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The Word has resided in the same little shop now for over 35 years and, but for a few upgrades, the shop has changed very little. It remains my favourite bookshop for browsing even though I have not been back to Montreal since 2002. I am long overdue for a browse. Their bookmark design remained consistent--like their quality and selection of books--through the years, the variation being the pleasant variety of coloured cardstock.
Being close to M
cGill University and having good relationships with local small press publishers are some of the reasons for its longevity, and they often held--and probably still do--book launches and poetry readings in the shop. The announcements to the left are from the early 1980s. They did come out with a new larger bookmark around their 25th
anniversary in March 2000 as seen below. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwbhEtigZlB90KpoNmfOJ2aUgMGU8mRGUjaflha3QLk_ZxggGTiWNzGeNnRFoJYybFRZFcfj03Uaz34Lkd8MSVUHJGtTuB_OR1n2WShyEfsgV21n-wv5vbYx6A4IugzQpcF76FQ/s200/word3.jpg)
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