Next week: opening sessions with our Agent GoH, @kurestinarmada.bsky.social! These 15-min 1-on-1 sessions are your opportunity to work with a top agent on your pitch or materials, to ask questions, to workshop your query, or even to pitch the project! Sign-ups will open on Mon, March 9th. 🔱🫡📚

Arts & culture funding in Nova Scotia just got absolutely gutted by our Provincial Government. Send a letter to your MLA. ESPECIALLY if you live outside the HRM, OH MY GOSH PLEASE DO THIS. Your voices disproportionately matter here. Protect arts funding in Nova Scotia. halifamous.ca/speak-up

Pretty psyched for @writerstrust.bsky.social 's Amplified Voices campaign this month! We've got books to borrow, read, & enjoy! 🍁🔱☺️

Enjoy free coffee & casual conversation with a writer & 3-7 friends @tridenthalifax.bsky.social! We will be opening sign-ups for kaffeeflatsches ON TUE, FEB 17th! Space is limited with each writer & will be booked on a first-come, first-serve basis to registered attendees only.

Blue Pencil Cafe sessions are now open for sign-ups! These 1-on-1 sessions with an editor are an opportunity for you to pitch a book, submit a small sample for review, or simply pick their brains! Spaces are limited, & will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. tricon-halifax.com/events/

REMINDER! We're opening signups for pitch & crit sessions on MONDAY (Feb 2nd)! Slots are first come, first serve, so make sure you are registered and ready! 🖊️

Artist wanted! In conjunction with @tricon-hfx.bsky.social this May, we're looking to exhibit a Nova Scotia artist who works with fabulist, speculative, or otherwise fanciful themes! If you are interested, please email [email protected] with an introduction & link to your work.

Now accepting book launch proposals! Got a new book? Celebrate with us at TriCon! We will be scheduling launch parties all weekend in the WFNS atrium, with a variety of refreshment options. Read, sign books, & mingle with friends new and old. Email [email protected] with details!

TriCon Newsletter #2: In Which We Summarize Current Action Items buttondown.com/tricon/archi...

Neon Sign Comedy with Luba Magnus returns! Feat. Brandon Michael, Bita Joudaki, Kyle Carpenter, Roz Kennery, & comedian/author Bryn Pottie! When: Thurs, Jan 29th 2026 @ 7pm Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 1256 Hollis St, Halifax $10 at the door or via www.eventbrite.com/e/neon-sign-...

Local readers looking for a hardcopy of the book can pick one up at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social but you are welcome to source your own copy any way you like! No sign up necessary, but feel free to comment to let us know you'll be reading along! Maybe you'll find a reading buddy. 📖☕️

Welcome to the Imaro Book Club, reading Charles Saunder's iconic epic, Imaro! Read alone or join the TriCon Discord to chat as you go. Then, during the con, come to a live book club session w/ Jon Tattrie to discuss the work. Be part of upholding Saunders' legacy as a black Nova Scotian writer!

We have copies of the New Yorker that you can read in the cafe, if the paywall is keeping you out. I feel like this one will resonate with all of us who are a certain kind of person...

TriCon Halifax: State of Affairs Welcome to our first newsletter, in which we cover the basics. More detailed news to come--please sign up for our newsletter @ Buttondown to stay in the loop! buttondown.com/tricon/archi...

Get em while they're hot.* * These will always be hot

The 2026 Nova Writes Competition is open for submissions until JAN 22! NS emerging writers, send us your submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or writing for children. All entries receive feedback and winners are published in our annual anthology. writers.ns.ca/programs/nov...

Hey Halifax: now serving flights of our new, in-house roasts! We've got Trident Blend, Italian Roast, and a double Macchiato for $5, bags for $20, and refills for $1.50. It's a good day to come in and caffeinate with a discerning palate!

This made me wonder about Hal-Con. And I'm happy to relay that Hal-Con also bans AI "art" hal-con.com/information/...

