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SUMMARY:Book (Fight) Club - Halifax Edition!
DESCRIPTION:It’s a book club. \nIt’s a fight club. \n8 books enter the literati Thunderdome\, and only 1 leaves. 80% book club. 20% fight club. 100% hilarious. \nFirst time in Canada\, a joint New Zealand & Guatemala event. It’s the Canadian premiere of the world’s only hilarious\, raucous book fight club from Meegwai Productions! \nPWYC – $10 suggested donation. \n“…this show is too clever and too funny to stick to the rules.”\n“…a rip roaring show of immense proportions.” – Theatreview\n“I laughed so much. I laughed so hard at one point I nearly threw up.” – Libel Music\n“…bordeline chaos that makes the show feel fresh.” – Chortle  \nWhen: Friday\, September 25th 2026 @ 7pm\nWhere: Trident Booksellers & Cafe\, 1256 Hollis St. Halifax
URL:https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/book-fight-club-halifax-edition/
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CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:Live Music - Ghost Tongue & Veryence
DESCRIPTION:Get into the spirit of October by enjoying some “moody\, spooky pop music” with Ghost Tongue and Veryence. \nWhere: Trident Booksellers & Cafe – 1256 Hollis Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\nWhen: Thursday\, October 1st\, 2026 @ 6:30 PM
URL:https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/live-music-ghost-tongue-veryence/
LOCATION:Trident Booksellers & Cafe\, 1256 Hollis St.\, Halifax\, NS
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Short Story Readings - "Visitors" by David Wiseman
DESCRIPTION:Revel in the spooky atmosphere with us as David Wiseman reads out a collection of his paranormal themed short stories.  \nWhere: Trident Booksellers & Cafe\nWhen: October 2nd\, 2026 @ 7:00-8:30 PM \nCopies of “Visitors” will be available for purchase during the event.
URL:https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/short-story-readings-visitors-by-david-wiseman/
LOCATION:Trident Booksellers & Cafe\, 1256 Hollis St.\, Halifax\, NS
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Launch - Some of Us May Live
DESCRIPTION:Some of Us May Live by Leigh Kotsilidis \nReadings by:  \nLeigh Kotsilidis Some of Us May Live (Coach House Books)\nJay Ritchie Listening In Many Publics (Invisible)\nMichelle Elrick Then / Again (Harbour Publishing)\nMadelaine Caritas Longman Danger Model (Queen’s-McGill University Press) \nFollowed by a brief Q&A. \nWhere: Trident Booksellers & Cafe\nWhen: October 6th\, 2026 @ 7pm \nLeigh Kotsilidis has written two full-length collections of poetry\, Hypotheticals (2011) and Some of Us May Live (2026)\, both with Coach House Books. Her poems have also appeared in journals and magazines\, including The Malahat Review\, Prism international\, EVENT\, The Fiddlehead\, Prairie Fire\, and Hazlitt\, as well as being anthologized in The Best Canadian Poetry in English and IV Lounge Nights\, among others. She is also an intermedia artist. Kotsilidis lives and works in Tiohtiá:ke (Montreal). \nJay Ritchie’s most recent book Listening in Many Publics (Invisible Publishing\, 2024) was a finalist for the A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry. He holds a PhD in English from McGill University\, an MFA in Poetry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, and is currently the Donald Hill Family Postdoctoral Fellow at Dalhousie University. His work has appeared in Chicago Review\, Jacket2\, Maisonneuve\, SAND\, The Fiddlehead\, The Malahat Review\, Yolk\, Arc Poetry\, The Dalhousie Review\, and elsewhere. \nMichelle Elrick is the author of two books of poetry and a spoken word album (with River of Diamonds). She lives on the South Shore\, where she writes for the local paper and walks quiet country roads with her dog. She recently completed her first novel. \nMadelaine Caritas Longman is the author of The Danger Model\, which received the 2020 Quebec Writers’ Federation Concordia University First Book Prize. Her poems and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Arc\, Plenitude\, The Ex-Puritan\, Vallum\, Grain\, Room\, PRISM and elsewhere. She teaches at Dalhousie University\, where her postdoctoral research examines the intersections of contemporary poetry\, disability theory\, and the politics of empathy.
