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September 28, 2020A store of one’s own: Leah Spafford returned to take over father’s bookstore
Having grown up in her father's bookstore, Leah Spafford moved back to Regina and took over the store after her father suffered a stroke.
Heather Polischuk, Regina Leader-Post
As a little girl, she played under her father’s marble-topped desk while he tackled his bookstore’s paperwork.
Now Leah Spafford sits behind that desk, doing the same job her father used to.
“I grew up in the bookstore,” she says, noting her family once lived in one of its previous locations.
Leah’s father Richard Spafford started 47 years ago with an antique store in Saskatoon called The Indefinite Article. Having sold his shares to his partners, he took his amassed library of books and moved to Regina.
His first bookstore here was fittingly called The Book Cellar, located in the basement of 13th Avenue townhouses.
Heather Polischuk, Regina Leader-Post
As a little girl, she played under her father’s marble-topped desk while he tackled his bookstore’s paperwork.
Now Leah Spafford sits behind that desk, doing the same job her father used to.
“I grew up in the bookstore,” she says, noting her family once lived in one of its previous locations.
Leah’s father Richard Spafford started 47 years ago with an antique store in Saskatoon called The Indefinite Article. Having sold his shares to his partners, he took his amassed library of books and moved to Regina.
His first bookstore here was fittingly called The Book Cellar, located in the basement of 13th Avenue townhouses.