Quill and Quire is reporting that Holly and Paul McNally of McNally Robinson Booksellers have won the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Prairies region.
McNally Robinson is one of my favourite bookstores. Their flagship store is in Winnipeg and there is a great spiral staircase up to the children’s section. The store is a bit like a garden. There’s a cobblestone-style path through the store, rich greens, great little seats, a fantastic cafe, and the staff are phenomenal.
If you are ever in Winnipeg, McNally’s is worth a visit.
My romance with James even started in the bookstore, we were on a field trip to the newly opened store. I bought Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy and James lent me Ernest Buckler’s The Mountain and the Valley. It was a big day.