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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · 3d

Tomorrow! Kick off your spooky season with @elliottgish.bsky.social and @daviddemchuk.com bringing grace and gravitas to the gorey and gothic...

Monday, October 6th @ 7pm
@ Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Halifax

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · 5d

Come say hi to TriCon Chair/Trident Owner Charlotte at @canconsffh.bsky.social in Ottawa! She's always approachable and will be happy to talk all things TriCon, Halifax, books, science fiction, coffee, and--frankly--anything else you can imagine.

TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 5d

TriCon will be at @canconsffh.bsky.social! Look for our Executive Chair, @charlotteashley.bsky.social, in Ottawa the weekend of October 17-19 2025. She'll have TriCon swag & all the answers you could want about Kjipuktuk's newest literary event!

Come say hi and introduce yourself! 💙📚🔱

TriCon's schedule: Saturday, October 18, 11:30-12:20pm, Reading Like a Writer w/ several panelists; Sunday, October 19, 2:30-3:29pm, Local Writing Communities & How to Join Them w/ several panelists.

An October calendar indicating the dates of Can*Con (October 17, 18, and 19) reading Let's hang at Can*Con! Includes social media handles.

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · 9d

A week tomorrow! @elliottgish.bsky.social and @daviddemchuk.com and cocktails and books!

(October 6th @ 7pm)

Elliott Gish @elliottgish.bsky.social · 12d

Do you know how excited I am for these events with @daviddemchuk.com and @peterbcounter.com? REAL DAMN EXCITED IS HOW EXCITED.

Graphic advertising October 5 event with David Demchuk and Peter Counter at Halifax Central Library

Graphic advertising October 6 event with David Demchuk and Elliott Gish at Trident Cafe

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · 12d

The Coast's Best of Halifax nominations are open!

If you want two gimmes, you could do worse than @kingsbookstore.bsky.social for Best Indie Bookstore and @tridenthalifax.bsky.social for Best First Date! 😁

community.thecoast.ca/best-of/2025...

2026 Best of Halifax Nominations Open

Make sure your favourites make it to the voting round

community.thecoast.ca

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · 13d

We're delighted to host @tricon-hfx.bsky.social's three guests of honour! 👇

TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 13d

We all know publishing is much more than putting words on a page! A book is created by a team of skilled people beyond the author, and to excel in this industry is to include them all in our celebration!

In that spirit, TriCon welcomes three Guests of Honour—an editor, an agent, & a writer. 🎉📖🧵

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · 14d

We couldn't be prouder to be announcing this project! This spring, come out to Atlantic Canada's newest conference for creators of speculative fiction! We'll have 3 days of participatory programming with an INCREDIBLE slate of humans. Follow @tricon-hfx.bsky.social and/or visit tricon-halifax.com

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Sep 5

We're pairing this launch with a cocktail special: gimlets, $16.50 (after tax.) 😁 Get the au-THEN-tic 1970s queer experience (the good parts, anyway...)

Elliott Gish @elliottgish.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come hang out with me and Ben and Jenny tomorrow night at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social !

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Aug 22

This event was increeedible! Lots of tourists in from out of town who raved about how good the poets were! 🥰

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · Aug 18

All ready 😎 #Poetry #CanLit @tridenthalifax.bsky.social @kingsbookstore.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social

Rows of burgundy chairs arranged in a historic shop.

The poetry books Come One Thing Another, Attic Rain, and Graphis scripta/writing lichen arranged on a bookshop display.

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Aug 22

Psst, cheap (but quality) books in Halifax tomorrow!!!!)

king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · Aug 22

i’m working a Saturday tomorrow & decided we have too many books so come say hi and take advantage of our Too Many Books sale! Discounts will apply to all our regular (non-coursebook) stock and if you can’t make it in just place an order on kingsbookstore.ca and I’ll apply the appropriate discounts

The Too Many Books Summer Sale - August 23rd

PAPERBACKS 20% Off
HARDCOVERS 30% OFF
BOXED SETS 40% OFF
PENGUIN CLASSICS 50%

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · Aug 11

EVENT: Excited to launch Attic Rain in Halifax with two amazing poets, Cory Lavender and Clare Goulet. Join us at Trident Booksellers & Cafe on August 18 at 7:00 pm. @newestpress.bsky.social @kingsbookstore.bsky.social @tridenthalifax.bsky.social #CanLit #Poetry tridenthalifax.ca/event/poetry...

A Trio of Poets at the Trident. Join King’s Co-op Books, Trident Booksellers & Café, and Samantha Jones for the Halifax Launch of Attic Rain alongside special guests Cory Lavender and Clare Goulet. When: Monday August 18th, 7-8:30 pm. Where: The Trident Booksellers & Café, 1256 Hollis St., Halifax, Nova Scotia. The graphic features the book covers and author photos for each of the three poets: Come One Thing Another by Cory Lavender, Attic Rain by Samantha Jones, Graphis scripta: writing lichen by Clare Goulet.

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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · Aug 11

An excellent time was had by all (or me at least!) reading at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social with the incomparable @thisisannick.bsky.social!

