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Expressions of Time Bookstore
About Expressions of Time Bookstore
Browsing is a slow errand by design, and the shaded storefronts of downtown Vernon give it room. Expressions of Time Bookstore keeps an address at 2901 30 Avenue, on the main street stretch that draws comparison shoppers in from across the North Okanagan. It is an easy stop to fold into a downtown afternoon, whether you came in for one title or arrived with an hour to spend and nothing particular in mind.
Bookshops differ from one another more than most trades do. Some deal mainly in new stock and lean on special orders for anything off the shelf, some build their floor from used and traded copies, and many run a mix that shifts with whatever walks through the door. Sections vary just as much, so a shop strong in local history may be thin in current fiction, and the reverse happens too. If you are hunting something specific, phone ahead to ask whether it is on the shelf or can be brought in, and ask how long an order usually takes to arrive. If you are clearing shelves at home, ask first whether trades are being taken at the moment and in what condition, since that answer changes through the year.
Downtown parking is a short problem rather than a long one, and Polson Park at the edge of the core makes a fair place to start a book on a warm afternoon. Vernon winters run colder than the south end of the valley, which is part of why an indoor errand like this one holds up as well in January as it does in July.
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In the Downtown Vernon neighbourhood of Vernon.
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