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Create an account by clicking on the link in the top right corner of this page. Returning customers can just log in. Select books and proceed to checkout. When we receive your order, we will email confirmation and will phone or email you when your books are ready for pick-up at the store. We can also ship books almost anywhere. Payment can be made when picking up the books or by phone if we mail the books to you.

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Talisman is a full-service bookstore located in the Driftwood Centre on beautiful Pender Island. We offer a wide selection of fiction, non-fiction, children's books, cookbooks, used books, greeting cards, navigation charts, art from around the Salish Sea, and more!

It is our goal to offer good books and friendly service to both our regular clients and visitors to the Pender Islands.