Meet the River Bookshop Team

Richard

Richard is past president & CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. He authored Dream Job and 21 Leadership Lessons and he has a new book set for release in September 2024. Richard published Heritage Buildings of Amherstburg and is the owner of River Bookshop, Evelyn’s Candy House, and White Woods Home.

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Community Builder

Disrupter

Philanthropist

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See more favourites here: Richard's Picks

Colleen

Colleen is a partner and the CFO at Tadiem as well as one of the passionate owners of River Bookshop, Evelyn's Candy House, and White Woods Home.

While work can be all-consuming, Colleen has some favourite titles that take her away or that keep her informed.

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See more favourites here: Colleen's Picks

Meghan

Meghan is the Lead Bookseller at River Bookshop. She’s been lucky enough to work with books since 2013, and she plans to do so for as long as she can. Her interests range, but she loves sci-fi/fantasy, spec fic, lit fic, short stories, popular science (especially physics and neuroscience), psychology, unconventional memoirs, and anything queer. If you strike up a conversation about any of these when you visit the store, she will be very excited to chat. 

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See more favourites here: Meghan's Picks

Taylor

Taylor’s favourite thing to read is anything dark, strange, or whimsical — bonus points if it’s queer too! When he’s not reading, he can be found crying over the Leafs and the Jays. At the bookshop, you’ll likely find him hunched over his laptop working on behind the scenes things!

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See more favourites here: Taylor's Picks

Cindy

Meet bookseller Cindy! She loves to read books from all genres. Her all-time favourites are found in our classics section. She enjoys learning about other cultures by reading books from around the world. She wears her love of reading on her sleeves — literally! You can see her passion for books in her tattoos. 

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See more favourites here: Cindy's Picks

Julienne

Julienne’s favourite genres are poetry, history, historical fiction, and true crime. In addition to being a bookseller, she is part of the team at Black Moss Press, working with many local authors and specializing in local poetry. Julienne also enjoys writing poetry, short stories, and historical works. In the past she has spent countless hours reading to her children, making her one of the biggest Munsch fans on earth.

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See more favourites here: Julienne's Picks

Darrie-Ann

Darrie-Ann spreads positivity as a bookseller, story time reader, and as our junior book club facilitator. In addition to working at River Bookshop, she has been sharing her love of great characters as a literacy assistant and reader at a local elementary school for over a decade. Her love of learning is evident through her favourite genres of historical fiction, biographies, social justice, history, classics, and anything her own kids recommend to her. Darrie-Ann also enjoys reading YA and Middle School novels to recommend and enthusiastically read along with her students and junior book club members. 

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See more favourites here: Darrie-Ann's Picks

Natalie

Natalie is the newest addition to the River Bookshop team! Natalie loves to read mystery, psychological thrillers, and inspirational memoirs. She enjoys sharing her passion for reading with others by recommending her favourite books. If you are a Freida McFadden super fan like Natalie, let her know some of your favourite books by the author next time you are in the shop! 

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Favourite Books:
  • Where the Crawdads Sing
  • The Housemaid
  • Between Two Kingdoms
  • A House in the Sky
  • Nala's World
  • The Plot

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See more favourites here: Natalie's Picks

Funding Acknowledgement

With the participation of the Government of Canada.

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Avec la participation du gouvernement du Canada.

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