Ottawa Bookstore Crawl: Aftermath

In case anyone wondered:

It lasted two hours. Four people aside from myself showed up. We managed about 5-6 different bookstores from Elgin Street to Bank Street before the party broke up. We never got to the bookstores in the Byward Market(and there are a few good ones scattered across that neighbourhood awaiting the interested).

We had fun anyway.

And - this may or may not shock anyone paying attention - I hope to do this again.

Probably in May or June sometime.

More here and elsewhere as I figure it out.

A Bookstore Crawl in Ottawa - 14 Feb. 2009

Something that recently came to mind thanks to discussions of the side effects of the transit strike written about earlier was the concept of the bookstore crawl.

I'd never heard of it before, but it seems like a good idea to steal. So I will.

Therefore...

When: February 14, 2009 - Noon to 6 PM

Where: Starting at the corner of Elgin and Somerset in Centretown Ottawa and ending at Nicholas Hoare Books on Sussex Drive, right across the street from the National Gallery and the Peacekeepers' Memorial.

If you want to suggest a stopover, there's a Facebook event listing that you can post to. Also, check out the Ottawa LJ Community Blog if you've an account at Livejournal. Run a search for the title "Bookstore Crawl" once you're there.

Hoping to see you!