Type Books is not moving out of Forest Hill. A posting at Quill & Quire's blog that mistook an Avenue for a Road (Toronto's always confusing the two Spadinas) got some Forest Hilliers in a tizzy about their bookstore, owned by Joanne Saul, moving downtown into a space across the street from, of all places, the
El Mocambo.
But they are moving, just not that far.
"We're moving to 427 Spadina Road," says Saul, "just about a block north." The reason, she says, is that their current place at 394 Spadina Road is too small. "Type's mandate is really about trying to have events and trying to host book clubs and book launches. We have a literacy group and story time,' she says, and, along with the larger Queen Street West location across from Trinity Bellwoods Park, she wants Type to be "a community hub, and we haven't been able to do that up here, because it's so small."
The new space, previously occupied by
Ecco Shoes, is about 1,200 square feet, double the space Type currently occupies.
Saul takes possession of the new space April 1, and hopes to open before the end of the month. The old location will close by April 15.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Joanne Saul, Type Books