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Edmonton Indie Bookstore Extravaganza

April 26, 2025 to April 27, 2025

Free
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The Edmonton Indie Bookstore Extravaganza is back, in celebration of Canadian Independent Bookstore Day!

Pick up a passport on April 26 at any participating bookstore and collect stamps for each indie you visit on the weekend of April 26-27, 2025. The more bookstore stamps you have, the better chance to win delightful prizes, including merch and multiple gift cards!

PARTICIPATING BOOKSTORES
Read more at yegindiebookstores.ca!

✦ Audreys Books (Downtown)
✦ Paper Birch Books (McCauley)
✦ The Prints and the Paper (124 St)
✦ Daisy Chain Book Co (124 St)
✦ Ascendant Books (124 St)
✦ The Book Boudoir (124 St)
✦ Wee Book Inn (Downtown, Whyte Ave)
✦ Rolling Tales (Downtown)
✦ Variant Edition (West Side)
✦ Porch Light Books (Mill Creek/Old Strathcona)
✦ Alhambra Books (Whyte Ave)
✦ Magpie Books (Ritchie)
✦ The Sherwood Park Bookworm (Sherwood Park)
✦ Mythic Comics & Collectibles (Sherwood Park)
✦ Bailey Books (St. Albert)

More info coming soon. For now, register for event reminders and to stay in the loop from organizers! Registration is not required to participate in this event.

LONG LIVE LOCAL BOOKSTORES. LONG LIVE PRINT. LONG LIVE INDIE!


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