Bookstore Moments
Jill McIvor and Jacqui Dumas opened Aspen Books on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton in 1977 and sold it in 1985. In those 8 years the store hosted many book launches and author readings, some of which are pictured below.
Sandra Birdsell, Merna Summers and Elizabeth Smart
Sandra Birdsell and Charles Hilton
Roch Carrier and Guy Vanderhaeghe
Monty Reid, Jon Whyte, E. D. Blodgett
Matt Cohen, Greg Hollingshead and Stephen Scobie, Douglas Barbour
Matt Cohen and Louise Wayman
Merna Summers, Inge Vermeulen, Rudy Wiebe and Cora Taylor
Helen Forrester (aka June Bhatia) and Avadh Bhatia
Leonard Cohen signing Book of Mercy
Evie Mandel and Margaret Atwood
Elizabeth Smart and Alice Munro
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Identifying a need for a community space that focused on feminist and other progressive issues, Jacqui Dumas opened Orlando Books on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton in 1993. A few of the many enjoyable events hosted by the bookstore are featured below. The store closed in 2002.
Women of Edmonton's Left Bank
Theresa Shea and Eunice Scarfe
Steven Ross Smith and Sue Goyette
Jacqui Dumas and Marna Bunnell
Kay Stewart and Sean Stewart
Gilbert Bouchard and Daphne Marlatt
Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas (aka Maureen Irwin and Michael Phair)
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