Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium
- Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium
Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium, also known as Little Sister's Bookstore, but usually called "Little Sister's," is an independent bookstore in the Davie Village / West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a predominantly gay community. The bookstore opened in 1983.
The bookstore is famous for being embroiled in a legal battle with the Canada Border Services Agency over the importation of what the agency has labeled "obscene materials". These materials, nearly all dealing with male-male or female-female sexuality, are routinely seized at the border. The same publications, when destined for other booksellers in the country, have often been delivered without delay or question.Fact|date=February 2008
Its travails were fictionalized as a subplot of the film "Better than Chocolate"."Little Sister's vs. Big Brother" (2002), is a feature length documentary film about the bookstore.
Address & Telephone #
1238 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1N3 "(604)-669-1753"
ee also
* "Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice)", [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120
* Spartacus Books, another bookstore in Vancouver with a wide "queer lit" section
External links
* [http://www.littlesistersbookstore.com/ Little Sisters Bookstore]
* [http://www.littlesistersbookstore.com/index_defense_fund.html Little Sister's Defence Fund]
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