« University of Rochester to Digitize Abraham Lincoln Items | Main | Rare Book Collection Goes to University of North Carolina »
February 20, 2008: Canada's Oldest Independent Bookstore to Close
"Soon Halifax's The Book Room, Canada's oldest independent bookstore, will be closing its doors for good."
"No book lover can be happy to see the end of this intimate shop, which has spent the past 169 years supplying readers with literary works both rare and mainstream. "
