called “bookworms.”
There’s no doubt that you are one of them.
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Guilty as charged
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