Glad Day Bookshop: The Magic of Surviving and Thriving for 50 or More Years
GUEST: Michael Erickson from Glad Day Bookshop and Glad Day Lit
MUSIC: Darren Hanlon
From up a Rickety Set of Stairs to the Accessible Glamour of Main Street, the history of Glad Day Bookshop is at the epicentre of queer history and plays an important role in shaping and creating an LGBTQ future.
Michael Erickson is part owner of Glad Day Bookshop, North America's oldest surviving book store - that through necessity and through vision and hard work has become much more than a bookstore. A restaurant, lounge, cafe, dance space, event space - it has everything from activist planning meetings to drag queen brunch. Michael talks about the challenges Glad Day faces and how the pandemic has created new challenges but also an opportunity to take care of the community it cares for and supports.
LINKS
Glad Day Bookshop Wikipedia Page
The Painting by William Blake that Inspired the Glad Day Logo