Sidney: Booktown, BC

Literary mania is a year-round preoccupation in Sidney, a seaside town of 11,000 people, who live about 30 kilometres from British Columbia’s capital Victoria. Wherever you are, there’s a store on the next block. There’s one next door. There’s another a few doors down. And there’s one around the corner. There’s even one underground. There are 30 bookstores in all. Booktown? That’s an understatement. Read more about the experience from Steve Quinn.