Still Water Books and Art is your Campbell River bookstore with a difference. This is the place where you find books that open doors of friendship, knowledge, and pleasure. We welcome you to the companionship of authors, current and long-gone, and the creations of local artists. We look forward to being the place you come to enjoy comfort and conversation.

Still Water Books and Art features a variety of books for sale. Used books, new books local Campbell River, Vancouver Island ad BC books and collectable books of all sorts. Some books will be exciting and influential books from the 21st century, and other books will be treasures from English literature.

New Sections at Still Water Books and Art

As new books come into the store, some concentrations are developing. Among them are art books, model ship building, geology, genealogy, maps, and history.

Specialty Corners

Model Ship Building

Recent acquisitions:

• Five Historic Ships from Plan to Model - by George S. Parker
• Ship Model making – Vol. I – by McCann
• Ship Model Making – Clipper Ship – by McCann
• Ship Model Making – U. S. S. Constitution
• Modelling the SUF Constellation – Gilbert C. Mc Ardle (with fold out plans)
• Modelling the Golden Hinde – Tucker  (with fold out plans)
• Planking Techniques for Model Ship Builders –  Dressel
• Ship Modeling from Stem to Stern – Roth
• Scale Model Sailing Ships - Bowen
• Model Shipwright Vol. XIII – John Bowen
• Model Shipwright Quarterly Journals – many numbered issues available
• The Art of Ship Modeling – by A. Richard Mansir
• Ships and Ship Models  – Vol 1. 1931-1932 -  facsimile edition
• The Techniques of Ship Modelling – Wingrove
• How to Make Ship Block Models –Davis
• Numerous and Various Small Pamphlets and Books
• Historic Ship Models – Wolfram zu Mondfeld

REQUESTED BOOKS

Currently, we have a list of books that have been requested. We would be delighted if you have these books and would bring them in for credit. Please check under Books and "Books we would like to stock" on that page for a list.

Programming at Still Water Books and Art

Each week, check our website's Events page for listings of upcoming events in the afternoons and evenings. Don't miss our current listings which include specific times and events. 

Our Mission Statement and Values

We are committed to the power and beauty of words and their vital ability to transform life, to promote thought, and to bring understanding and pleasure. We are committed to respect for the intrinsic value of artistic production in all its varied forms. We abhor the destruction of valuable objects because they are old or pre-owned, and will present used books with pleasure. We will seek to serve each individual with dignity and respect.

Trevor and Ruth McMonagle have enjoyed a lifelong passion for words expressed in their activities as community volunteers at the library, and CRTV, founding members of Words on the Water Writers’ Festival, facilitators of Super Host courses and other small groups, and in their professions of teaching and tutoring.

In accordance with our values, and in support of a drive to sustain our lovely planet, all possible elements of the store including shelves, fixtures, books, and even the mirrors, have been reused and redeveloped from existing materials and products.