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50-year-old indie bookstore in amiskwaciwâskahikan, Alberta. Account run by booksellers who didn't want to have to learn a whole new platform but will go where the hashtags go to stay in the know.

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 8d

It's a busy month in October!

Sunday Oct 5th, 2025 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Poetry Launch: Stock by Jennifer Bowering Delisle
Join us for the launch of Jennifer Bowering Delisle's new book of poetry, 'Stock'.

Tuesday Oct 7th, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Book Launch: Wolf, Moon, Dog by Thomas Wharton
Join us to celebrate the launch of Thomas Wharton's new book, 'Wolf, Moon, Dog'.

Wednesday Oct 8th, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Book Launch: No Place Like Home by Bohdan Kordan
Join Professor Emeritus Bohdan Kordan for the launch of 'No Place Like Home'.

Thursday Oct 9th, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Book Signing: Intessar by Jasmin Gerwien
Meet Jasmin Gerwien and get your signed copy of 'Intessar: A Journey With a Smile'.

Thursday Oct 9th, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Book Launch: HoneyDew by Ben Zalkind
Join Ben Zalkind for the launch of his debut novel, 'Honeydew'.

Saturday Oct 11th, 2025 | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Reading: Queer Country Crossroads, edited by Mabe Kyle
Join editor Mabe Kyle to hear readings from a powerful new anthology of writing on Queer rural lives.

Sunday Oct 12th, 2025 | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Book Launch: Understory by Kevin Van Tighem
Join conservationist and wildlife writer Kevin Van Tighem for the launch of his memoir 'Understory: An Ecologist’s Memoir of Loss and Hope'.

Tuesday Oct 14th, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Audreys Classics Book Club: The Awakening
The 2025/26 season of Audreys Classics Book Club opens with a discussion of Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' during September and October.

Wednesday Oct 15th, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Book Signing: One Spring at Ril Lake by Marjery Reynolds
Meet the author of the Muskoka Cottage Novel series and get your signed copies of the four books in the series.

Thursday Oct 16th, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Book Launch: Contraband Bodies, poems by Jide Salawu
Join poet Jide Salawu for the launch of his debut collection, 'Contraband Bodies'.

Friday Oct 17th, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Viciously Good: Natural Wines & Banned Books

Sunday Oct 19th, 2025 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Book Launch: Songs From This and That Country by Gail Sidonie Sobat

Monday Oct 20th, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Audreys Genre Book Club: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Tuesday Oct 21st, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 6s
Book Talk: How to Love a Rat by Darcie D'Angelo

Wednesday Oct 22nd, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Book Launch: Conservation Confidential by Lorne Fitch2
Join biologist & conservationist Lorne Fitch for the launch of his new book.

Thursday Oct 23rd, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Book Launch: Wexford Carole by Janice MacDonald
Join Janice MacDonald to celebrate the publication of the second book in the Imogene Durant mystery series.

Saturday Oct 25th, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Book Signing: Our World by Nhung Tran-Davies
Meet children's book author Nhung Tran-Davies.

Saturday Oct 25th, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Book Signing: Spectrum Trigger! Volume 1 by Amber Wilton
Join Amber Wilton (Sincria) to get your signed copy of her new Manga 'Spectrum Trigger! Volume 1'.

Sunday Oct 26th, 2025 | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Reading & Signing: Lorne Daniel, Bruce Hunter, Rayanne Haines

Monday Oct 27th, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Audreys Book Club: The Wax Child
Monthly Book Club free to attend. Books chosen by the Audreys booksellers for casual discussion.

Wednesday Oct 29th, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Book Launch: How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists by David Berry
Join David Berry for the Edmonton launch of 'How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists'.

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 1d

You might, this weekend, consider GIVING THANKS for authors, the wonderful HUMANS who bring readers the stories that make you, break you, feed you and lead you. We are grateful for our friends, the writers of #yeg.
Happy thanksgiving, folks. We're closed Monday. Stay cozy.

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 2d

If you're one of those folks who likes to start the gift buying before things get crazy, we've got you covered. BOOKS, of course, but also games, stationery, bags and more. #yeg #booksky #bookflood

A display of books, cards and other gifting items in Audreys Books.

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Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 3d

Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending October 5, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @aupress.bsky.social

Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending October 5, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 3d

What sets us apart from Audible? Let us count the ways:

📚 Every purchase supports your indie bookshop
💗 Employee-owned, Certified B Corp, & Social Purpose Corporation
📖 DRM-free (you own your audiobooks)
🤖 Bookseller driven, not algo driven (& our customer support team = real people, not robots)

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 4d

Keep an eye on our socials #booksky and those meta spots for our flash sales and special offers throughout the month as we celebrate 50 fantastic years of #bookselling in #yeg

Celebrate 50 years with us! October 2025, Our Official Anniversary Month! We are celebrating with sales and special offers throughout the month.

