Livres Solidaires Haïti, Pétion-Ville's low-cost bookstore, closes on November 20

After more than ten years, the Livres Solidaires Haïti bookstore will close for good on November 20. Located at 92 Rue Grégoire in Pétion-Ville, the social bookstore usually sold its books for between 75 and 150 gourdes.

"The project is over," its manager, Béa Darline Legros, said. By April 2024, the bookstore had distributed more than 600,000 books across the country.

No more books from abroad

Since 2013, the bookstore had received used books collected in Belgium by the Livres Solidaires association and in Canada by the association of former Quebec parliamentarians. The agreement with the Belgian partner ended in December 2025. On the Canadian side, the company that shipped the books to Haiti has stopped operating in the country.

The bookstore was already struggling with illegal toll posts and customs fees that have nearly doubled in recent years.

A thousand institutions lose cheap books

Receiving about 60,000 books a year, Livres Solidaires Haïti had supplied more than 1,000 institutions across the country since 2022: schools, churches, reading clubs and children's centers. In Jérémie, community centers traveled hundreds of kilometers to buy books there.

One last sale

To clear its stock before closing, the bookstore has been holding a big sale since November 5, with discounts of up to 50%. Institutions can buy a lot of 100 books for 10,000 gourdes, and individuals ten books for 1,500 gourdes.