Next Thurs, Jan 15th, come celebrate the (re-) launch of the Trident Roastery with an all-day Tasting Party! Come try a flight of our house roasts for $5, or take a bag of coffee home with your flight for $25! We will also be introducing our new loyalty cards. Buy 10 bags of beans and get 1 free!

2 days left on Early Bird pricing! We have Early Bird TSHIRT pricing in effect now too! Pre-order your TriCon shirt sight unseen for only $20 until Dec. 21st. We will reveal the design from Sorry Sacha on the 22nd, when the price will go up to $30! (They look SO GOOD. 🔥) tricon-halifax.com

Just in time!!! We've got new cafe mugs, and they're for sale too! 😍 A lil bigger, a lil chunkier than the old model, for a few extra ounces of caffeine in your morning. 👌 Not to mention the easiest $20 last-minute Christmas gift for the cafe-bookstore lover in your life! ☕️🎄

With 5 days left for Early Bird Registration, we have to gush about our Author GoH, Amal El-Mohtar! Author of This Is How You Lose the Time War, The River Has Roots, and soon Seasons of Glass and Iron, Amal will be participating in programming as well as a mainstage event. tricon-halifax.com

Join us for a night of festive frights at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social on December 22! Everyone is welcome to attend this free event! Featuring myself, @elliottgish.bsky.social , @tiffmorris.bsky.social , @slhawthorn.bsky.social , @atillythehun.bsky.social , & Vanessa Penney!

Is TriCon for me? If you are asking yourself, the answer is yes! TriCon is a conversation and an exploration: it will be what we bring to it. With this community, that means a lot! Early Bird pricing on weekend passes & tshirt ends on December 21st. Register now! tricon-halifax.com

One week left!! Weekend pass pricing will go up to $125 on December 22nd, and shirt preorder pricing will also go up. We will be sharing our tshirt design at that time and we are SO THRILLED with it. You're gonna love it! Let's go! tricon-halifax.com

Very excited to start reading As the Earth Dreams. As always, @tridenthalifax.bsky.social provided the book and caffeine fix I needed! 💜📚☕

Come hang out with us at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social on December 22 for some seasonal scary stories!

One month left for Early Bird tickets! The all-weekend pass is just $85, and mystery t-shirt pre-order, $20! Prices on both will go up Dec 21st. 3 days of panels, workshops, lectures, launches, and networking with other writers & creatives in speculative genres? Yes plz! tricon-halifax.com

Additional fun fact: Saunders lived in an appartment above Trident Halifax! Our literary and speculative credentials are baked into the rafters... Early bird registration for TriCon ends on the solstice! Are you a writer of sffh? Join us next May for this & much more! tricon-halifax.com

Quick reminder if you’re in Halifax we’re a university city with a most excellent selection of independent shops. Le French Fix, Glitterbean, @tridenthalifax.bsky.social , Uncommon Ground, the Daily Grind. At that’s in the downtown alone. Dilly Day & West End off Quinpool…

A personal post from owner @charlotteashley.bsky.social! Looking for a Math tutor in Halifax! We need support for grade 12 IB Math, specifically w/ the Math IA. An undergraduate student who survived the IB program would be ideal! Gig would probably be a few hours a week for a few months. DM me!

My Can*Con book haul is now on the shelves at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social! Absolutely delighted to bring some indie published gems home to Halifax! 😊

My Gotcha day was last week and I was so busy with Trident projects that I it barely registered! Well, happy 2 years to me! 🎉

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

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.

A week tomorrow! @elliottgish.bsky.social and @daviddemchuk.com and cocktails and books! (October 6th @ 7pm)

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...

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

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

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...)

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

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

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...

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. ♥️

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?

Hey businesses! Help support bookstores, publishers, writers, readers, citizens, and neighbours with this one simple act: Let your employees read on the job.

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?

Spotted at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social ☕✨

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

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