For all the promise of renewal in spring’s arrival, this year it’s also a season of not-so-happily-ever-after endings for Toronto book lovers.
This month, three landmark bookstores with a total of 101 years in business are closing their doors. For more than three decades, Book City’s flagship branch in the Annex, the World’s Biggest Bookstore in the heart of downtown and The Cookbook Store in Yorkville were centrepieces of their communities.
This month, three landmark bookstores with a total of 101 years in business are closing their doors. For more than three decades, Book City’s flagship branch in the Annex, the World’s Biggest Bookstore in the heart of downtown and The Cookbook Store in Yorkville were centrepieces of their communities.