Toronto, Canada
Bookstores
Glad Day Bookshop
Toronto’s main LGBT bookstore is a real gem when you get there, just make sure you don’t walk past it by mistake. Anonymously located on the second floor of a strip of shops on Toronto’s main street, Glad Day is easy to miss, so keep a look out for the street address. Once you make it upstairs, this charming little store is pretty much divided into lesbian works on one side, gay male the other. The great, helpful staff are always ready to answer questions.
598-A Yonge St.
Toronto
Pages Bookstore
One of Toronto’s oldest indy book sellers, Pages has a great collection of women’s studies and LGBT works.
256 Queen St. West
Toronto
This Ain't The Rosedale Library — Updated
Ranked the best independent bookstore in Canada and #8 in the world by the Guardian newspaper, This Ain't The Rosedale Library is a book lovers’ paradise. It used to be one of my very favorite spots to visit in Toronto's gay village where it was located for more than two decades, but sadly enough, in June, 2008, the store moved to the Kensington Market area. In their old locale they had great titles, helpful staff and an excellent LGBT section.... let's hope that doesn't change too.
86 Nassau St.
Toronto
Toronto Women's Bookstore
“A non-profit bookstore dedicated to promoting anti-oppression politics and feminist politics. Their mission: To provide books by women writers, especially marginalized women, including women of colour, First Nations women, lesbians, other queer women, working class women, disabled women, Jewish women, and other groups of women.”
73 Harbord St.
Toronto
www.womensbookstore.com
WonderWorks
A “women spirit” bookstore with titles on spirituality, creativity, holistic health, and death and dying. They also host a number of workshops throughout the year.
79-A Harbord St.
Toronto
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