Author: Mark Rendell

  • Maritime Life at Fredericton’s Westminster Books

    Maritime Life at Fredericton’s Westminster Books

    Westminster Books, 445 King St, Fredericton, New Brunswick Westminster Books, Fredericton’s only independent bookstore that focuses on new books, has been a community staple for over thirty years. The brother-in-law of the current owner, Janet North, opened the store in 1975. He ran it for two years before moving back to Ontario and selling the…

  • Community Strangeness: On Fredericton’s Owl’s Nest Bookstore

    Community Strangeness: On Fredericton’s Owl’s Nest Bookstore

    Owl’s Nest Bookstore, 390 Queen St., Fredericton, New Brunswick. “If nothing else, we add some strangeness to the community,” says Debbie of Owl’s Nest Books, Fredericton’s principal secondhand bookstore. And indeed, with its endless rooms and motley décor, the store glows with haphazard charm. Owls hang on the walls. Q plays on the radio. Room after…