URL:https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/book-launch-tour/
LOCATION:Trident Booksellers & Cafe\, 1256 Hollis St.\, Halifax\, NS
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Poetry Night! Jaime Forsythe\, Conyer Clayton\, and Lisa Richter!
DESCRIPTION:Join three Canadian poets – from Toronto\, Ottawa\, and Halifax – for readings from their recently  released collections. All are welcome. Books for sale by King’s Co-op Bookstore. \nWhen: Friday\, October 9th\, 2026 @ 7pm\nWhere: Trident Café & Booksellers\, 1256 Hollis St\, Halifax \nLisa Richter is a Toronto-based poet\, writer\, and educator. She is the author of two previous poetry collections\, including Nautilus and Bone\, winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry\, the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry in the U.S.\, and the Robert Kroetsch Award. Her work has been a finalist for a National Magazine Award\, longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize\, and appeared widely in literary journals and anthologies. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and will be serving as the 2026-2027 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer-in-Residence at McMaster University. \nConyer Clayton is a queer writer\, editor and bookseller from Louisville\, Kentucky\, living in Ottawa. They are the author of But the sun\, and the ships\, and the fish\, and the waves (Winner of the Archibald Lampman Award)\, We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite (Winner of the Ottawa Book Award) and many chapbooks. Conyer’s fiction has been supported by a MacDowell Fellowship and a McCormack Writing Center Scholarship. the lake-shaped excuse is their third book. \nJaime Forsythe is the author of three collections of poetry\, most recently Yield (Wolsak & Wynn/ Buckrider Books\, 2026). A collaborative chapbook with Stuart Ross\, Disposable Adult Emergency Raincoat\, will be out with Proper Tales Press in Fall 2026. Jaime is the recipient of a 2026-27 Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia sponsored residency at Jampolis Cottage. She holds an MFA from the University of Guelph and currently lives close to where she grew up in Nova Scotia/ Mi’kma’ki with her family.
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - Ghost Oracle
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Ghost Oracle!  \nWhere: Trident Booksellers & Cafe\nWhen: October 14th\, 2026 @ 7:00 pm
URL:https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/book-launch-ghost-oracle/
LOCATION:Trident Booksellers & Cafe\, 1256 Hollis St.\, Halifax\, NS
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Songwiters' Concert: Wild Blue Rose & More!
DESCRIPTION:This Thursday\, join us for a packed lineup of Halifax folk singer-songwriters! We have: \nWild Blue Rose\nDarrel Cameron\nShayla Morag\nMichelle Calder\nThe Johnsons \nWhen: Thursday\, November 5th\, 2026 @ 6:30pm\nWhere: Trident Booksellers & Cafe\, 1256 Hollis St. Halifax
URL:https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/songwiters-concert-wild-blue-rose-more/
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CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20261114T183000
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SUMMARY:Live Music - Pots and Pans
DESCRIPTION:PotsandPans is a music duo based in Belnan\, Nova Scotia known for their inviting vibe & authentic songwriting with an ear-worm worthy melodic rhythm.  \nDarlene MacNeil\, (songwriter. lead vocalist\, guitar) grew up singing on the stages of small town Nova Scotia.  A voice with power and presence. Darlene’s lyrics reflect on the heartache and humor of wisdom found in the past half a hundred years delivered with truth\, love & laughter. \nGreg Roberts\, (lead guitar\, vocals\, songwriter) grew up loving music in Labrador. No musical training\, all self taught. Performing on stage was never something he saw in his future – then he met Darlene.  \nTogether\, they create a sound all their own. \nWhere: Trident Booksellers & Cafe\nWhen:  November 14th\, 2026 @ 6:30 pm
URL:https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/live-music-pots-and-pans-2/
LOCATION:Trident Booksellers & Cafe\, 1256 Hollis St.\, Halifax\, NS
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Live Music - Mitchell McFadgen Trio
DESCRIPTION:Mitchell McFadgen is a guitar player based in Halifax. The trio will be featuring new music from a recent recording project titled Blossom along with jazz standards and covers.  \nWhere: Trident Booksellers & Cafe – 1256 Hollis Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\nWhen: Thursday\, December 10th\, 2026 @ 6:30 PM
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