Welcome to the Toronto Women's Bookstore's website.

We are a non-profit bookstore dedicated to promoting anti-oppression politics and feminist politics. Our mission: To provide books by women writers, especially marginalized women, including women of colour, First Nations women, lesbians, other queer women, working class women, disabled women, Jewish women, and other groups of women.

Our mandate is to be an information provider and community resource for events, political actions, women's health care, self care, different community groups. To organize events that reflect the communities of women we serve.

The idea for the Toronto Women's Bookstore grew out of a need for a space for women where books written by women, for women and about women's issues could be available and for sale.

Founded in 1973, the Bookstore grew from a single shelf of books to what is now the largest, non-profit feminist & humanistic bookstore in Canada.

Books that we carry reflect our feminist and humanistic philosophy. For instance, we are an important source for books on feminist and cultural theory, queer men of colour, health, violence against women, lesbian issues, and writing by women of colour, First Nations women and Jewish women. We offer a wide selection of fiction and non-fiction by Canadian and international writers plus much more. We provide magazines, journals and zines that are otherwise hard to find.

We also have a great selection of music and sell locally made jewelry. We have a mail order service to anywhere in the world and can special order hard to find titles. We arrange course book orders and deliveries for university and college professors from a wide range of disciplines. Also our hardcover books are always 10% off.

We are a bookstore that nurtures diverse communities through special events and ventures. We offer a multitude of community services such as bulletin boards, reading groups, and courses. We also host author readings and book launches. Some of our previous launches include Alice Walker (By The Light Of My Father's Smile), Dionne Brand (At The Full And Change Of The Moon), Patricia Hill Collins (Black Feminist Thought), Dorothy Allison (Cavedweller), and Shauna Singh Baldwin (What The Body Remembers).

The Toronto Women's Bookstore celebrated 30 years in 2003 because of the efforts of many who have given generously as patrons, volunteers, staff and advisors. We recognize that we can look to the future with optimism only with your continued support and partnership.

Thank you!

Teresa Chun-Wen Cheng, Nwadiogo Ijeoma Ejiogu, Sabera Esufali, Jiselle Griffith, Alejandra Higuera, Rosina Kazi, alex macfadyen, Carolynn McDonald, Leah Newbold,
janet romero-leiva, Corrie Sakaluk and amy willis.
The staff of the Toronto Women's Bookstore