Say this ain't so: This Ain't the Rosedale Library padlocked by bailiffs

The steady erosion of the independent bookstore business may (and I only say may, based on limited information) have claimed another victim. Apparently This Ain't the Rosedale Library in Toronto's Kensington Market, a beloved and quirky book and magazine store, has been padlocked by the bailiffs claiming $40,000 in unpaid debts. The Tweetpic first appeared on the NOW Toronto website.

The bookstore is well known for carrying a broad range of indy magazines and local authors and for hosting local readings. It is not known what got them into this fix, though we can guess that it might be the same lamentable trend that has claimed so many other independent book and magazine outlets across the country (see Related Posts below). 

Charles (Charlie)  Huisken founded the store more than 30 years ago and for most of those years it was on Church street, only decamping two years ago to its new location on Nassau Street, at which time Jesse, Charles's son, joined the business, and had apparently showed some of the same chops in book and magazine selling as his dad. 

[More as we learn more.]

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• Pages Books and Magazines of Toronto to  close August 1
• Vancouver's Magpie Magazine Gallery to close 
• Yet another independent magazine outlet -- Duthie's Books -- to close next month
• Vancouver loses another indy magazine outlet