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Cross & Crows Books
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That queerly friendly neighbourhood bookstore in the community of East Van on unceded and occupied MST land. Offering new and used books, small gifts, and Cozy Chairs™ for the queer soul and beloved community since 2023. www.crossandcrows.com
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The latest in Bookstore Operations Math. tinyurl.com/hzwx88du
A pie chart styled as a clock face, with a glowing purple quadrant indicating progress toward a goal, the remaining circle red indicating the unmet part of the goal, and a clock hand indicating time left to meet the goal.
June 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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For those who have been wondering, here's how it's been going, some down but definitely some up as well: tinyurl.com/bdvkavsf #indiebookstore #queerbookstore #yourbookstore #tinybookstore #growingpains #thirdspace #queerspace #queersky #booksky
May 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Gay May means more new #queer books for you! Check out this week's new releases: crossandcrows.com/lists/L7E45M... #booksky #queersky #indiebookstore #queerbookstore #yourbookstore #queerbooks #lgbtq #lgbtq2sia #lgbtqbooks #gaymay #readqueerbooks #buylocal #protectqueerspaces
May 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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This week's queer new arrivals: new paperback releases from Billy-Ray Belcourt, graphic novels, and more! tinyurl.com/3rfbcjbp
May 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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In the last 8 weeks, we've averaged about 8 people per day. Hm. tinyurl.com/4dn7m2ep #queersky #booksky #indiebookstore #queerbookstore #protectqueerspaces #queer #lgbtq #lgbtq2sia #queerbooks
White text on black background: WHAT DOES IT TAKE for a young bookstore to grow into an established bookstore? About 30 book-hungry, curious, mostly queer souls per day. www.crossandcrows.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Two different books with the same great title - preorder now! Your preorders support this queer space, the small presses that publish these books (@pmpress.bsky.social and Dzanc), the contributors, and @queerfilmfestival.ca! Get 'em here: tinyurl.com/5epc4hhz #queerbookstore #queersky #booksky
On a pastel rainbw background, black text: BIG GAY PREORDER ALERT! Cover art from two books, both entitled Be Gay Do Crime. The left-hand book has multicoloured emblems of revolution on a black background, with the title in white gothic type. The right-hand book has a hot pink background with a lighter pink illustration of a crossed rose and knife, with the title in bold white capitals. Small pink bubbles have descriptions. On the left: Short fiction about queer protest & rescue--with authors like Francesca Ekwuyasi and Myriam Gurba On the right: Queer histories of resistance and protest, first in the new Everyday Acts series from PM Press Across the bottom in pale letters: www.crossandcrows.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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This week's crop of new #queer titles for #gaymay tinyurl.com/5epc4hhz
Cover slide, blue text on pale teal background: GAY MAY (NEW RELEASES) with little bubbles of additional text: Recommended by your favourite queer bookstore! Sounds gay, I'm in! and a small clip art of an open book. A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image. On a teal background, cover art for six books: THIS BOOK IS A KNIFE by L. E. Fox, THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS by Ocean Vuong, THE VINYL DIARIES by Pete Crighton, ANOTHER WORD FOR LOVE by Carvell Wallace, TRANS HISTORY by Alex Combs and Andrew Eakett, ONE OF THE BOYS by Victoria Zeller A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image. On a teal background, cover art for six books: AND INTRODUCING DEXTER GAINES by Mark B. Perry, FUEL by Rosie Stockton, WHEN LOVE GIVES YOU LEMONS by Steven Salvatore, BLADES OF FURRY by Emily Erdos & Deya Muniz, THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh, LOVE IN EXILE by SHON FAYE A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image. Against a light teal background, cover art for six books: THE DUKE STEALS HEARTS & OTHER BODY PARTS by Elias Cold, BIG BUTCH ENERGY SYNERGY by Nina Chanel Abney, MOTHERLOVER by Lindsay Ishihiro, A FIX OF LIGHT by Kel Menton, and EDGE OF THE WORLD edited by Alden Jones A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image.
