CURRENT EVENTS

  • Tuesday September 7/10
    7pm

    Manitoba Independent Songwriters' Circlemore ]
  • Tuesday September 7/10
    7pm

    Speaking Crow Open Mic
    - featured reader Mariianne Maysmore ]
  • Wednesday September 8/10
    4:30pm
      $10
    Beginners' Yoga Class
    - instructor Yarden Bourlasmore ]
  • Wednesday September 8/10
    Celiac-Friendly Night at EAT!more ]
  • Thursday September 9/10
    7:30pm
      $10
    Best of Fest
    2010 Winnipeg Fringe hit StarBach's: The Coffee Cantata

    - starring David Klassen, Naomi Forman and Darren Martensmore ]
  • Friday September 10/10
    7pm

    Kelly Hughes Live! Fall Arts Preview I
    - WSO resident conductor Richard Lee, Juno winner Steve Bell and U of M Jazz Studies director Steve Kirby, with music by jazz pianist George Colliganmore ]
  • Friday September 10/10
    7:30pm

    Stone Soup Storytellersmore ]
  • Saturday September 11/10
    4:30pm
      $10
    Beginners' Yoga Class
    - instructor Yarden Bourlasmore ]
  • Saturday September 11/10
    5:30pm

    Humanist Association of Manitoba presents
    Kepler, Science and Religion

    - guest speaker Rhonda Martensmore ]
  • Tuesday September 14/10
    6pm

    Winnipeg Girl Geek Dinner
    - speaker TBAmore ]
  • Wed Sept 15/10 - Wed Dec 1/10 7-9pm $250
    Forging the Muse with poet Chandra Mayormore ]
  • Wednesday September 15/10
    7-9pm
    $30
    Aqua U. presents How To Sell Yourself Without Selling Out
    - a marketing seminar from Bookstore Owner Kelly Hughesmore ]
  • Thursday September 16/10
    Celiac-Friendly Night at EAT!more ]
  • Friday September 17/10
    7pm

    Kelly Hughes Live! Into THIN AIR II
    - Writers Festival performers Ismaila Alfa, Ignatius Mabasa and Dominique Rey, with music by Naomi Guilbert and Hiroshi Koshiyama of Fubuki Daikomore ]
  • Saturday September 18/10
    7pm

    On the Same Page Read-Off
    - nominees Catherine Hunter, Jake MacDonald, Melissa Steele and Michael Van Rooymore ]
  • Tuesday September 21/10
    7pm

    Soapbox Open Mic
    - Aqua Books Writer-in-Residence Kerry Ryanmore ]
  • Wednesday September 22/10
    7:30pm
      $10
    Best of Fest
    2010 Winnipeg Fringe hit One Good Marriage

    - starring Matthew TenBruggencate and Mel Marginetmore ]
  • Thursday September 23/10
    7pm

    Platform Centre presents
    Focal Point: Photography and the Social Construct
    László Moholy-Nagy and Feminism: The Origins of his Photographic Practice

    - professor Oliver Botarmore ]
  • Friday September 24/10
    7pm

    Kelly Hughes Live! Pop Star
    - music writer John Kendle and super-producer Chris Burke-Gaffney, with music by Arun Chaturvedimore ]
  • Friday September 24/10
    10:30pm

    Winnipeg International Writers Festival presents
    After Words

    - the Aborginal Writers Collective [ more ]
  • Saturday September 25/10
    10am
      $25
    Winnipeg International Writers Festival presents
    The Writing Craft: A Writer's Toolkit

    - mystery writer Giles Bluntmore ]
  • Saturday September 25/10
    3pm

    Winnipeg International Writers Festival presents
    A Pint of Bitter Murder

    - mystery writer Giles Bluntmore ]
  • Saturday September 25/10
    7:30pm

    ideaExchange
    Facing the (sacred) Fire:
    Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

    - Dr. Jon Searsmore ]
  • Saturday September 25/10
    10:30pm

    Winnipeg International Writers Festival presents
    Afterwords

    - writer/rapper Ismaila Alfamore ]
  • Tues Sept 28/10 - Wed Nov 24/10 7-9pm $20
    Writers’ Support Group with poet Kerry Ryanmore ]
  • Wednesday September 29/10
    7:30pm
      $10
    Best of Fest
    2010 Winnipeg Fringe hit Unequal Harvest

    - starring Kami Desilets and Brent Hirosemore ]
  • Thurs Sept 30/10 - Thurs Dec 2/10 7-9pm $225
    Through the Looking Glass
    - a YA fiction writing intensive with Anita Dahermore ]
  • Wednesday September 30/10
    7:30pm
      $20
    Frontier College presents
    An Evening with Harvey Levy
    more ]
  • Friday October 1/10
    7pm

    Kelly Hughes Live! Fall Arts Preview II
    - Larry Desrochers (Manitoba Opera), Columpa Bobb (MTYP), Casimiro Nhussi (NAfro Dance) and Steven Schipper (MTC), with music by Prairie Jewelmore ]
  • Wednesday October 6/10
    7:30pm
      $10
    Best of Fest
    2010 Winnipeg Fringe hit When The Killer Mutant Lizards Attack

    - starring Brent Hirosemore ]
  • Thursday October 7/10
    7pm

    The Secret Signature of Things Launch
    - poet Eve Joseph, with Patrick Friesenmore ]
  • Saturday October 16/10
    8pm
      $10
    Best of Fest
    2010 Winnipeg Fringe hit unADULTeRATED me

    - starring Rachelle Fordycemore ]
  • Friday October 29/10
    7pm

    Kelly Hughes Live! Halloween
    - illusionist Brian Glow and SF writer Nick DiChario, with music by Absent Soundmore ]
  • Thursday November 4/10
    7pm

    TELL: Tales from the 204more ]
  • Friday November 26/10
    7pm

    Kelly Hughes Live! 42
    - CFL legend Troy Westwood and greyhound rescuer Michaela Lamoureux, with music by Newfie rocker Elton Adamsmore ]
  • Thursday December 2/10
    7pm

    Canada's History Magazine presents Teachmeetmore ]
  • Saturday December 4/10
    11am-5pm

    Crafty Minions: The Handmade and Vintage Salemore ]
  • Jan Horner wins the 2010 Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry/Prix Lansdowne de poésie
    more ]

274 Garry St.
(Between Portage
& Graham)

Winnipeg, MB
Canada  R3C 1H3
204-943-7555

OPEN
Tues-Sat 11am-9pm
Sun-Mon Closed

EMAIL
kelly@aquabooks.ca

We accept Interac, Visa and Mastercard too

What people are saying:

This is my favourite shop in Winnipeg! - Heather Sealey, Winnipeg

VINTAGE PHOTOS

Aqua Books has over a thousand vintage (mostly black and white) photos in stock. There are some from Winnipeg, although many are from the U.S. and Europe. Almost all of them are $2 each. Mouse over the thumbnails for a sample of the kind of thing you'll find in-store..

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