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Here's where to find awesome little free libraries in New West

Got another book site to add? Let us know.

Looking for some new reading for fall? 

Then you'll want to make your way to a little free library near you — and you're in luck, because you can find them all over New Westminster.

The little book houses have popped up in neighbourhoods all over the city, giving people a chance to donate books and take books in exchange. A few are officially registered with Little Free Library, and there are a host of others as well.

We first put together this list way back in 2018, crowd-sourcing ideas from readers on social media. It's been updated multiple times since, and we thought it was time for a refresh as we head into the fall season for 2022.

Know any libraries we've missed? Reach out to reporter Julie MacLellan on Twitter or by email, jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca.

Happy reading!

Sapperton and Massey/Victory Heights

  • 309 Nootka St. – in the alley, just up from East Columbia (This one even has a Twitter account, @NootkaStLibrary.)
  • Miner Street, near the corner of Debeck
  • 400 block of Fader Street, between Major and Sherbrooke (two libraries; one for kids’ books)
  • Sapperton Plaza, on East Columbia Street between Knox Presbyterian Church and Starbucks
  • 444 Wilson St.
  • 421 Cumberland St., at Carroll Street (two libraries; one for kids and one for adults)
  • 400 block of Alberta Street
  • 111 Rickman Pl. (at Jackson Crescent)
  • Richmond Street, between Alberta and Shiles streets
  • 930 Cumberland St, on the lawn at Mount Zion Lutheran Church (the focus is on kids/youth books, but there's a shelf for adults too)
  • Victory Heights triangle park, off Chilliwack Street (erected by Massey-Victory Heights Residents' Association)
  • 436 Elmer St.

Victoria Hill

  • The Little Library on the Hill is in the centre of the neighbourhood, just off East Royal Avenue, in the park by the duck pond, with a bench beside it for reading in good weather. 

Queen's Park and Glenbrooke North

  • 710 Fourth St.
  • Fourth Avenue, between Fourth and Fifth streets
  • 222 Princess St.
  • Fourth Avenue, near Arbutus Street
  • 240 Sandringham Ave.
  • Foot of Colborne Street, in the roundabout
  • 205 Fourth Ave.
  • Fourth Street, between Regina Street and Fifth Avenue

Downtown

  • 72 First St.

Uptown/Brow of the Hill

  • 10th Street near Eighth Avenue (across from Joy Farm Market)
  • Fifth Avenue, between 13th and 14th streets

West End

  • 1407 Nanaimo St.
  • 727 Bowler St.
  • Eighth Avenue and 14th Street
  • 2109 Seventh Ave. (across from 22nd Street station)

Queensborough

  • 255 Salter St., Port Royal (It's handily located just five minutes from the bus stop and five minutes from the Q2Q ferry dock. It was funded by a Neighbourhood Small Grant from the Vancouver Foundation.)
  • Star Crescent, just off Furness
  • Queensborough Community Centre
  • South Dyke Road, just off Pier Place

Note: This list has been sourced in part from community suggestions and is accurate to the best of our knowledge. But if we’ve made any errors or not quite explained a location correctly, please let us know. Or if we’ve missed any pop-up libraries in your neighbourhood, please tell us. Email jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca.