Mar 31, 2016 the paper hound bookstore is snuggled in the bottom of a building that was once a victorian hotel at 344 west pender street. Not that ive read the former, nor been able to effectively oppose the latter, but both. The paper hound bookshop downtown vancouver 344 west. We are long time book industry professionals, having been new booksellers, publishers, and used booksellers. British columbia vancouver paper hound bookshop is news, information, and guides to literary magazines, independent publishers, creative writing programs, alternative periodicals. Vancouvers best bookstores for a rainy day lonely planet. Paper hound is a curated bookstore with about 9,000 books. Fsog movie location the paper hound bookshop spoiler alert. Jan 17, 2015 i had read last winter that they had done some fsog movie filming at a small bookshop in vancouver bc called the paper hound. See 26 photos and 5 tips from 186 visitors to the paper hound bookshop. Vancouver s dense and diverse centre is home to the citys main arts and cultural venues, sports stadiums, major shopping districts and the wild, rambunctious nightlife of. Order online tickets tickets see availability directions location.
We sell books that are of interest, books that are classics, koch says. This past monday, september 30, 20, wigrum by daniel canty. To help you find your new favourite spot, weve compiled a list of the best used bookstores in vancouver. But vancouvers favorite used bookshop is right downtown just a few steps from the paper hound. Posts about paper hound bookshop written by road works. Things to do in vancouver places to visit in vancouver. The address is 344 w pender st, vancouver, bc v6b 1t1. A new addition to vancouver s book row, the paper hound stocks new and used books of all kinds but only the ones made of paper.
Our brickandmortar shop is at 344 west pender street in vancouver, canada. We dont specialize in one particular kind of book, but we favour the curious, unusual, beautiful, visually arresting, scholarly, bizarre, whimsical, and classical. Find everything you need to know about the paper hound bookshop on yellowpages. First, we will check out two great bookstores where you are sure to find your next awesome read. Paperhound bookshop the paper hound bookshop inc 344 w. Dominating the corner of richards street and west pender like a onesided bookend, macleods books is a nearlegendary treasure trove of jampacked shelves and teetering tome piles just begging to be explored. Jul 23, 2019 a new addition to vancouver s book row, the paper hound stocks new and used books of all kinds but only the ones made of paper. The paper hound bookshop bookstore vancouver airbnb. Kim koch, a self described book laborer at the paper hound bookshop in vancouver, joins us in the realm of the pop oracle to discuss finnegans wake and tar sands pipelines, in this case the kindermorgan pipeline. This is the first in a series profiling some of vancouvers best independent bookstores and the book sellers who keep them up and running. Spartacus books and the paper hound bookshop are also accepting phone or email orders and, in some cases, delivery. Pedalling books to the masses in vancouver and beyond.
Somewhere out there is gestating a novel purporting to be a modernday retelling of the decameron, but instead of ten amici sheltering from the bubonic plague in an isolated florentine villa and entertaining each other with tales of the human comedy, its a crew of millennial gig workers and their cats waiting out covid19 squatting a glassy, recentlyabandoned airbnb condo, describing. Kim koch and rod clarke at the paper hound bookshop in. The paper hound is at 344 west pender, in an old building that has had empty. It is located on pender street, between richards and. This bookstore was one of the last bookstores that i visited, but it was one of my favourites.
I rented a bike from a nearby shop and took off on a counter clockwise path that traces the seawall. Bookstores against borders fundraiser for raices a room. View tips about the paper hound bookshop from local hosts. The paper hound bookstore, vancouver, hours, phone, pender. Vancouver bookshop tempering literary substance with high quirk since 20. For instance, i hope to one day open a specialty bookshop for rare psychedelia called slightly higher in canada. The paper hound is a marvellously friendly and comfortable independent bookstore in vancouver, bc. Pedalling books to vancouvers masses vancouver sun. Rod clarke, coowner of the paper hound bookshop on west pender, said its also been business as usual at his store, which remains open. Coowned by kim koch and rob clarke, the paper hound bookshop launched at 344 west pender street in 20.