May 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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May 24, 2pm: Skateboarding, Sexuality, & Storytelling with Li Charmaine Anne, Amy Mattes, and Anthony Nerada! Three queer BC writers discuss how skate culture is portrayed in their fiction. tinyurl.com/247szkrh #queersky #booksky #queerbookstore #authorevent #queerauthors #lgbtqbooks #indiebookstore
Skateboarding, Sexuality, and Storytelling: When Coming-of-Age & Kickflips Collide Colour headshots of Li Charmaine Anne (youthful-looking Chinese-Canadian enby with tousled black hair in a dark blue flannel collared shirt smiles at viewer), Amy Mattes (mid-thirties white woman with long brown hair rests her chin on her hand and smiles slightly into the distance), and Anthony Nerada (mid-thirties white man with cropped brown hair smiles at viewer and leans in a bit) Book covers: Crash Landing, Late September, Skater Boy each depict a character with a skateboard Saturday, 24 May, 2pm at Cross & Crows Books www.crossandcrows.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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We have so much bookish delight in store for you! Authors, makers, giveaways, the kickoff of a bookstore crawl covering 7 shops--come see us this weekend! @booksky.bsky.social @queersky.bsky.social #cibd2025 #queerauthors #supportindependentbookstores #protectqueerspaces #shoplocal #shopcanadian
April 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Part of the fun of Canadian Indie Bookstore Day is that we get to come up with neat things for you to win. This year, celebrate with us and enter to win a book a month for a year! Details here: tinyurl.com/2s3s3tyw @booksky.bsky.social
Full details at link in post: Black text on rainbow background promoting a giveaway for Canadian Independent Bookstore Day, 26 April 2025
April 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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This week, as we gear up for Canadian Indie Bookstore Day, our large online competitor has decided to play dirty with a massive sale bracketing the weekend. The first thing we have to say is, ‘Are you throwing a party?’ See our plans here: tinyurl.com/vnjahevs
April 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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This sticker by Lil So and So is my current favourite! The enemy of my friend is my enemy. #queerbookstore #transartist #nonbinaryartist #protecttranspeople #addtoqueersky
April 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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I was not expecting a fresh bill for recalculated triple net—I thought this was all sorted months ago. Minor shortfall just became major challenge. Must sell more books. Used books on sale, buy 2 get 1 FREE! #indiebookstorelife #whatfreshhell #usedbooks #usedbookdeals
March 31, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Hey beautifuls! We need to average 25 average sales per day for the next 4 days--so used books are on super sale to entice you in! Buy 1 get 1 FREE on used books in stock, through 3/31/25. #indiebookstore #neighbourhoodbookstore #booksky #canadianbookstore
light grey text on black ground IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN ... light grey text on black ground USED BOOKS BUY 1 GET 1 FREE a little rent party, march 27-31
March 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Visit our blog to learn why we're worried about the prospect of #tariffs on books shipping from the US - for writers, bookstores, and readers - and what you can do to support #indiebookstores right now: crossandcrows.blogspot.com
#smallbizlife #canadianbookstore #yourbookstore #canadianwriters
White text on black background: BOOK TARIFFS BITE ...right into the bottom lines for Canadian bookstores, authors, and readers., Check out our latest blog post to find out what we know and what you can do! WWW.CROSSANDCROWS.COM
March 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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For a call to action re: public consultation on book #tariffs, an update on the rollercoaster ride that is this here small shop (really, look at the graph), and events to give you even more reasons to want to be here, visit our blog: crossandcrows.blogspot.com #indiebookstore #indiebookstorelife
White text on black: NEW BLOG POST What we know about tariffs (less than we'd like) How things are going (not bad, she said judiciously) Events at your bookstore (authors! art! fun!) WWW.CROSSANDCROWS.COM
March 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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When I need a bit of a confidence lift, I look at our reviews. I’m working every day to make this place better…kind words are guidance, encouragement, and reward. See you soon? —Néna #indiebookstore #queerbookstore #neighbourhoodbookstore #yourbookstore #crossandcrowschronicles #indiebookstorelife
March 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Thank you to Canada Reads for bringing this bunch together again! Congratulations to winners Ma-Nee Chacaby and Shayla Stonechild. And much appreciation to our spokesmodel Anne! #indiebookstore #queerbookstore #queerbooks #indigenousbooks #lgbtq2sia
March 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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In search of four #queer, Canadian, #indieauthors to table on #indiebookstoreday (26 April), the busiest day in our calendar outside of December. Books for adults mostly do better here but there's plenty love for YA, esp. fantasy. Who's in? #queerbooks #indiebookstore #inourlivingroom
Author Li Charmaine Anne, a slight Chinese-Canadian person with a chin-length black bob and wearing a flannel shirt, discusses her novel Crash Landing with an attentive crowd in the Living Room at Cross & Crows Books.
March 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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New from House of Kewpie, pinchback #pins and #notepads featuring their signature frog friend who advises you to “have fun, be gay!” #queerbookstore #indiebookstore #queerartist #qtbipocartist #asianartist #shoplocal #stationery #gifty
March 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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#usedbookdujour: queerest thing in the door today, so light in its little loafers I can hardly stand it. Great exploration of the history of #queerzines and #craftpublishing, in beautiful condition. #queerbookstore #indiebookstore #usedbooks #queerbooks #zines #queerhistory
Against the backdrop of an antique cabinet of rare queer books, a copy of QUEER ZINES VOL 1, 2ND EDITION. Hot pink and blue paperback with an inverted image of a lean white man undressing, from the back.
February 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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This is your third space. Use it today for what you need. Nothing more to say. #samnordquist #translivesaresacreddammit #queerspace #transspace #thirdspace
Pink, light blue, and white text on grey background: SPACE TO MOURN Monday 2/25, 12-6:30pm gather pause create ritual 2836 Commercial Drive
February 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Sunday 2/23, 6:30pm: Asexuality and Kink 101, an introduction to kink for people on the asexual spectrum and non-sexual kink. This event will be an open space to talk about kink and sexuality, but not to engage in it, k? Discussion to follow. FREE. 18+. Masked. crossandcrows.com/events/45191
White text on night-sky background: ASEXUALITY AND KINK: Join us for a tak and discussion on kink for people on the Asexual spectrum and non-sexual kink. Cross & Crows Books, 2836 Commercial Dr., Vancouver, BC. February 23rd, 6:30-8:30 pm. Also shown: bookstore logo with type treatment and crow, in white.
February 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Tuesday, 2/11, 7pm: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden discsses her book, GOT BLOOD TO GIVE, about anti-Blackness and homophobia in Canadian blood donation policies. Learn more: crossandcrows.com/events/44653
A Canva flyer featuring art from the cover of Got Blood To Give, and a photo of the author, Dr. OmiSoore Dryden. Dr. Dryden is a Black femme with platinum braids and sparkly eyeglasses, wearing a white jacket with a Pride pin and red-and-white platform heels, speaking into a microphone.
February 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Calling all queer poets for a free workshop with Carrie Hill @carriehillcreative.bsky.social! Friday, 2/28/25, 3-5pm. Limited space; reserve here: tinyurl.com/4fenpzhs
February 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM