Windowseat Books

Repartee Press is an independent publisher of poetry based on Vancouver Island. Its mission is to publish “user-friendly” poetry by emerging and established writers from BC, as well as to encourage collaborations between writers across genres, and with artists in other domains.

Established in 2020 by author Ian Cognitō, Repartee Press also produces events such as public performances of poetry, online readings, and workshops.

Available from Repartee Press: Ian Cognitō’s Play on Worlds and Animalian and Pat Smekal’s Ripples. Read about these collections on our website!

Thank you to everyone who came to visit us yesterday for Indie Bookstore Day! We had the best time chatting books with you all!

In true Windowseat Books fashion, we forgot to document all the fun we had, BUT did manage to snap this pic of our first-ever pre-open lineup! A momentous occasion! 💛

Happy BC Book Day! 📚✨

Pictured here is just the start of a stack of beautiful books. If we piled up every book about BC or by a BC author, we’d have to feature half the store… so you better come in and check out the rest for yourself!

And a reminder that two wonderful BC authors will be at the store on Saturday afternoon to sign books. Come see Haley Healey from noon to 1pm and Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa from 1pm to 2pm during our Indie Bookstore Day celebrations! 🎉

April is National Poetry Month, and we’ve celebrated by quadrupling our selection of local voices! We’ll be featuring different poets and their collections all month long so come in and browse a while.

🗓️Tonight at the bookstore: EMPTIES book launch

We are officially at maximum capacity and our RSVP list is completely full. To ensure everyone’s safety and comfort, we unfortunately cannot accommodate any walk-ins tonight. If you haven’t registered and would like to be put in the waitlist, contact us at the store.

We are so thrilled to have a packed house for Neil Surkan!