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Moby Sighting in Sag Harbor!

Published May 25, 2025 Books we love , Community , Sag Harbor Leave a Comment
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We set sail on our village-wide Moby-Dick Marathon soon, and we hope to see you there: Thursday, May 29 through Sunday, June 1. (Check calendar page for details.)

What’s new this year? Our “home-base” is the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum where ecologist Carl Safina  reads the opening chapter. Artist Scott Bluedorn brought to life our vision for a logo (spoiler alert): Ishmael floating on Queequeg’s coffin, the Rachel sailing toward him on a navy sea. Get your T-shirt while they last! Designers Mary Woltz and Rob Calvert created a beautiful keepsake “Passport” illustrating each of our “watches”. Get your passport stamped at each location, and win a prize.

We conclude the marathon at the Breakwater Yacht Club with great readers, spectacular views of the harbor, and a fun after-party including silent auction. The Moby Marathon is our key fundraiser for Canio’s Cultural Café. Stop by the bidding table and consider a contribution.

We love sharing this untameable book with newcomers, as well as old salts. When storytelling happens in community, we create lasting friendships. And it’s just plain fun!  Come aboard and experience this great American book for yourself, with your own voice sounding Melville’s lyric prose. See you there!

Got Moby?

Published April 24, 2019 Books we love , Bookstore Lore , Community , Current Events , Fiction , Reading events , Sag Harbor , Uncategorized Leave a Comment
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If you’ve groaned whenever someone mentioned Melville’s  Moby-Dick, if you’ve tried to read it but couldn’t, or if you’ve run screaming away from it,  we want you! One of the reasons we continue the marathon reading tradition, begin around 1983 at the bookshop, is to introduce this leviathan beauty to new readers. Sure we love the book. Sure we cheer when it mentions Sag Harbor (twice). But we really love the way it calls to new readers even in 2019. We want to give folks an easy way in to the language, the poetry, the vast sprawl of the book. Come listen for a bit. Hearing the great work read aloud makes quick converts. You can’t help get swept out to sea with Ishmael, Quequeg, Starbuck and Capt. Ahab. This year’s event will be our best-ever. It’s Melville’s Bicentennial! We’re honored actors Harris Yulin and Alec Baldwin will read. We want to be sure you’ve Got Moby, too. June 7 through 9.  See our 2019 MOBY-DICK MARATHON EVENTS SCHEDULE

Canio’s is Here to Stay!

Published January 24, 2015 Books we love , Bookselling in the 21st century , Bookstore Lore , Community , Current Events , Reading events , Sag Harbor Leave a Comment
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Winter’s eve at Canio’s … cozy!

While there’s lots of buzz in town since it was announced the building we’re in is for sale ($2.9 million), we continue on in the spirit of the great white whale, Moby Dick, still swimming in the vast ocean. Landlords come and go, but Canio’s is here to stay.

What’s more: we’re celebrating our 35th year in business and we’re bringing back the Moby Dick Marathon reading. Set for the weekend of June 12 through 14, the reading will begin and end at Canio’s and will include readings at other great local cultural institutions like the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, John Jermain Library, the Old Whaler’s Church and Bay Street Theater among other stops. We’ll be hosting other celebrations through out the year to come including a poster contest open to all artists. Contact us soon to register to read. Don’t miss the party!

Canio’s Books is located at 290 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963, 631.725.4926. Call or email us, caniosbooks@verizon.net. While we love you to SEE you, you can also order new titles at our online storefront or some of our second hand inventory HERE. Thanks for visiting!