Welcome to the
Penny University Bookstore
3104 13th Avenue, Regina
Regular hours:
Monday 10am- 3pm
Tues–Fri, 10am - 5.30pm
Saturday, 10am–5:00pm
Sunday, 11am-5pm
A real bookstore, full of new books. Books that you can touch, smell, and hold in your hand. Coffee you can sip while you browse.
A place to discover new favourites, meet local authors, learn new things, discuss ideas, or even sit and write your own novel. No batteries required.
Upcoming Events
We now have a choice of venues! Here’s what’s happening at both The Penny University and Tuppenny Coffee and Books
When: Saturday 9th March, 2pm
Where: The Penny University Bookstore
Discover how you can increase your happiness by up to 40 percent. With a dash of humour and wit, Ron Morris offers practical ideas rooted in positive psychology that you can use right now to increase your level of happiness. Find out how your character strengths, social media, and money affect your happiness. Employ simple strategies involving gratitude, savouring, and kindness to increase your happiness.
Ron Morris is a certified life and business coach, a certified Tracom coach for Social Styles, as well as a certified DiSC presenter. He is the author of The Power of WOW! Customer Service, published in 2003. He has experienced many challenging events in his life that have influenced his happiness, and has come through them resilient and well-adjusted.
When: Saturday 16th March, 11am-4pm
Where: Tuppenny Coffee and Books
Our author markets are back!
Come out and shop for some unique local offerings at Tuppenny. Everyone has a story to tell, and so this month we are featuring some local memoir writers.
Meet the authors and make sure you get your copies signed!
When: Saturday 23rd March, 2pm
Where: Tuppenny Coffee and Books
Everyone has their own story, don’t they? It’s what makes us who we are.
The lives of four women form a bridge across time in the story of their desires, their choices, their families:
Anna wants a better life for her children.
Claire wants a connection with her absent father.
Sister Maria wants to honour God through service.
And Annie? Annie just wants to be heard.
A poignant story of family discovery—and the impact of the past. Join author Tammy Ottenbriet for a book reading and signing.
Also coming soon….
Queer-Friendly Book Club, March 7th at Tuppenny
Quiet Reading Party March 30th at Tuppenny
Pete's Press Launch Party April 6th at Tuppenny
Betty Mcgilivray March 23rd at Penny
Queer-Friendly Book Club, March 7th at Tuppenny Quiet Reading Party March 30th at Tuppenny Pete's Press Launch Party April 6th at Tuppenny Betty Mcgilivray March 23rd at Penny
Why "Penny University"?
In 17th Century London, the first coffee houses were nicknamed Penny Universities. Scientists, merchants, poets, and politicians used the coffee houses to meet in, converse, and even conduct experiments and demonstrations. The name came from the idea that you could get a university education from listening to the customers, all for the price of a one-penny cup of coffee.
This Penny University aims to recreate these spaces (albeit without the autopsies or chemistry experiments, probably) in Regina’s first bookstore-cafe.