Our Staff

Anne & Jim (Owners)

Anne and Jim are the current owners with both having a passion for books, employee, and customer care. They feel extremely fortunate to have such a dedicated team of colleagues with similar values about the Bay Used Books community. They also have a variety of other interests including golfing, curling, yoga and travelling. 

Anne & Jim's Top  Picks

Recommended Authors: Susan Elizabeth Philips, Jo Goodman, Mary Balogh, Emilie Richards, anything with a good happy ending

Laurie (Manager)

Laurie is our romance expert! Whether historical, paranormal or contemporary, she has a recommendation for you. She truly believes that "books can take you anywhere".

Laurie's Top Picks

Recommended Authors: J.D Robb, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Julia Quinn

Julie (Assistant Manager)

Julie loves her books to be full of witches, mystery, and thrills! She loves helping readers find a new favourite author.

Julie's Top Picks

Recommended Authors: C.J  Cooke, Jennifer McMann, Lisa Jewell, Louise Penny, Cherie Dimaline

Cory (Social Media Manager)

Cory loves the aesthetics of books as much as they love reading! YA, historical fiction, Canadian lit, and fantasy are their favourite genres.

Cory's Top Picks

Recommended Authors: M.R Carey, Robert McCammon, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia, Dionne Brand, Ray Bradbury

Aura

Aura believes collecting books and reading books are separate hobbies. She loves science fiction, horror, and magical realism.

Aura's Top Pics

Recommended Authors:  T. Kingfisher, Karen Lord, Peter Clines, Frank Herbert, H.P Lovecraft, Mercedes Lackey, Martha Wells.

Nancy

Nancy has been around books her whole life. She's worked as a library tech, is an avid reader of classic literature and science fiction, and you can always find her with a book in hand.

Nancy's Top Picks 

Recommended Authors: Charles Dickens, J.R.R Tolkien, Daphne DuMaurier, Liu CiXin

Tori

Tori loves books that take you out of this world and into another. She likes to read YA and Fantasy with a sprinkle of romance. If it makes her cry even better!

Tori's Top Picks

Recommended Authors: P.C Cast, Rick Riordan, Adam Silvera, Soul Eater Mangas

David

David is the Junior Executive Assistant Vice President of Human Resources in the online sales department, North-Eastern Division. He keeps our staff-room coffee machine busy. David likes to reads a mix of fiction and non-fiction and always has a plethora of staff picks to choose from. 

David's Top Picks

Recommended Authors: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Simon Winchester, Bill Bryson, Mary Roach, Seanan McGuire