Which 3rd Avenue Books

A bookshop viewed from the outside. A woman stands behind a big window and books on display, smiling to camera. A logo says Which 3rd Ave Books. A small painting of a dog on a leash sits on the ground below a hook attached to the wall

Hey, Haida Gwaii, we’re back! Bookshop hibernation has ended 🐻✨and the shop re-opens tonight at 6. Moving forward we return to our regularly scheduled programming:

Fri 6-9
Sat 12-5
web shop always open
pet parking available as depicted

#haidagwaii #gohaidagwaii

Screenshot from StoryGraph app of “Meditations for Mortals” by Oliver Burkeman

Screenshot from StoryGraph app of “Kitchen Hymns” by Pàdraig O Tuama

Screenshot from StoryGraph app of “The Sirens’Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource” by Chris Hayes

Screenshot from StoryGraph app of the advance reading copy of “My Husband’s Wife” by Alice Feeney

Time off with few plans = finishing up some good
books and a couple ARCs from @flatironbooks.bsky.social

What are you doing with these (hopefully) quieter days?

#booksky #reading

Happy holidays, book friends! Haawa / thank you for all the support this year.
See ya on the flip!

#haidagwaii #books #indiebookshop #bcbooks

Book: Bog Queen by Anna North

Book: Veal by Mackenzie Nolan

Slewfoot: a tale of bewitchery by Brom

Book: Witchy Stitching: 25 patterns to haunt your home by Meg Black

SPOOKY SALE this weekend only: 20% off of spooky books (using the broadest possible definition. Convince us it’s spooky and the discount is yours 🎃)

#halloween #haidagwaii

Shelves of children's books, including: Wishtree; Howl's Moving Castle; Planet, Portal, Pizza; The Nightmare House; Eerie Tales: School of Screams; The Skull; EEK! HALLOWEEN!; Nature; Hello Fungi

Lots going on tonight – have fun out there, ye trick or treaters! We’re opening an hour early (5-9pm), we’ll have the Jays game on, and we have a washroom for ghosts walking around the neighbourhood.

Bookstore in Daajing Giids, Haida Gwaii | Which 3rd Avenue Books – Independent bookstore in Daajing Giids, Haida Gwaii Haida Gwaii's independent bookstore for island communities. Browse new and used books in Daajing Giids and online.

Other ways to contact us:
- FB or IG messages
- which3avebooks@gmail.com
- Shop here: which3avebooks.com
- Visit the store during operating hours: FRI 6-9 pm and SAT 12-5 pm.

Haawa to the community for all your special orders, shop visits, and animal pets that keep our little shop humming. ❤️

A red flip phone shows 1 new message waiting. The number is 250-641-7128. The bookshop logo is in the bottom right.

A little fall update: THE BOOKSHOP HAS A PHONE NOW! ☎️

You can now call or text us at 250-641-7128. It might take us a little longer to text to back using the T9 system (remember that? press the button 4 times to type ’S’!), but we’re ready to respond.

#HaidaGwaii

Currently enjoying the Automatic Noodle #audiobook!

"A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz." 🤖🍜 #booksky

Bookstore in Daajing Giids, Haida Gwaii | Which 3rd Avenue Books – Independent bookstore in Daajing Giids, Haida Gwaii Haida Gwaii's independent bookstore for island communities. Browse new and used books in Daajing Giids and online.

🛍️ Visit the Local Artists section of our online shop to peruse and purchase these paintings and other pieces. which3avebooks.com

11 oil paintings of nature scenes hang on a cedar wall above a sofa

close-up of an oil painting of trees in the wind

close-up of an oil painting showing a chair in a forest. "Cait Wilkinson" is signed in the corner.

close-up of an oil painting of a bright object in the night sky above some trees

Haawa to all who came out to Friday’s busy art show opening ft. Cait Wilkinson! ♥️

🖼️ Cait’s show runs until August 16, and you can see it during the bookshop’s regular business hours of Fri 6-9 and Sat 12-5. #HaidaGwaii

Graphic novel adaption of Ursula K. Le Guin’s “A Wizard of Earthsea”, with other graphic novels on a white shelf

Book display in front of wall bookshelves

New release of “Revered Roots” by Lori Ann Bird propped up on a wooden bench in front of green wall

Hi #booksky and #haidagwaii. We are open today 12-5 PM. Wander in for a new read, iced coffee, or just a chat. We are always happy to see you.

