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A Look Back at This Ain’t the Rosedale Library
Photo by Andrew Louis/Torontoist.
The plight of the indie bookstore continues with the upsetting loss of Toronto institution This Ain’t the Rosedale Library. Throughout its 30-year existence, the shop served as a hip beacon of readerly love, providing a home to Canadian authors, a massive offering of contemporary poetry and small press publications, and an immaculately curated collection of works that covered niches from underground culture to kid lit. While we mourn its loss, we also celebrate its shining tenure as one of the city’s—hell, the planet’s—best independent bookstores.
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