A cozy bookshop at the corner of Main & Catherine Streets
Open year-round. We offer best sellers, new releases, children’s and regional titles. Discover our excellent collection of Canadian Author books. Meet the author and book reading/signing events throughout the year.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, May 15, 6:30pm:
Meet Gail Bowen at the Exeter Public Library. Tickets are $5, available at the Library
Tuesday, June 12, 6:30pm:
Meet Catherine Gildiner at the Exeter Public Library. Tickets are $5, available at the Library.
Saturday & Sunday,
June 23 & 24:
Bayfield Writers' Festival
Saturday at the Bayfield United Church, starting at 1pm, the Festival features:
  • Hugh Brewster: MS Titanic: Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage
  • Cathy Marie Buchanan: The Day the Falls Stood Still
  • John Lawrence Reynolds: Beach Strip
  • Stephen Marche: How Shakespeare Changed Everything
  • Andrew Westoll: The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary
Tickets are $15 and available at The Village Bookshop.

On Sunday, the Festival features:
  • 12:30pm - A "First Class" Luncheon at The Little Inn of Bayfield with guest author Hugh Brewster (MS Titanic: Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage). Tickets are $35 and available from The Village Bookshop
Saturday, July 21, Noon:
Meet Ron Brown — guest author at the Clinton School on Wheels Railway Museum's 30th Anniversary Celebration. Free Admission.

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Recommended Reads

Great Spring Reads for Adults

  • Not Like Any Other Sunday, Volume 1, edited by Cathy Cove and Elizabeth Bundy-Cooper. A collection of personal stories from the day an F3 tornado struck Goderich, Ontario, August 21, 2011. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Victim Services of Huron County
  • Meals that Heal Inflammation, Julie Daniluk (autographed copies available)
  • Household Solutions, Books 1, 2, 3. Reena Nerbas (autographed copies available)
  • R.M.S. Titanic: Gilded Lives Fatal Voyage, Hugh Brewster
  • On a Cold Road, Dave Bidini
  • French Kids Eat Everything (And Yours Can Too!), Karen Le Billon
  • Living Me to We, Craig and Marc Keilburger
  • Ru, Kim Thuy and Sheila Fischman
  • IQ84, Haruki Murakami and Jay Rubin
  • The Enlightened Cyclist, Bike Snob NYC
  • Not the Last Goodbye: On Life, Death, Healing and Cancer, David Servan-Schreiber, M.D.
  • Money-Smart Kids, Gail Vaz-Oxlade
  • When I was a Child I Read Books, by Marilynne Robinson

Great Spring Reads for Young Readers

  • Nancy Clancy Super Sleuth, Jane O’Connor. Nancy Clancy is growing up and ready for a whole new adventure . . . in her chapter book debut! Fancy Nancy fans will love this all-new chapter book series featuring everyone’s favorite fancy girl!
  • Ivy and Bean Make the Rules (Book 9), Annie Barrows
  • E-Mergency, Tom Lichtenheld
  • The Winter Pony, Iain Lawrence
  • The World of the Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
  • The Future of Us, Jay Asher

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Best Sellers

The Help By Kathryn Stockett.
The Book of Awesome By Neil Pasricha.
State of Wonder By Ann Patchett.
Left Neglected By Lisa Genova.
Accident By Linwood Barclay.

The Canadian Booksellers Association publishes a weekly Best Sellers list by book category. To view the latest list and previous weeks’ lists, click here

New Arrivals

Soup's On in Bayfield. Coming Soon! Advance orders welcme - call us. Just in time for Christmas! "Soup's On in Bayfield", a delectable collection of soup recipes, will be available on November 26, 2011. Come and taste one of the soups from 11am to 1pm at The Village Bookshop. This cook book contains recipes from 2011 Soup's On, Bayfield restaurants, your friends and neighbours, and some amazing recipes collected for this first edition. All proceeds from the cook book will be used for the maintenance and cultural outreach by the Bayfield Town Hall Heritage Society.

Persuasion, by Arlene Dickinson

In Other Worlds, by Margaret Atwood

Through the Glass, by Shannon Moroney

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