Thanks #yeg #booksky! You all were AMAZING and we had a blast stamping your passports, selling you books, chatting to you, and generally spreading #indiebookstoreday love throughout our city. Big ups to the cyclists & transit takers! Big thanks to all our partners for making those so accessible. 😍📚

Took transit for @yegindiebookstores.bsky.social <3

An amazing kick off to #indiebookstore day and @yegindiebookstores.bsky.social 's #yegindiebookstore extravaganza. My tiny family had an absolute blast hitting up 6 of the stores today and hope to visit more tomorrow! #booksky

Had the most amazing day doing a massive bookstore crawl to celebrate #indiebookstoreday and here is the haul 😍 @yegindiebookstores.bsky.social

📚Edmonton Indie Bookstore Extravaganza is ONE DAY AWAY! Top Tips: Stay hydrated (and wear sunscreen)!😎 Carry some cash as well as cards, just in case. Plan snack stops. Show your booksellers lots of love! They'll be working hard to make your day extra-special!🎉 #booksky #yeg

Featured #Bookstore ✨The Edmonton Book Store offers thousands of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books, with specialities in Western Canadian studies, Arctic regions, Military history, signed Canadian literature, and art books. Whyte Ave, south side route.

Featured #Bookstore ✨ A longstanding haven for used bookstore lovers, and the best late night browse, with bonus points for bookstore cat(s)! Wee Book Inn buys, sells, and trades all kinds of books, movies, and music. Two locations: the big one on Whyte Ave, and the Downtown location.

Featured #Bookstore ✨Edmonton’s largest metaphysical bookstore and gift store, Ascendant Books carries a wide variety of books focused on mind, body, and spirit, as well as tarot cards, candles, incense, crystals, and more.

Featured #Bookstore ✨NEW THIS YEAR! Mythic Comics & Collectibles is Sherwood Park’s #1 stop for all things comics, graphic novels and tabletop gaming. They're passionate about building community and fostering the awesome hobby of comics and reading as a whole.

Featured #Bookstore ✨ Alhambra Books is a unique bookstore with a wide-ranging and large collection of quality used books. They host a wide array of genres including fiction, philosophy, politics, religion, and more.

Featured #Bookstore ✨ The Bookworm Sherwood Park is an independent second hand bookstore nestled in the heart of Sherwood Park, offering a wonderful selection of quality used books for everyone in the family.

Featured #Bookstore ✨ NEW THIS YEAR! @rollingtales.bsky.social is here to offer you the greatest stories ever told through comics and role playing games. Rolling Tales is more than a cool pop culture shop—they are here to inspire creativity and bolster literacy for all! #FindYourStory

If you’re taking transit on Sunday, the kind folks at Edmonton Transit Riders have put together a map of regular bus routes to get to all participating bookstores. View larger on our website. Thanks to @etriders.bsky.social and the amazing Emily Stremel for the artwork and design.

Featured #Bookstore ✨ Variant Edition is a graphic novel store that curates a diverse line of remarkable works, aiming to connect as many new people as possible to the comics medium in a relaxed, inclusive, introvert & family friendly environment.

Featured Bookstore ✨Paper Birch Books is a used & new bookstore (with a coffee bar!) selling tomes timely and timeless, rad, rare, and spectacular. Asian co-owned, with a diverse collection of fiction, nonfiction, art and cookbooks, and more, with a penchant for the curious and marginal.

Featured Bookstore ✨POP-UP at The Book Boudoir! The Book Archive is a Queer owned, online and pop-up bookstore offering new and pre-loved books with a focus on championing diverse voices and stories.

Featured Bookstore ✨POP-UP at The Book Boudoir! Alphabet Soup Bookstore is a pop-up and online store providing a curated selection of queer books, teen and up. They believe representation matters, and their goal is to provide a joyful, inclusive and affirming book-buying experience for all readers.

Featured #Bookstore ✨Bailey Books is a father/daughter owned used book store in St Albert specializing in signed, out of print and unusual books. Bailey Books also offers book repair and book binding services! They value sustainability, community and conservation.

Featured #Bookstore ✨Daisy Chain Book Co. began as Alberta’s first booktruck, and now boasts two bookstores. Both feature a hybrid of new and previously owned books in a fun and refreshing retro-environment that is creating a community of readers of all ages in a bold, new way.

Featured Bookstore ✨The Prints and the Paper is a graphic art gallery, gift shop, and bookstore that specializes in children’s books. They also carry an eclectic range of gift books including graphic novels, photography, art, design, architecture, cookbooks, poetry, humour, and coffee table books.

Saturday, April 26, catch the #yegindiebookstoreextravaganza bus to central north and south side bookstores. Many thanks to ETS for their support of this #yeg Extravaganza. #booksky

Featured #Bookstore Magpie Books is an Indigenous co-owned independent bookstore prioritizing 2S, queer and trans, and BIPOC authors and books. Magpie Books’ curation focuses on topics of care, liberation, and grassroots movements. FOOD & DRINK: Nearby to farrow for lunch and kind for dessert!

Featured #Bookstore: Edmonton’s only romance-exclusive bookstore, The Book Boudoir highlights the many forms of the romance genre, including fiction, fantasy, taboo, dark romance, and 2SLGBTQ+. FOOD & DRINK: Iconoclast for delicious brews and kind for ice cream. A few blocks from Va and Clementine!

Featured Bookstore: Edmonton’s oldest new bookstore, Audreys Books carries a wide range of fiction, non-fiction, children’s books and more, as well as gifts and toys. Celebrating 50 fantastic years in 2025! FOOD & DRINK: Close by are Farrow Sandwiches & The Commodore. La Carraia Gelato on site.

Featured #bookstore ✨Porch Light Books on 99 Street in Mill Creek/Old Strathcona carries a range of used & new literary fiction, books about books, unusual topics & interesting editions. FOOD & DRINK: Frank’s Community Pub & the Colombian for all your grilled cheese and coffee needs! #yeg

We're counting down to #cibd and #yegindiebookstoreextravaganza. Which is your go-to bookstore in Edmonton? We're cool if you choose just one, or have multiple faves. The Extravaganza is all about how we're all that bit different and fun to visit. #booksky #yeg #bookstores #independentbookstoreday

#yeg #booksky #booklovers and #bikelovers: we're hoping to see lots of biking visitors on #cibd and #yegindiebookstoreextravaganza weekend. ETS transit tours on Saturday afternoon will have bike racks on the buses so you can get to more stores if you don't want to bike the whole tour.

Hey #yeg #booksky friends! We're officially back, bigger and better, with a brand new website! Check out yegindiebookstores.ca for more about the event and all the participating bookstores. We've got 16 bookstores, a Book Bus, Bike Tours, Prizes, merch, giveaways ... It's the BEST SEQUEL EVER.

#booksky of #yeg, how many independent bookstores do you think there are in Amiskwaciwâskahikan? Would you be wildly surprised to learn there are more than a dozen bookstores taking part in the #yegbookstoreextravaganza on April 26-27?

We're so happy that Edmonton Transit Services (ETS) are partnering with us this year to offer a special Extravaganza Book Bus, helping you to get to many of the bookstores on our tour. Details to follow! #yegindiebookstores #yeg #cibd2025 #yegbookstoreextravaganza

We're back, #yeg! #Booksky friends, did you do the #yegindiebookstoreextravaganza in 2024? Did you get all your passport stamps? 2025 boasts even more amazing bookstores to visit, plenty of prizes, giveaways and FUN FUN FUN. Follow yegindiebookstores here or on insta for info and updates.