Bolen Books will be open 8:30-6:30, Monday August 2, to mark the BC Day holiday.

Enjoy your long, sunny weekend!

Bolen Books would like to congratulate Lisa Moore (February) and Emma Donoghue (Room), who were included in the longlist of nominees for the Booker Prize, announced this morning! A little Canadian content, but better yet, both writers have appeared as part of Bolen Books' author series!

The complete list of nominees:
Peter Carey, Parrot and Olivier in America
Emma Donoghue, Room
Helen Dunmore, The Betrayal
Damon Galgut, In a Strange Room
Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question
Andrea Levy, The Long Song
Tom McCarthy, C
David Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Lisa Moore, February
Paul Murray, Skippy Dies
Rose Tremain, Trespass
Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap
Alan Warner, The Stars in the Bright Sky

The winner of this year's Booker Prize will be announced October 12.

Bolen Books will be open 9:30 am to 6 pm, Thursday July 1, 2010.

Happy Canada Day, everyone!

We were thrilled to learn this morning that Bolen Books has been named Best Bookstore in Victoria, as voted on by the readers of the Victoria, Oak Bay, Saanich and Goldstream News in their annual Best of the City survey!

Thank you to everyone who voted!