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

Sunday, February 5, 2pm:
Bayfield Reads. Bayfield Town Hall. Tickets $5, available at The Village Bookshop or at the door.
Family Weekend,
February 18-20:
Clifford the Big Red Dog Clifford the Big Red Dog is coming to The Village Bookshop! Come and meet him during Family Day weekend.

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Recommended Reads

Christmas Gift-Giving Ideas

For the Music Lover

  • Falling Backwards, Jann Arden
  • Pearl Jam 20, Simon and Schuster Canada
  • Walk Like a Man, Robert Wiersema

For the Hockey Fan

  • Cornered, by Ron MacLean
  • IIHF Guide and Record Book, 2012
  • Georges Laraque: The Story of the NHL’s Unlikeliest Tough Guy, Georges Laraque

For the Movie Fan

  • Here Comes Trouble, Michael Moore
  • Life Itself, Roger Ebert

For the History Buff

  • Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-44, Anna Reid
  • Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle that Made Canada, Peter Vronsky
  • Columbus: The Four Voyages, Laurence Bergreen

For the Entrepreneur

  • Cold Hard Truth, Kevin O’Leary
  • Persuasion, Arlene Dickinson
  • The Wealthy Barber Returns, David Chilton

For the Photographer

  • Landscape Photography: The Four Seasons, Chris Gatcum
  • The Photographer’s Vision, Michael Freeman
  • Fred Herzog Photographs, Gochmann, Milroy, Wall and Coupland

For the Armchair Traveller

  • The Suite Life: the Magic and Mystery of Hotel Living, Christopher Heard
  • The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, John Baxter
  • The Tao of Travel, Paul Theroux

For the Fashionista

  • Dreaming of Chanel, Charlotte Smith

For the Chef

  • The Ontario Table, Lynn Ogryzlo
  • Chef Michael Smith’s Kitchn, Michael Smith
  • Chez Moi, Laura Calder

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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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