Over 100,000 books
and a big collection of DVDs, CDs and audiobooks.
Photographed on the shelves in 2021 — the sort of thing that lives here. The books themselves change daily.
Prince Edward Island & Canada L.M. Montgomery, Acadian history, island memoirs, Atlantic Canada, biography — and the country's own long argument with itself.
On the shelf: Prince Edward Island & Canada
On the shelf: Prince Edward Island & Canada
On the shelf: Prince Edward Island & Canada
On the shelf: Prince Edward Island & Canada
On the shelf: Prince Edward Island & Canada
On the shelf: Prince Edward Island & Canada
On the shelf: Prince Edward Island & Canada
On the shelf: Prince Edward Island & CanadaSport Hockey above all — this is Canada — then golf, baseball, running, figure skating, surfing, snowboarding, and the odd book about a horse.
Faith, spirit & the New Age Buddhism and Zen, the Tao, the I Ching, the mystics, paranormal and spiritual novels, philosophy and religion — and a long shelf of self-help that actually helps.
On the shelf: Faith, spirit & the New Age
On the shelf: Faith, spirit & the New Age
On the shelf: Faith, spirit & the New Age
On the shelf: Faith, spirit & the New Age
On the shelf: Faith, spirit & the New Age
On the shelf: Faith, spirit & the New Age
On the shelf: Faith, spirit & the New Age
On the shelf: Faith, spirit & the New AgeYoung readers Picture books, middle grade, dog books, teen fantasy and teen suspense, and books for young adults — the ones that get read twice, and then handed to a friend.
History & war Empires and revolutions, military history, the World Wars, the Cold War and the ancient world — the twentieth century at its worst and at its best.
True crime & real lives Heists, killers and the people who chase them — and biographies and memoirs of lives stranger than the crimes in them.
Art, music & photography Painters and printmakers, photographers, architecture, art history — and a long shelf of musicians, from the famous to the forgotten.
On the shelf: Art, music & photography
On the shelf: Art, music & photography
On the shelf: Art, music & photography
On the shelf: Art, music & photography
On the shelf: Art, music & photography
On the shelf: Art, music & photography
On the shelf: Art, music & photography
On the shelf: Art, music & photographyFiction Mysteries and thrillers, modern and classic literature, fantasy and science fiction, horror, historical novels, westerns, short stories and large print — and the bestseller somebody left behind.
And these, still being photographed
- Cooking, diet & the homecookbooks, baking, preserving, gardening, craft, construction and home repair, health
- Science & naturephysics, biology, astronomy, nature, field guides, the environment
- Travel & true adventureAtlantic Canada by road, the north, ships and shipwrecks
- Reference, rare & collectibledictionaries, folio and Easton Press, antiquarian, first editions, best sellers in hardback