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Welcome to Queen Books, an independent general interest bookstore located in Toronto’s east end!

Welcome to Queen Books, an independent general interest bookstore located in Toronto’s east end!

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Everyday 12pm-6pm

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Phone: 416-778-5053
Email: info@queenbooks.ca
Address: 914 Queen St East

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Thanks so much to Jake Tobin Garrett @jaketobindra

Thanks so much to Jake Tobin Garrett @jaketobindraws for creating this lovely portrait (definitely a portrait 😉) of us in their favorite bookstores illustration series. We highly recommend checking out @jaketobindraws' work, with prints available to adorn your walls! 💖✨

Black Sunday is now out in paperback! Tola Rotimi

Black Sunday is now out in paperback! Tola Rotimi Abraham's intimate, harrowing Black Sunday starts off with four siblings and their parents in Lagos, Nigeria enjoying a middle-class life until they lose their house, sending their lives into poverty and soon after, the siblings are abandoned by their parents. Black Sunday brings to the surface strong character explorations, following the shifting perspectives of each sibling as they navigate religion, experiences of sexual abuse, and the pervasiveness of patriarchy and misogyny. #BlackSunday by #TolaRotimiAbraham

Happy cloudy, end-of-February hump day! Here's a p

Happy cloudy, end-of-February hump day! Here's a photo from an entire year ago, also on a wet day — perfect for carving out a little cozy spot in whatever way that looks like. 💖📚 What are you all reading this Wednesday? ☁️

The Last Kids on Earth stars a cast of kids in the

The Last Kids on Earth stars a cast of kids in the middle of a monster apocalypse! This super fun, laugh-out-loud best-selling series isn't just a graphic novel collection — it's also a Netflix show. Pictured is The Skeleton Road. We have all six books in the series in stock, with the seventh coming out this spring. Great for late elementary school to middle school grade readers who want a combination of text and graphic novel style!

❄️ BOOK CLUB REMINDER! The Page 914 book club

❄️ BOOK CLUB REMINDER! The Page 914 book club will meet Monday, February 22nd from 7-8pm EST. We will be discussing the novel Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice @waub.

The book club will meet over Zoom – come join us! Please contact Ana at ana@queenbooks.ca for the meeting information. See you online!🖱️

#CanadaReads 2021 shortlist title! Oh, how we love

#CanadaReads 2021 shortlist title! Oh, how we love this book. Jonny Appleseed centers a young two-spirit queer Indigenous man who has left his home community for the big city of Winnipeg, though is brought back when his stepfather passes away. This dazzling debut novel by Joshua Whitehead (@jwhitehead204) is a meditation on identity and the body, first love, and an ode to Jonny's mother and grandmother. The scenes with Jonny and his grandmother are beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. If you feel reading books that make you cry, this is a solid pick (if you want to cry even more, we suggest reading Jonny Appleseed alongside Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous). Published by the ever-wonderful @arsenalpulp. 🌹

Happy I Read Canadian Day!! What books will you be

Happy I Read Canadian Day!! What books will you be reading to celebrate the incredible writers and illustrators Canada has to offer?? Check out our epic list of Canadian creators on our online shop for recommendations!🍁📚

Happy snow day! For the middle grade/age 8-12 read

Happy snow day! For the middle grade/age 8-12 readers: Timo has read all the books in his little home village, taking in all there is to learn from others' adventures, but what about his own? Taking an exciting yet daunting leap forwards on his own adventure, Timo quickly finds that the world is much stranger and scarier than he read about. One of the creatures Timo meets is Broof, our big pink friend on the book cover, and the two find an unexpected friendship while traversing this magical and whimsical world.

A very happy Valentine’s Day to all the love bug

A very happy Valentine’s Day to all the love bugs and snuggle puppies out there! 💌😘

Happy Lunar New Year! Unpictured are the lychee th

Happy Lunar New Year! Unpictured are the lychee that didn't make the shot because they were gobbled up for breakfast. 🐂🍊🎈

❄️ The Page 914 book club will meet Monday, Fe

❄️ The Page 914 book club will meet Monday, February 22nd from 7-8pm EST. We will be discussing the novel Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice @waub.

The book club will meet over Zoom. Please contact Ana at ana@queenbooks.ca for the meeting information. See you online!🖱️

We love Torrey Peters' Detransition, Baby! The two

We love Torrey Peters' Detransition, Baby! The two main characters are messy, though written with such honesty as they navigate the whirlwind that is divorce, falling into a relationship with a cisgender boss, queer parenting, being considered a trans elder as a thirty-something year old, and so much in-between. Torrey Peters' writing is smart and witty, infusing her characters with just enough cynicism. File under: a*sh*le characters we love, adulting is hard, queer & trans city life.

The front page of our online store features round-

The front page of our online store features round-ups of recent releases (January and February 2021!) as well as a couple of lists of titles to celebrate Lunar New Year, Black voices, and Valentine's Day. 💖

📣 Just a quick reminder that we will be closing

📣 Just a quick reminder that we will be closing the online shop/curb-side pick up this weekend, February 6 & 7, for inventory. We will resume business as usual on Monday, February 8th. Thank you for your patience! ❄️ In the meanwhile, let us know what you're reading this frigid, windy weekend!

Jessica Love, also the author-illustrator of Julia

Jessica Love, also the author-illustrator of Julian is a Mermaid, is one of our favourite childrens book creators! Julian at the Wedding features vibrant, lively illustrations — take a scroll through the images for a sneak peek! 🎉

Pebbles is here to let you know that Melissa Brode

Pebbles is here to let you know that Melissa Broder's highly anticipated Milk Fed comes out TODAY! Pebbles *devoured* it, whispering to us in wee meows about fro-yo and the protagonist's relationship with her body, food, and her mom? We trust Pebbles' literary recommendations!

👋 Hello! We will be closing the online shop/cur

👋 Hello! We will be closing the online shop/curb-side pick up this upcoming weekend, February 6 & 7, for inventory. We will resume business as usual on Monday, February 8th. Thank you for your patience! 💙

We just got a fresh stack of Pasha Malla's Kill th

We just got a fresh stack of Pasha Malla's Kill the Mall! 📚
Our friends at @thecityandthecitybooks are launching Kill the Mall tomorrow online at 7pm. The RSVP link is in @thecityandthecitybooks 's bio and all are welcome to virtually attend, whether you'd be down to take on a residency at your local mall or not! 😉

Infinitely envious of everyone sledding down the p

Infinitely envious of everyone sledding down the park hills right now! Pictured is @paulcovello's Canada Fun! — awesome little book for readers 4 and under. We have lots of Paul Covello's Canada and Toronto-themed kids books in store! ❄️

Catherine Lacey's Pew starts off with an unnamed n

Catherine Lacey's Pew starts off with an unnamed narrator waking up on a church pew in a small town in the American South. They're taken in by a family and shuffled around from person to person as the town tries to decipher who they are when their gender and race aren't so obvious. This book holds a lingering eerie feeling, yet you'll keep wanting to know what happens next as Southern hospitality and the usual markers of identity that we use to hastily categorize (and judge) people are thrown into question. Along with the brilliantly written dialogue, Pew's cloth-bound hardcover is a beauty! In the words of the marvelous @lucydacus: "Catherine Lacey, queen of the liminal world."

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