Congrats to my friend @clairecameron.bsky.social on winning a 2025 Governor General’s Literary Award for her nonfiction book.

met a couple Canadian icons tonight

Any reading plans for reading week?? @kingsbookstore.bsky.social @dallibraries.bsky.social

i stared at this for so long wondering who the hell is Future Roy

books are so back

author, artist, and friend of the bookstore Gabrielle Drolet stopped by the shop today to sign books and do incredibly accurate drawings

We are not powerless in the face of rising hate and harassment. The last few years have shown us that only *we* can keep each other safe. Do you know how to intervene safely and effectively? If you give me 1 hour of your team, I can teach you. En français or in English! Weekday OR on a weekend!

we hit 10,000 book loving followers! we're the most popular book account on here!* *don't check that

lol

While we're on the subject, No Sleep is also back in stock @kingsbookstore.bsky.social, and available to buy online!

we're still shipping all over Canada for only $5 and we now have a tugboat to help us spread the word! how do we do it? that's really none of your business

my book when i pick it up after 6 hours of scrolling

a great article from the UK outlining the human cost of amazon orders

New paper is out tomorrow, grab it at Alantic News or @kingsbookstore.bsky.social. Cover by @acbzw.bsky.social on last week's HalifACT update. On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social writes about Police and Snow clearing.

the official bookstore of the toronto blue jays, probably

"Celsius 233: the temperature at which book paper burns." The 1955 Danish translation, with title converted to centigrade, represents one of the first foreign language editions of Fahrenbeit 451. All other Latin alphabet foreign language editions have been published with the original title restored

is it still performative i’m out of the house against my will

of course i find my favorite halloween joke on november first

lots more stock of Life After Cars from @thewaroncars.bsky.social in the shop!

i'm going to write a horror novel that just starts with "BOO!"

how bright are we going to let car headlights get? are we almost there?

help me i’m trapped in a magazine

i’m happy for everyone but this is what it sounds like

#BoycottAmazon #SupportLocal #EndOligarchy

breaking: king’s co-op bookstore will not be performing in the new harry potter audiobooks

tonight: book event VS blue jays game, place your bets

new Zadie Smith alert! in store now and an excellent opportunity to repost these pics from when she was here last year

i will never physically adjust to a 979 ISBN

they can finally right a historic wrong by using this cover

coming up Friday night! join us to celebrate Zilla Jones and her new book The World So Wide! for those who don't know, Zilla's sister is Halifax's own and bookstore favorite El Jones

the final boss of adorable baby sausage arms

🪲 AS THE EARTH DREAMS, edited by Terese Mason Pierre (@teresempierre.bsky.social), is an anthology of haunting short stories, perfect for spooky season! 🔗 Out now! Learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/as-... #booksky #horror #halloween #scifi

threads is 90% amazon published authors trashing bookstores for not carrying their book. the other 10% is bots

now that the lists are out I'm allowed to say i was a judge for this year's Concordia University First Book Prize and read about 30 books for it this summer. very fun gig, would do again! i love judging www.cbc.ca/books/madele...

shocked pikachu face

don’t hurt me Anne of Green Gables, please Anne of Green Gables stop

If anything I think the AWS collapse shows we should out even more eggs in one basket, to better protect the basket.

PSA: don’t do that weird thumb licky page turn thing in a bookstore

it’s true, pick it up in store or add one to your book orders online! kingsbookstore.ca/grandparade

This week's paper will be available in Atlantic News and @kingsbookstore.bsky.social! That's right, there is a new distributor! There are once again two places to buy the Hali-infamous blue newspaper.

These boxes are pretty awesome 😂😂😂

TIL: french ghosts say bouh

the only thing more depressing than pics like this is that so few people seem to notice

forever grateful to see my unholy child in the best of company

it’s spooky book season

It’s here!!! (It’s not lost on me that this book has arrived the same day as we pick up our new car. 🤦🏼‍♀️😅)

another copy of Schattenfroh out the door, i'm king of the world

alberta government: no this recent tax remittance including all of your business and banking information along with this invoice is not enough to prove you are a business me: what about this alberta government: yes this camera phone picture of a single piece of paper from 2006 is perfect

i can’t believe indigo ripped me off