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 5d

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 5d

#yeg PARENTS. How's it going? Do you need a little coffee break? Bring the kiddos down to Audreys 10am-12pm weekdays. We're reading stories. Because we care about parents, kids and especially our teachers.
#storytimewithaudreys #booksky

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 5d

#yeg, thanks for shopping our fiction sale this past weekend. You guys rock! We have all sorts of fun popping up this month so stay tuned! #booksky #bookstore #beareader

Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 6d

Our 15% OFF FICTION SALE IS STILL ON FOR TODAY ONLY! Get your butts down to the store and pick up a pile of winter reading at a great discount.
#booksky #yeg #booksale

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 7d

What do you mean, you didn't shop our flash weekend fiction SALE yet? Didn't you know it's 15% OFF FICTION BOOKS* this weekend only? Store closes 5.30pm today, and opens again 12 noon on Sunday. Be there or be square, #yeg #booksky friends!
*cannot be applied with already discounted titles

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 7d

DROP EVERYTHING! You don't need to do those chores. Brunch can wait. We have 15% OFF ALL FICTION* ALL WEEKEND!! Get your skates on #yeg #booksky friends, and get to the store before your faves are cleaned out.
**cannot be applied with already discounted titles

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 8d

It's a busy month in October!

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 9d

Aha. We have discovered your sneaky plan. We'll have you know we have SECRET, EXTRA chairs for just such an occasion. We hereby issue a challenge: #yeg #booksky, can you fill up ALL OUR CHAIRS to celebrate our bestbeetlebuddy @premeemohamed.com ? Bring a friend, bring pictures of your cat, be here!

Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 11d

Okay, which of my Canada folks are going to this now so they run out of chairs? 😂

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 11d

Also I kept forgetting to post about this so this one is DEFINITELY not going to have any attendees, haha. But anyway! Join me Oct 2 for the launch of THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social -- the final book in the trilogy from @ecwpress.bsky.social !

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 15d

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Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 15d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

thewalrus.ca

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 15d

Slight delay in mug inventory management. Mugs now a rare and highly desired commodity. Especially since Autumn blew in with a little ice in its breath. We have tea. Mugs next week.
kthxhaveagoodone
#yeg #booksky #yikesthatschilly

Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 17d

It's possible we have new mugs at the store. Mayyybe they say things like 'Read Banned Books'. If you were so inclined, you could own a mug that says 'I buy my banned books at Audreys'. Maybe pick up some Bibliophile Blend tea to go in it. Just saying. #cozyseason #yeg #booksky #weirdneighbourmugs

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 19d

We've got three events in-store before the weekend, and 2 (3?) out of store. We've got new releases piling in. We've got Hungry Zine Harvest Fair coming up this weekend. It's ALL GO for FALL BOOK SEASON #yeg #booksky friendos! Get your COZY reads, your LONG cold season reads, your LATEST hot reads.

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Maria Dunn Music @mariadunnmusic.bsky.social · 21d

Edmonton Short Film Festival
Truth & Reconciliation Film Screening & Author Event
Sep 30, 4-6pm
@audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
10702 Jasper Ave #yeg
Celebrating Indigenous voices & storytelling: short films by Indigenous creatives + talks by local Indigenous authors. FREE.
Info: [email protected]

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Sam the Bookseller 💙 📚 @samthebookseller.bsky.social · 22d

Now in stock at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
Highly recommended.
#booksellerpick #yeg #booksky #freepalestine #saeedteebi

Cover of You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: a memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times by Saeed Teebi

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 24d

#booksky friends in #yeg: We have DISCOUNTS on select PRE-ORDERS to help you get a jump on your gifting season shopping. Or, you know, to get yourself a lil something. We do not judge a person by their TBR (unless there's no TBR - what kind of monster doesn't have a TBR?).
audreys.ca/save-on-pre-...

Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 25d

We're putting reviews on our website instead of just telling each other what we think of things. And if you ask us in person we're happy to share what we think is 'meh' as well as what we think is awesome. Books, that is. Maybe also cheese. We have opinions about cheese.
audreys.ca/book-reviews...

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · 29d

Wrote long ramble about how bookstores make choices about which books go on our shelves and how that's different to censorship and deleted it because @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social said it very well already, so come by and get a copy of 'The Least We Can Do'. #yeg #booksky #bookbanning

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Jennifer Bowering Delisle @jenbdelisle.bsky.social · Sep 10

Today Stock is officially out! Thanks so much to everyone who has preordered the book. I’ll be having a launch in Edmonton on Oct 5 @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social and in Toronto Oct 23 with other @coachhousebooks.bsky.social authors. Would love to see you there! chbooks.com/Books/S/Stock

Stock

“Woman laughing alone with salad”: humorous and ironic feminist dialogue with stock photography.Stock photographs are everywhere. With their contrived poses, unusual angles, and bizarre visual metapho...

chbooks.com

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Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yay! We have been anxiously checking social media for news. So glad he's (they both are) safe and sound!