The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

In - WM l N! “t ) CHRONILLE - Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Liter ar y celebration Words Worth Books celebrates 30th anniversary in uptown Waterloo Bv Boa VRBANML more than just knowledgeable â€"â€"~ _ Chronicle Staff they are also book fans themselves _*' They often get asked what is been one of the top destina- a they're reading and what they can I tion spots in uptown Waterloo g ~.â€"‘ recommend. Words Worth Books for 30 years. , 2?" ’ i also has such a devoted clientele But it's more than what they sell 1 " that they staff know they're prefer» that has made Words Worth Books ' fl ' ; ences and can tell them what's an attraction â€" it's the place it has “a ‘ coming up or what's in the store in the heart of the city through “it ' that mightappcaito them. community involvement and g “It's the aspect of the job that l engagement. t; enjoy the most. the long~tenn con~ Never mind the interesting nections and community building debates on books and literature in ~ . that's this place seems to attract.” , . general one can hear at the front said Brouse. “Weknewthat going in counter or in the stacks in the back that we were going to have a lot of any time you're in the store at 96 support from our customers King St S "We have those conversations It's a model of community 4 about what peoplearereadingand enmement that was started when what they should be reading PeoA Tricia Siemens and Chuck Erion v ., ple will get a personalized email opened the store in 1984 and con- A l " L: ' saying we’ve got this coming up” tinues with Mandy Brouse and i it? ,‘ “It's a little more organic and a David Worsley, who took over in r- “fit little more curated.” said‘Mmsley. 201] M »j 1 - Both Bmuse and Mrsley admit Between the two of them they've , ' g r that there have been challenges spent the maturity of their lives as . . taking over the ixrsiness and mak . sellers of books and defenders of ' ing it their own. With a move and j the printed word. and they still 1 some of the other things they've ("any the flag for independent 7. ' done in the last three yeah ‘ bookstores as thew were ret i-ntly :' , And there are always challenges nominated for Bookstore of the i f ' that tome with running a small 5 Year by the f.dll<'l(ll<lll Booksellers 7 ‘ business. including the potential Association . ‘ fig impact l.Rl (”Ullsffllt'llt)" could 3 "How many people get to say _ . _ have on many businesses in the l that they go to a lob where they get A t M, n " “DUN" "WP to create and build and (raft. and T "‘ ’ , But they also feel a gmler sense 0 t ' t v '.v be part of the community that -" "‘ ~ --~ ofowni'rship over this anniversary way," said Brouse "There's a pas Mandy arouse and Dav-d Wesley, coâ€"owners of Words Worth Books, are celebrating the independent book as they cement their legacy with sion for books and for reading, but store's 30th anniversary with a special event saturday, The event features authors and other luminaries, along Words Mirth Bookstore there's also a passion for independ With a mental book sale m- “ Mun "It's a like number.' said Wors ent business in the region as well." k-y. delighted by the miltstone lhey've also been able to ("on Parley MowaL Sebastian l-aulks and [hose same authors wtll feature iilar features at the store as it allows 'If it has a number we bad after “true a tradition of bringing Yann Martel. prominently in the 30th celebration readers to find out what then our first year in business I think we riirthors to their audiences Then "We wanted to continue that the store is hosting this Saturday favourite authors are reading would have related it to the orwial very first author's event featured tradition and that events are fun." starting at ‘l a m as (elebrated “I know if I was a young writer l owners But (oming three years W() Mitchell and since then us said Brouse "It's nice to bring authors lerry Pallis. (iiry (tame! would want to know what (on after and dealing with all those ‘ been a who's who ln( hiding authors in who you love and who Kay, Elizabeth Ruth. Nan loner and (iavriel Kay was reading,~ said (balk-mars, we really feel like we've Robertson Dawes, Margaret vou'vt' watched have success, Heather Srnrth will he 'bookse|lers Worslr-v ' l'he man has some u-ri owned those low-an," said Bron-w Atwood. lohn lrvmg, Rohrnton Mrs "We like to hurld connections to in residerx'e' throughout the day nus ( hops ' tor more information about the try, lane Urquhart. limothy l rndlr'y, them and their audience so they Worsley said those exrhangr's People also love to (UIT‘N‘ in and tr‘lf‘hlalltln visit wotdsworth rhomas King. Diana (.aba|don look forward to following them " have become one of the more pop have a that With the staff who are booksrom ‘ ‘ l W‘lu‘fluhh o l » Vote Now « - ~ - t n ' E ”‘ ‘ ' 7 is 14 ' t“ a f May May . A; 201 4 aterIooi-eadersdio' . m w Ice ca , A , ,,3'/ n; - , - . ) ;'. .v , _ . i»?