ForthcomingNew Releases

Staff Picks

.Goldfinch sue monk kidd

Congratulations to Alice Munro

Click on the image for the story on Alice Munro winning the Nobel Prize for Literature...

Click on the image for the story on Alice Munro winning the Nobel Prize for Literature...

The Luminaries – 2014 Man-Booker Prize

luminaries “Sometimes – rarely – a novel arrives that is so good all you can do is shake your head in wonder. Brilliant in design, masterful in execution, and intensely pleasurable to inhabit, The Luminaries is a masterpiece, the work of a writer of apparently limitless range and talent.” —Peter Hobbs, author of In the Orchard, the Swallows

Prizes

all my puny
Blue Heron books pic The unpretentious atmosphere of Blue Heron Books with its comfy chairs, wood shelving and creaky floors lends itself to a long slow, browsing session, but under that sleepy atmosphere vibrates a strong pulse. The store has a quaint, old-fashioned look with an up tempo vibe, because there is always something happening. The store is a hub for the community and a bastion of calm chaos where everyone is welcome, even the local dogs that drop by with their owners for a treat from the tin kept under the front counter. 62 Brock St. W., Uxbridge, Ontario. 905-852-4282

CBA LIBRIS BOOKSELLER OF THE YEAR - 2012 and 2014 Click here for more information...

Series of Fortunate (literary) Events 2014 Passport Click here for more information...

Tea with Philippa Gregory on September 21stClick here for more information.

Ann-Marie Macdonald Event --Nov. 8thh Click here for more information.

As a one-time publicist and a forever fan of books and reading, I can’t speak highly enough about Blue Heron Books and the community it rallies around visiting authors who, truly, are treated like celebrities. It’s no exaggeration to say that as someone who has attended her fair share of readings, Blue Heron’s are among the most magical and engaging. — Julie (BookMadam) Wilson

Recommendations

A Series of Fortunate (literary) Events 2014 Passport – Call the store to reserve your passport. Limited quantity.

passport 2014

Read the Book before you see the Movie…

gone girl“Ice-pick-sharp… Spectacularly sneaky… Impressively cagey… Gone Girl is Ms. Flynn’s dazzling breakthrough. It is wily, mercurial, subtly layered and populated by characters so well imagined that they’re hard to part with — even if, as in Amy’s case, they are already departed. And if you have any doubts about whether Ms. Flynn measures up to Patricia Highsmith’s level of discreet malice, go back and look at the small details. Whatever you raced past on a first reading will look completely different the second time around.”
—Janet Maslin, New York Times

New to Paperback this Month…June 2014

New to Paperback this Month…May 2014

Click on the image to see the small print…a quote from Shelley

New in Paperback this month… April 2014

New to Paperback this Month…March 2014

The Troop by Nick Cutter

the troop“THE TROOP scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best. Not for the faint-hearted, but for the rest of us sick puppies, it’s a perfect gift for a winter night.”
— STEPHEN KING
“Lean and crisp and over-the-top….Disquieting, disturbing.”
— SCOTT SMITH, author of The Ruins and A Simple Plan

Shelley’s Picks for Best Books of 2013

Here is the list; follow this link for more information on the titles.

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison
The Great Escape by Ted Barris
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Perfect by Rachel Joyce
and Kicking the Sky by Anthony De Sa

October Book Club

house in the sky

Book Club Favourite…

sense of an ending

Store Hours

  • Mon 10 - 6
  • Tues 10 - 6
  • Wed 10 - 6
  • Thurs 10 - 7
  • Fri 10 - 7
  • Sat 10 - 5
  • Sun 11-4

Books and Authors Night

Sept 25th This just in... Amanda Lindhout, author of A House in the Sky will be joining Miriam Toews, author of A Complicated Kindness, Kim Thuy, author of Ru and Elyse Friedman, author of The Answer to Everything on September 25th for Books and Authors Night in the Uxbridge Music Hall. Tickets on Sale now.
Using keyword, author name, workshop instructor, course title, book event etc. type into the search bar and hit enter.

Upcoming Events…

November 17th, Blue Heron Studio in conjunction with the Passionate Cook-- Chef Jamie Kennedyi, SOLD OUT   November 17th, 7pm Wooden Sticks Golf Club --  An evening with Meg Tilly, Meg Wolitzer and Lev Grossman - $25 (includes a glass of wine and nibblies)   November 22 Santa Claus Parade (note the date change!), In store story time and treats.   December 6th, In Store Book Signing with Destiny's Gate author Lee Bice Matheson1pm   December 7th, In Store Book Signing with The Stain author Charlene Jones1pm

Ted Barris on TV

great escapePeter Mansbridge goes One on One with Ted Barris. Check out the interview here.
handmade in uxbridge2013
http://blueheronbooks.com/category/recommendations
blueheronbooks.com
crawl=CC-MAIN-2014-52
71492
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:Z24TMRM4EZGMP2URTU3A5I53R33ONZOQ
<urn:uuid:d10453b8-6b72-4d2e-ae3d-33ea1a05b5e1>
2014-12-18T19:27:51Z
206.188.193.222
sha1:6YK4TGOH4NBIGCWQ3PCKCIEDUEARGD52
<urn:uuid:48c5a7a4-52c1-49d6-ba64-f87407999e98>
http://blueheronbooks.com/category/recommendations
length
response
<urn:uuid:2a07bf5d-78f2-4bf9-9fe8-170ccd1a6d81>
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)/CC WarcExport 1.0
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2014-52
operator: CommonCrawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web with URLs provided by Blekko for December 2014
publisher: CommonCrawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf