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Running the Goat Collection

  • Tara Bryan Legacy Fund's 2026 visiting artist - Oct 2-4

    Tara Bryan Legacy Fund's 2026 visiting artist -...

    Robin Ashby is a paper marbler, bookbinder, author, and researcher whose journey into marbling began through the craft of hand bookbinding. Over the past fifteen years, he has devoted himself...

    Tara Bryan Legacy Fund's 2026 visiting artist -...

    Robin Ashby is a paper marbler, bookbinder, author, and researcher whose journey into marbling began through the craft of hand bookbinding. Over the past fifteen years, he has devoted himself...

  • Canadian Independent Bookstore Day 2026

    Canadian Independent Bookstore Day 2026

    Join us at Running the Goat to celebrate one of our favourite days of the year! We'll have sale of 15% off all books in-store and online, visiting authors throughout...

    Canadian Independent Bookstore Day 2026

    Join us at Running the Goat to celebrate one of our favourite days of the year! We'll have sale of 15% off all books in-store and online, visiting authors throughout...

  • Christmas in the Cove 2025

    Christmas in the Cove 2025

    Come join us for our annual holiday celebration in Tors Cove! Saturday December 6th and Sunday December 7th, 10am - 4pm 15% off all books and cards, in-store and online. We'll...

    Christmas in the Cove 2025

    Come join us for our annual holiday celebration in Tors Cove! Saturday December 6th and Sunday December 7th, 10am - 4pm 15% off all books and cards, in-store and online. We'll...

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Take a trip along the Irish Loop and stop in at Running the Goat in Tors Cove. You'll find a cozy bookstore with a wide range of interesting titles, prints, cards and local products. We might even be working on our vintage printing presses.

Our summer hours are Thursday to Tuesday 10:30am to 5pm; closed Wednesday. Otherwise by chance or appointment. Drop-ins outside of our regular hours are warmly welcomed. If we're around, we'll do our best to accommodate you.

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Running the Goat 2025-26 Catalogue

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Land Acknowledgement

Running the Goat respectfully acknowledges the island of Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland), the land on which it operates and creates, as the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk, whose culture has been irrecoverably lost, and the unceded, traditional territory of the Beothuk and the Mi’kmaq. And we acknowledge Labrador as the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Innu of Nitassinan, the Inuit of Nunatsiavut, and the Inuit of NunatuKavut. We are grateful to live and work here, and to share stories that respect and celebrate its cultures and traditions.

Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides gratefully acknowledges support for its publishing activities from Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation through its Publishers Assistance Program; the Canadian Department of Heritage through the Canada Book Fund; and the Canada Council for the Arts through its Literary Publishing Projects Fund.

This website has been supported through a generous grant from CelebrateNL as part of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Year of the Arts.