The coziest little bookshop in the prettiest village in Maine.
Independent bookshops are born of passion…for words, for stories, for the exchange of ideas. What could be better than the smell of a leather wingback, the heft of a good strong narrative, the sound of pages flipping one to the next?
Welcome to Fiction: A Novel Bookshop. You are cordially invited to browse at your leisure. Have a seat on our vintage sofa. If there is a lull at the till, we will happily pour you a cup of tea while you wander round. Come chat with us about the books you love and we will do our best to help you discover your next favorite read. We can also suggest the perfect gift for the book lovers in your life. We love independent bookshops, the lot of them, in all their lovely, eccentric, wild, and wondrous iterations! We imagine you have many favorites…we hope Fiction will be one of them.
Stop in and say Hello…we can’t wait to meet you!
Water Street in the early 1900’s.
1875 (that’s us at the end of the block)
Throwback to the 1950’s when we were a hardware store.
Meet the proprietor
Toni made her first ever purchase secretly at the age of six, a set of Snoopy books. They were to be paid for COD (Cash on Delivery - for those of you not born in the 60’s). Her mother, shocked but impressed by the audacity, handed over a few dollars and books have been a singular passion ever since.
After graduating from Bath Spa University in the UK with her PhD in Creative Writing, Toni moved to Maine with one initial goal: to write. What better place to find daily inspiration than in an 18th century building surrounded by books?
