The Storefront
Country living sections — gardening, cooking, crafts — alongside literature, history, mystery, popular fiction, science fiction, children's books, biography, poetry, travel, religion and art. There is truly something for everyone.
Downtown Creston, BC · Thirty years in the making
A new chapter for a collection thirty years in the making.
Fine used, rare, and antiquarian books on the shelves and in the online catalogue — formerly Beacon Books.
The front desk at Canyon Street
Thirty years, formerly Beacon Books
A secondhand bookseller lovingly curated over three decades, now writing its next chapter in Creston.
Rare & antiquarian online
First-editions, antiquarian titles, and a well-known nautical and military history collection in the online catalogue.
Downtown Creston storefront
1132 Canyon Street — country living shelves alongside literature, history, mystery, and children's books.
What you'll find
Two ways to browse, one curated collection.
Come explore the ever-changing shelves in person, or search the expanding online catalogue for rare and antiquarian titles.
The Online Catalogue
Rare and antiquarian books, first-editions, the well-known nautical and military history collection, and a great many academic titles. The warehouse inventory is being brought online in the months to come.
Leave a Want
Ask for a book or category — it may be in storage waiting to be brought in for you. Peruse the shelves often; the titles take their turns in the store.
30
years in the making
10,000+
titles across the shelves & warehouse
2
collections in one — formerly Beacon Books
About the shop
A lovingly-curated used bookstore, in Creston, BC.
Country Life Books, formerly Beacon Books, is a secondhand bookseller on downtown Canyon Street. The storefront highlights the country living collection — gardening, cooking, crafts — alongside popular shelves of literature, history, mystery, fiction, non-fiction, science fiction, children's books, biography, poetry, travel, religion and art.
Rare and antiquarian books, the nautical and military history collection, and academic titles are available through the ever-expanding online catalogue. It is our hope that the entire warehouse inventory will be available online in the months to come.
Tuesday – Friday11am – 5pm
Saturday10am – 4pm
Sunday & MondayClosed
Come explore
Find your next literary adventure in downtown Creston.
1132 Canyon Street — Tuesday to Friday 11–5, Saturday 10–4. Call ahead and we'll set a book aside.