Trident Booksellers & Cafe https://tridenthalifax.ca Your neighbourhood coffeehouse, tea room, used bookseller. Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:48:28 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://tridenthalifax.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-Trident-Icon-Black-512x512-1-32x32.png Trident Booksellers & Cafe https://tridenthalifax.ca 32 32 Book Launch – Ghost Oracle https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/book-launch-ghost-oracle/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://tridenthalifax.ca/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1094 Join us for the launch of Ghost Oracle!

Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe
When: October 14th, 2026 @ 7:00 pm

]]> Magic Show – Up-Close Cabaret! https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/magic-show-up-close-cabaret/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000 https://tridenthalifax.ca/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1125 Old Friends and New Tricks.

The Halifax Magic Club returns to the Trident kicking off another run of monthly magic.

Where: Trident Cafe & Bookseller (1256 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS)
When: Thursday, October 15th 2026 @ 7:30 PM

Tickets are $10
Purchase them here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/up-close-magic-cabaret-tickets-2002520143656

]]> Neverville by Night: Entering the World of Frank Forrestall https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/neverville-by-night-entering-the-world-of-frank-forrestall/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000 https://tridenthalifax.ca/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1131 In Neverville at Night, visitors find their own stories in the art of surrealist painter Frank Forrestall. Drawing from a deck of 22 figures designed by Forrestall, guests are invited to interpret the figure that chooses them according to their own experience and imaginations. These stories, dreams, and explorations will be chronicled by author Deanna Foster, building an archive of collective meaning and symbology for these new denizens of Neverville. The map of this shared subconscious world will grow as the evening progresses, revealing a world no one imagination could plan.

Guests keep a print of the figure they draw, signed by Forrestall.

Forrestall’s surrealist paintings will also be exhibited during this event.

Where: Trident Cafe & Bookseller (1256 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS)
When: Saturday, October 17th 2026 @ 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM

]]> Comedy – Book (Fight) Club https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/comedy-book-fight-club/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://tridenthalifax.ca/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1110 It’s a book club.

It’s a fight club.

8 books enter the literati Thunderdome, and only 1 leaves. 80% book club. 20% fight club. 100% hilarious.

First 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!

PWYC – $10 suggested donation.

“…this show is too clever and too funny to stick to the rules.”
“…a rip roaring show of immense proportions.” – Theatreview
“I laughed so much. I laughed so hard at one point I nearly threw up.” – Libel Music
“…bordeline chaos that makes the show feel fresh.” – Chortle

When: October 20th, 2026 @ 7pm
Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 1256 Hollis St. Halifax

]]> Book Launch – COADY https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/book-launch-coady/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://tridenthalifax.ca/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1118 COADY explores Moses Coady’s personal triumphs and misgivings alongside a contemporary historian’s attempt to reconcile the spirit of Twentieth Century revolutionary economics with the vanishing political resistance of post-industrial Atlantic Canada.

Where: Trident Cafe & Bookseller (1256 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS)
When: Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 @ 7:00 PM

Donald Calabrese is a cartoonist, musician, academic and labour activist from Cape Breton. His work has appeared in Nova Graphica (Conundrum Press, 2020), The Dalhousie Review, Broken Pencil and Word Hoard. The graphic mytho-biography COADY is Calabrese’s first full-length comic. In his work, Calabrese thinks about identity and history, interiority and pain. He lives in Cape Breton and thinks about the place a lot.

]]> Live Music – Lucy Wells & Friends https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/live-music-lucy-wells-friends/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://tridenthalifax.ca/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1121 Come enjoy a night of chill indie/folk originals and covers by Lucy Wells & Friends!

Where: Trident Cafe & Booksellers (1256 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS)
When: Friday, October 23rd 2026 @ 7:00 PM

You can also follow Lucy on her Instagram @herrkappus2 if you’d like to see more of her work!

]]> DEEP CUTS Trivia https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/deep-cuts-trivia/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000 https://tridenthalifax.ca/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1114 Join us for the inaugural night of DEEP CUTS TRIVIA, an annual Bar Trivia event for fans of nerdy and niche media! DEEP CUTS is 100% nerd culture content: questions about comics, games, anime, internet culture, tabletop rpgs, cult films- and plenty of horror head-scratchers just in time for Halloween. Our questions get past the entry level to really test your cross-disciplinary fandom knowledge. This is the one trivia night where a “sports guy” is optional!

DEEP CUTS is hosted by a panel of local authors, in association with the Trident Conference for Speculative Fiction. Prizes are generously donated by our hosts Trident Booksellers & Cafe.

19+
Minimum team size 2, Maximum team size 4
Attendees in costume will receive a special door prize 😉

Doors “open” at 6:30pm, Trivia begins at 7:00pm

UPCOMING THEMES
October 28th – Level 1 General Nerd Trivia / Second Round “Spooky” Modifier
November 18th – Level 2 General Nerd Trivia / Second Round “National Novel Month” Modifier
December 16th – Lord of the Rings and All Things Tolkien

]]> Comedy Night – Neon Sign Comedy vol.X https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/comedy-night-neon-sign-comedy-vol-x/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://tridenthalifax.ca/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1128 They’re back, back, back again!

Come enjoy a night of laughs with Neon Sign Comedy, featuring:
– Luba Magnus
– Craig Madden
– Hannah Emilie
– Jim Temple
– Vanessa Allen
– Rachel Ruecker
And hosted by Kyle Barnet!

Where: Trident Cafe & Bookseller (1256 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS)
When: Thursday, October 29th 2026 @ 7:00 PM
Doors open at 6:30 for event seating.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neon-sign-comedy-vol-x-tickets-2003322020090?aff=oddtdtcreator

]]> Songwiters’ Concert: Wild Blue Rose & More! https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/songwiters-concert-wild-blue-rose-more/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:30:00 +0000 https://tridenthalifax.ca/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1056 This Thursday, join us for a packed lineup of Halifax folk singer-songwriters! We have:

Wild Blue Rose
Darrel Cameron
Shayla Morag
Michelle Calder
The Johnsons

When: Thursday, November 5th, 2026 @ 6:30pm
Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 1256 Hollis St. Halifax

]]> Live Music – Pots and Pans https://tridenthalifax.ca/event/live-music-pots-and-pans-2/ Thu, 12 Nov 2026 22:30:00 +0000 https://tridenthalifax.ca/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1086 PotsandPans is a music duo based in Belnan, Nova Scotia known for their inviting vibe & authentic songwriting with an ear-worm worthy melodic rhythm.

Darlene 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.

Greg 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.

Together, they create a sound all their own.

Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe
When: Thursday, November 12th, 2026 @ 6:30 pm

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