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October 2, 2009

Vancouver Island town is a book-lover's paradise

  • A dozen bookstores teem with titles in Sidney's seven-block Booktown
    • By STEVE QUINN
    Associated Press Writer

    Photo by Deddeda Stemler/Tourism Victoria [enlarge]
    Literary mania is a year-round preoccupation in this seaside town of 11,000 people, who live about 20 miles from Victoria. Wherever you are, there’s a store on the next block.

    SIDNEY, British Columbia — Here, in this coastal Western Canadian town, it's all about the books — thousands of them scattered throughout 12 stores.


     
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