Annick’s new collection of poetry, Votive (Gaspereau Press) is delectable. I think you should all read it. ♥️

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Jun 29

Oooh. 👀

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Jun 19

Yah, I know, this could also be "give your enployees more breaks" or "reduce the workday to 6h" too.

Can you imagine how productive we would be as a society if everyone just had more free time?

Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Jun 19

Hey businesses!

Help support bookstores, publishers, writers, readers, citizens, and neighbours with this one simple act:

Let your employees read on the job.

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Jun 19

Hey businesses!

Help support bookstores, publishers, writers, readers, citizens, and neighbours with this one simple act:

Let your employees read on the job.

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · May 23

Cataloguing some rare Edward Gorey for Trident Halifax! We have quite a few of his works right now, and here's the newest!

We think the third image is a previous owner name, but it is confidently inscribed on the dedication page! Anyone wanna take a stab at the name?

Cover of "The Wuggly Ump" by Edward Gorey

Cover of "A Halloween Treat" by Edward Gorey

An unknown signature under the printed dedication "For R.D.P."

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · May 22

Spotted at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social ☕✨

A front facing copy of Misplaced by Brittni Brinn on a wooden bookshelf between sci-fi and fantasy books.

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Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social · Apr 19

King’s Bookstore in Halifax - They do excellent work in Halifax, co-operatively owned and makes book buying easy for students. We've never been, but their outreach/making sure people know the impacts book tariffs would have has been a great resource. kingsbookstore.ca @kingsbookstore.bsky.social

King's Co-op Bookstore

Order books online or shop in-person at Canada's hardest to find indie bookstore, co-operatively run in Halifax, Nova Scotia!

kingsbookstore.ca

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Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social · Apr 19

Trident Books & Cafe in Halifax - If you’re looking for a bookstore with amazing atmosphere, you can’t go wrong with Trident. Charlotte Ashley took it over in 2023 and we've been wanting to visit since. Go in our stead! Tea, snacks, books, and events. tridenthalifax.ca @tridenthalifax.bsky.social

Trident Booksellers & Cafe – Your neighbourhood coffeehouse, tea room, used bookseller.BlueskyFacebookInstagram

Your neighbourhood coffeehouse, tea room, used bookseller.

tridenthalifax.ca

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Javeria Hashmi @netphys.bsky.social · Apr 10

When the cappuccino, science and samosa are all good.

@tridenthalifax.bsky.social

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Mar 25

Writers from Halifax & beyond! @mollyrookwood.bsky.social 's editing workshop is TOMORROW! Register at Eventbrite, get a coffee or tea is you come in person. 😊

Whether you are querying, submitting, or self-publishing, these editing tricks are CLUTCH.

www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-h...

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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · Mar 24

This Wednesday at 7 PM Atlantic (6 PM Eastern)! Join us in person at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social or virtually via Zoom!

Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Mar 17

Next Wednesday, March 26th! @mollyrookwood.bsky.social leads this killer hybrid workshop on self-editing. Get that manuscript into fighting form!

Sign up at Eventbrite:

www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-h...

Poster for "How to Self Edit Like an Editor" workshop at Trident Booksellers & Cafe, led by Molly Rookwood.

Wednesday, March 26 2025 @ 7pm AT
1256 Hollis St, Halifax
$20 in-person*/$10 virtual
*coffee and tea provided

QR code in bottom right corner.

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Mar 17

Next Wednesday, March 26th! @mollyrookwood.bsky.social leads this killer hybrid workshop on self-editing. Get that manuscript into fighting form!

Sign up at Eventbrite:

www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-h...

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Mar 10

This Thursday! March is for Music in downtown Halifax, so drop by to enjoy vibes from Becoming Pretty, aka Johanna Gibson and Ash Jansen! 7pm, no cover!

As always, our full event listing is at

tridenthalifax.ca/events/

Poster showing two women with guitars and all of the event details for our Becoming Pretty show on Thursday, March 13/25 at 7pm

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · Mar 10

Indie bookstores are not dead and there is s HUGE appetite out there for authentic art and culture. This place is an institution: a dream for the right person. 💕

Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · Mar 9

Entrepreneurial mystery book lovers in Toronto! The owner Toronto's mystery bookstore, SLEUTH OF BAKER STREET, is retiring. He is looking for someone interested in taking over the bookshop, gave me permission to post publicly about this. sleuthofbakerstreet.ca #Toronto #IndieBookstores

A woman in a long coat and scarf stands outside Sleuth of Baker Street, a mystery bookstore in Toronto, holding a book and smiling at the camera. The storefront features a large black and gold sign with the store’s name, website, and phone number. The window display showcases various books, with reflections of trees and buildings visible in the glass. A small sign on the door indicates that the store is open.

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Martin Bauman @martinbauman.com · Mar 7

Weeks ago, I ventured down Quinpool and visited a company office that doesn’t exist. I was looking for a team of Halifax writers who, despite my best efforts to prove otherwise, don’t appear to exist either. And that's only the start.

My latest for @thecoast.ca:

www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...

The future of AI news is here in Halifax, it seems—and god, it sucks

How an Instagram DM led to a rabbit-hole chase of fake journalists, fake addresses and fake endorsements, and what it means for us all.

www.thecoast.ca

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