Questions, comments, or suggestionsOpen Tuesday thru Saturday 10am to 5pm —a 200-year-old stone bank barn filled with thousands of old books. Our distinctive establishment offers better used, out-of-print, collected, distinctive and rare books in all fields. We have Central PA’s largest selection of antique maps, prints and views. Canaday’s Book Barn offers a diverse general selection with specialties, including: Americana, Local & Pennsylvania History, American & Regional History; Travel & Exploration, Military History, Architecture, Decorative Arts, Antiques & Collectibles, Art, Gardening, Cookbooks, Music, Literature, Religion, Fine Bindings, Children’s and Illustrated Books, True Crime; Sporting, Transportation, Natural History, Science & Technology, etc. You’ll also find within our walls vintage magazines, vinyl LP and 45 records, antique photographs, posters, postcards, bookends and a host of other interesting and unusual items. Tour this site and then visit us at the barn!

We’re open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.Whistlestop Bookshop is an independent bookseller in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in the lovely and historic Cumberland Valley in southcentral Pennsylvania.  Our hours are Monday through Wednesday 10-6, Thursday and Friday 10-8, and Saturday 10-6.  During other hours we welcome messages via our voicemail, e-mail, or via our website "contact us" boxes. Our favorite new coloring book! The Book of the YEar for Whistlestop:  Kim van alkemade's Orphan #8, launched here on August 4, 2015. Nicola's staff pick for the holidays (and every Day)! THE BIG NEWS (OF COURSE!) IS MORE HARRY POTTER THIS SUMMER, EVEN IF HE IS A HARASSED CIVIL SERVANT INSTEAD OF A BOY AT HOGWARTS.  We had a midnight party (9 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.) for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child the evening of Saturday, July 30.  We still have plenty of first edition copies.  Click on the image below to order a copy from us.

WE HAD A GREAT NATIONAL BOOK LAUNCH FOR SUSAN PERABO'S NEW COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, WHY THEY RUN THE WAY THEY DO,   WE HAVE SIGNED COPIES ON HAND, AND SUSAN WILL BE HAPPY TO INSCRIBE COPIES IF YOU WANT PARTICULAR MESSAGES.  THIS IS ACCELERATING BY WORD OF MOUTH AS READERS WANT TO GIVE COPIES TO FRIENDS! SUSAN perabo's new collection of short stories debuts nationally at Whistlestop bookshop!Great news of lovers of fine historic writing:  David McCullough's new book, The Wright Brothers, has been a great success since Spring. As with the Panama Canal, the Brooklyn Bridge, Truman and Roosevelt, McCullough examines American icons for the humanity and the human stories beneath the textbook reporting. Special luck: the author reads his own work in the audiobook!Now available in paperback!  Spring 2015:  nothing compares to H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald.  When it was published last Fall in the UK, it won rave reviews and prestigious prizes.  At last it is available stateside, and it is picking up another round of superlative reviews (Vicki Croke on the cover of the NYT Book Review, the New Yorker, and so on).  

H is for Hawk is an astonishing, beautifully-written, and deeply felt memoir of grief, recovery, beauty, literary investigation, and training a goshawk.  European Light Bulbs TorontoDo yourself a favor:  read it, enjoy it, ponder it, celebrate a blessing of a book.Blinds Valance Clips Quick leaps to selected treasures!Vertical Blinds To Fit Bay WindowsMore of what we do, what we offer, and what we have:Since we are an independent bookstore, we do things differently.  magazines in many categoriescards from Paper Lantern, Leanin' Tree, Compendium, Peaceable Kingdom, and local photographers Joan Navin,  and Larry Rankinpostcards, including scenes of Carlisle, Dickinson College, and the U.S. Army War College jazz and classical cdscalendars in season (September through February)jigsaw puzzles for adults and childreneducational card decks of all kinds bookmarks, bookplates, totebags, and other giftsCustomer service is our goal. 

Among the ways we pay attention to our patrons in person or off-site are:quick, efficient special ordering (no extra charge)out-of-print searchingfree giftwrapgift certificatesThanks for visiting!  Check often for changes and enhancements.  Above all, support your independents!Ursula K. Le Guin sums it up in 6 minutes.  This wonderful, wise, brave, honest, articulate woman is a great writer.  We are honored to sell all of her work, from Catwings to the Earthsea books to her life-changing books of fantasy, science fiction, and lands-in-between.  Here she is accepting a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Award Foundation. Ask A QuestionHave a question? A librarian can help. Borrow, Renew, ReturnLearn about borrowing, renewing and returning your library materials. Find An ArticleSearch thousands of newspapers and periodicals. Find A Good BookSee new titles, get book suggestions and more. Get A CardGet a library card, online or in-person Get NoticesSign up for pick-up notices, due date reminders and overdue notices by email.

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