Pulpfiction Books
@pfbvan.bsky.social
YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2025 Living Wage employer.
Good morning to everyone except the chud / chuds behind this sculptural intervention in Dude Chilling Park
January 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Good morning to everyone except the chud / chuds behind this sculptural intervention in Dude Chilling Park
Tanimoto Takashi, "object of Iga pottery" in Vancouver
January 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Tanimoto Takashi, "object of Iga pottery" in Vancouver
Solid 845am moon game over Mount Pleasant
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Solid 845am moon game over Mount Pleasant
The past's persistence in the present, latest installment
December 31, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The past's persistence in the present, latest installment
The plumage don’t enter into it. It’s stone dead.
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The plumage don’t enter into it. It’s stone dead.
Low light winter lewk. 3sixteen "pewter tweed" watch cap; Spier & Mackay olive canvas work jacket; J. Crew classic "university stripe" oxford; Berk London cashmere sweater courtesy estate of Walter Becker, with infinite thanks & appreciation from me. The dead are our mirror; they live on in us.
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Low light winter lewk. 3sixteen "pewter tweed" watch cap; Spier & Mackay olive canvas work jacket; J. Crew classic "university stripe" oxford; Berk London cashmere sweater courtesy estate of Walter Becker, with infinite thanks & appreciation from me. The dead are our mirror; they live on in us.
"Cheap Xmas": new limited edition OVERSIZE PFB tote.
$35 + GST.
Paid design by (& royalties paid to) our pal Rebecca Dart.
$5 from each tote sold supports U'Mista Cultural Center in Alert Bay / Y'alis, BC, in honor of Chief Beau Dick's fine example as a cultural leader.
$35 + GST.
Paid design by (& royalties paid to) our pal Rebecca Dart.
$5 from each tote sold supports U'Mista Cultural Center in Alert Bay / Y'alis, BC, in honor of Chief Beau Dick's fine example as a cultural leader.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Cheap Xmas": new limited edition OVERSIZE PFB tote.
$35 + GST.
Paid design by (& royalties paid to) our pal Rebecca Dart.
$5 from each tote sold supports U'Mista Cultural Center in Alert Bay / Y'alis, BC, in honor of Chief Beau Dick's fine example as a cultural leader.
$35 + GST.
Paid design by (& royalties paid to) our pal Rebecca Dart.
$5 from each tote sold supports U'Mista Cultural Center in Alert Bay / Y'alis, BC, in honor of Chief Beau Dick's fine example as a cultural leader.
A little pre-Jackpot visit, last week (cc. @greatdismal.bsky.social)
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
A little pre-Jackpot visit, last week (cc. @greatdismal.bsky.social)
Farewell Tom Stoppard. I know I'm supposed to consider "Arcadia" your best work, but there's no improving on Brazil's taut first hour & the office dialogue in particular.
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Farewell Tom Stoppard. I know I'm supposed to consider "Arcadia" your best work, but there's no improving on Brazil's taut first hour & the office dialogue in particular.
"Let's go away for a while."
YVR -> YYC -> LHR w/ @duckdeux.bsky.social, to mostly walk, but also to visit paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photographs & textiles, & Kirsty MacColl's memorial bench in Soho Square.
YVR -> YYC -> LHR w/ @duckdeux.bsky.social, to mostly walk, but also to visit paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photographs & textiles, & Kirsty MacColl's memorial bench in Soho Square.
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Let's go away for a while."
YVR -> YYC -> LHR w/ @duckdeux.bsky.social, to mostly walk, but also to visit paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photographs & textiles, & Kirsty MacColl's memorial bench in Soho Square.
YVR -> YYC -> LHR w/ @duckdeux.bsky.social, to mostly walk, but also to visit paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photographs & textiles, & Kirsty MacColl's memorial bench in Soho Square.
The headwaters of the St George Rainway. An actual current with riffles this morning, flexing the stems of the aquatic plants & bringing the sound of running water. This all-seasons park is the best thing COV's added to the neighborhood in my time here (25.5 yrs!)
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The headwaters of the St George Rainway. An actual current with riffles this morning, flexing the stems of the aquatic plants & bringing the sound of running water. This all-seasons park is the best thing COV's added to the neighborhood in my time here (25.5 yrs!)
It's not a Tardis
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
It's not a Tardis
Steps toward the new 2- or 3- year temporary public green space where Athens Pizza and Dandelion Records once stood. Indigenous plantings en route between now & spring 2026, & maybe a temporary screen / movie night(s) too. Perforated blue rent-a-fence GONE; nature is healing, & etc.
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Steps toward the new 2- or 3- year temporary public green space where Athens Pizza and Dandelion Records once stood. Indigenous plantings en route between now & spring 2026, & maybe a temporary screen / movie night(s) too. Perforated blue rent-a-fence GONE; nature is healing, & etc.
Oh Vancouver you flirt
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Oh Vancouver you flirt
New arrivals, Monday: the now out-of-print Folio Society edition of our friend @greatdismal.bsky.social's NEUROMANCER, seen here basking on the PFB cash desk in one of the last few days of direct-across-the-desk sun this year.
October 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
New arrivals, Monday: the now out-of-print Folio Society edition of our friend @greatdismal.bsky.social's NEUROMANCER, seen here basking on the PFB cash desk in one of the last few days of direct-across-the-desk sun this year.
Thinkin' about tomorrow
October 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thinkin' about tomorrow