#indiebookstore #bc #local

- No Straight Road Takes You There, by Rebecca Solnit

Our business hours, as usual, are
Fri 6-9
Sat 12-5

See you soon! 🌻

- Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead, by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
- Hello Grief, by Alessandra Olanow
- Monk and Robot, novels by Becky Chambers
- Parents Weekend, a novel by Alex Finlay

A small fridge hold five varieties of soda from The County Bounty and five varieties of alcohol-free beer from Partake Brewery.

- A Drop in the Ocean, a novel by Léa Taranto

Alison displays the golden ticket she won in the shop with a big grin on her face.

Here's a throwback to this scene one month ago on Indie Bookstore Day, when Alison found the Golden Ticket to win a year of @libro.fm audiobooks! 🎟️

Here are a few new titles and restocks, as well as a fresh shipment of soft drinks and NEW zero-alcohol beer. 🍻 ⬇️

Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

- One (1) Golden Ticket hidden in the shop that will give someone a year’s worth of audiobooks from Libro.fm 🎧

Come and say hello, look for a book, sit on our comfy couch, eat a bagel (no purchase needed), or just hang out. Bring your dog, bring your parrot. We’ll see you soon. ❤️ /end

Independent Bookstore Day swag on a table. A Golden Ticket from Libro.fm. Pages of book-related stickers. A coloring book called We Love Indies. “Books are Safe Spaces” stickers.

Montreal-style bagels with everything seasoning and sesame seeds.

- extended hours (10-5)
- complimentary bagels 🥯
- as time allows, live piano music gently played from the next room 🎹
- Independent Bookstore Day swag
- Canada-wide contest for book lovers from @indiebookstoresca (see indiebookstores.ca/CIBD-Contest) 📚
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It’s sort of our moment of solidarity among bookshops everywhere.

And once again, we are glad to participate in gratitude for the support you all have shown our plucky little shop, which is now two years old. (!) So here’s what’s coming up Saturday, April 26: 2/

The bookshop is open this weekend, Fri 6-9 and Sat 10-5.

Look, this has been a tough week on #HaidaGwaii, and we are not feeling especially like celebrating. However, tomorrow is #IndieBookstoreDay across Canada and the US, which is something we look forward to every year. 1/

ps - Next Saturday, we’re also making bagels. It's becoming an annual tradition. 🥯🥯🥯

Save the date! Canadian Independent Bookstore Day. April 26, 2025

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, April 26 is #IndieBookstoreDay! 🗓 Independent bookshops like ours across Canada will host activities and customer giveaways.

In addition to the Golden Ticket from @libro.fm (see yesterday’s post), IndieBookstores.ca is running another contest for book lovers. 🤩

Charlie Bucket from the Charlie & the Chocolate Factory movie holds up a golden ticket.

😱⭐️✨

The poster says: "Saturday, April 26th. Find the Golden Ticket in our store and you'll win 12 free audiobook credits!" It shows a golden ticket and headphones.

The One Who Finds the Golden Ticket in our store that day will win a *year* of @librofm audiobooks. And that’s just a slice of what’s coming up next weekend. More details v soon!

#LibrofmGoldenTicket #ShopLocal #IndieBookstores #BookLovers #CIBD2025

A hand holds a shiny paper in front of a wall of books. The paper says "GOLDEN TICKET. The bearer of this golden ticket is the winner of a year's supply of audiobooks from Libro.fm"

💛🎶 I’ve got a golden ticket… Gotta be honest, it was exciting to open this envelope.

#IndieBookstoreDay is coming up on Sat April 26. As part of the Canada-wide celebration, we will have an in-store scavenger hunt courtesy of our audiobook partner, @libro.fm!

How it works:

Display of books on white table with store window in background, showing a view of forest. Banned books in display include Handmaid’s Tale, 1984, The Bluest Eye, and Giovanni’s Room, and others.

Happy Saturday, folks. Open today 12-5 PM.

#booksky #haidagwaii #read #bannedbooks

@massybooks.bsky.social

Hahah love this!

That’s amazing!! We had a short break from taxes on books here at the holidays but it was just temporary. We would love to see no tax on books permanently.

#booksky

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts 💕

@cavatica.bsky.social your post about being a hopeful bookseller really inspired us this morning before our shift. This survey is one way to provide a little hope for authors, readers, and booksellers in both counties. Feel free to share. ❤️

#booksky #canada #america #indiebooksellers