As handheld electronic devices take over the world, vancouver thankfully clings onto a used book row. It has been a couple of days since i updated this blog on the volume picked up at the paper hound bookshop, recently. Oddball in buckram part the second vancouver as it was. Paper hound 344 pender st w vancouver, bc book stores. Find everything you need to know about the paper hound. The paper hound is a used bookstore located at 344 w. Book lovers kim and rod have opened a new bookstore downtown, the paper hound.
Paper hound bookshop inc at 344 west pender street, vancouver. Since this is a post about vancouver, we will concentrate. Vancouver s dense and diverse centre is home to the citys main arts and cultural venues, sports stadiums, major shopping districts and the wild, rambunctious nightlife of the granville entertainment row. Tripadvisor the vintage vancouver british columbia. Most popular time to visit the paper hound bookshop. In vancouver we have a lovely bookshop called the paper hound, i like to visit their childrens book section regularly, so when i heard that sunny, which judith steedman and i designed was on their list of the best bc book designs of all time it was a nice surprise. A thoughtful selection of printed matter, new, used and rare. If you would rather spend less time in finding a cheap book then go to spartacus books or paper hound bookshop. Dec 10, 2017 vancouver based poet dina del bucchia took uk poets deanna rodger and dean atta for a tour of bookstores, which are essential to the fabric of the historical and current literary community in. In an era where independent bookstores are closing or facing financial difficulties, this may come as a surprise to many. The paper hound 344 w pender street, downtown, vancouver. Paper hound bookshop inc at 344 west pender street.
But vancouver s favorite used bookshop is right downtown just a few steps from the paper hound. By vancouver is awesome national museum of canada, 1950 british columbia library quarterly. Tropico book launch metatron press the paper hound bookshop. Vancouver, a modern and growing city, is home to an increasing number of starklooking concrete and glass structures which, it seems to me, are lacking in beauty. Stanley park in vancouver is a delight, a joyride for a bicyclist. We took an interest in it immediately after the whippet brand was painted on the papered up windows, and it continues to be our one of favourite vancouver downtown spot for new, used and rare books. It seemed fitting that i ought to attempt to read the book of roberts. Purchased at used book store on w pender and richard in vancouver. The top 20 bc book designs of all time vancouver is awesome.
Sniffing out the story of the paper hound bookshops elegant. Aug 19, 2014 a short documentary film by megan angela russell on the paper hound, a used bookshop located at 344 west pender st. The paper hound is located at 344 west pender street in downtown vancouver. A modest but wellcurated bookshop located along book row a cluster of book shops in the same vicinity in downtown vancouver i have been particularly impressed in their collection of philosophy, psychology, and sociology books. This volume is an introduction to the nonnative animals aliens that have been introduced into b. The business licence issue date is november 18, 2018.
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Kim koch and rod clarke at the paper hound bookshop in vancouver. These vancouver bookstores will come to you book seller urges vancouverites to support independent businesses suffering during pandemic. The paper hound bookshop book store in vancouver, bc 344 west pender street, vancouver, british columbia. By vancouver is awesome talonbooks, 20 totem poles by marius barbeau. They have a fun blog where they post book covers and commentary. Please join us instore and online july 4th7th and support raices by buying a book or three or feel free to skip the book buying and donate directly to raices by clicking this link. Macleods books vancouver, british columbia bookstore. Indie superstar florence welch shows her love for vancouver. In uncertain times hope is the backbone of strength, so lets talk about our hopes for the future. A reminder that we deliver within vancouver, free, by bicycle and we are.
Rod clarke, kim koch, and the paper hound bookshop. Started by two former macleods employees the extensive, and not to mention eclectic, selection on offer at paper hound has so many gems. Paper hound is a curated bookstore with about 9,000 books, pamphlets, postcards and general ephemera for sale. There were just a few photos of the filming and i later found out that it was one of the first locations they used for filming. Youll know it by the sign featuring a skinny whippet hanging over the street above the store and the little cart of books parked outside when the sky is clear. This film explores whether locals believe that there is still a. Vancouver business hotels vancouver family hotels romantic hotels in vancouver vancouver spa resorts vancouver luxury hotels vancouver resorts vancouver green hotels vancouver beach hotels vancouver casinos 5stars hotels in vancouver 4stars hotels in vancouver 3stars hotels in vancouver holiday inns in vancouver intercontinental ihg hotels.
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