Blue Heron Books & Zines Grand opening!

When?
Monday, April 1st, 2013 from 2pm to 6pm

Where?
AKA Autonomous Social Centre, Queen St. at the corner of Wellington, downtown Kingston (Note: the space has an accessibility ramp and an accessible, single stall bathroom)

What?
Join us to peruse our collection, get your membership to our book club, sign-up to volunteer with the shop, enjoy some snacks and hear some rad zine readings. There will be a reading for kids @ 3:00pm and zine readings for all ages as of 3:30pm.

Free event! All welcome! Bring your kids!

For more information, contact us at: blueheronbooks@riseup.net

More information about us:

Blue Heron Books and Zines is a community bookstore and zine distribution shop located in the AKA Autonomous Social Centre at the corner of Queen and Wellington in Kingston. At the moment, our open hours are Mondays from 2pm to 6pm. We strive to provide and promote radical, anarchist and anti-authoritarian books and media less readily available from mainstream sources or local venues such as libraries. Folks are also invited to come by during our open hours to read in the space, and engage in conversations with each other, collective members, and volunteers; we aim to promote the exchange of ideas.

We are not a profitable venture, any money earned through the sale of books and other publications goes towards purchasing new material and also paying towards the broader survival of AKA. The current collective of the store is committed to creating an anarchist legacy, and the space readily identifies itself as anarchist.

Blue Heron sells predominantly used books, but some new, which makes our inventory all the more financially accessible to the public. Furthermore, folks can become book club members, which allows them to ‘try before they buy’, borrowing books for up to three weeks at a time. Blue Heron is run by volunteers. Collective members seek used books from various sources, including internet sites, thrift stores and garage/house sales.

In addition to selling and lending media, Blue Heron hosts events in our space, including workshops, lectures and discussion forums. This is an area we hope to expand in the future, as continued community outreach is an integral part of our mission.