Russell Books

Canada's largest used bookstore: a third-generation family shop on Fort Street with new, used, antiquarian and collectable titles across two levels.

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About

Russell Books is a used, antiquarian and new bookstore on Fort Street in downtown Victoria. Founded in Montreal in 1961 and reopened in Victoria in 1991 by the Russell family, it fills a multi-level shop with used, new, vintage and collectable books. The store runs a book trade-in program by appointment, offers local next-day delivery and Canada-wide shipping, partners with libro.fm for audiobooks, and hosts events including Friday-evening Planet Earth Poetry readings.

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