Trident Booksellers & Cafe

A Women in Horror Reading
2024-03-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 1256 Hollis St., Halifax, NS
March is Women in Horror Month! Come celebrate three amazing local horror writers in this evening of readings and discussion.
Join us and host Peter Counter on Wednesday, March 13th @ 7pm for readings from recent works by Elliott Gish, Laura Keating, and Tiff Morris! Books for sale from King’s Co-Op Bookstore, and treats available from Trident!
This is not a ticketed event–just come on down and enjoy a great night!

Workshop: Self-Editing for Writers
2024-02-27 19:00 - 21:00
You’ve typed “The End,” you’re proud as hell, and suddenly it hits you: now you have to edit the damn thing. The revisions stage can be intimidating and frustrating for many writers, but it doesn’t have to be! Join Molly Rookwood, the owner of Rookwood Editing, to learn how you can use the tools of professional editors to gain much-needed distance from your story and break the revisions process into manageable steps.
Molly Rookwood will lead this workshop on self-editing on Tuesday, February 27th @ 7pm. In-person attendance at Trident Booksellers & Cafe (Halifax) includes coffee or tea, and a hybrid Zoom option will be available. Sign up at eventbrite, or cash signups are available in-store.
Molly Rookwood is the owner of Rookwood Editing, providing content editing, copyediting, and Jewish sensitivity reading to self-publishing and querying fiction writers. She started her company after graduating from Toronto Metropolitan University’s publishing program, and she has served as a volunteer and/or co-chair of local, national, and international editing organizations. Before leaving academia, Molly wrote her thesis on Jane Austen’s social criticism, and she carries this expertise forward in the romance novels she writes about Austen scholars falling in love. As an editor, Molly’s favourite genres to work with are science fiction, romance, and fantasy, and in her free time, Molly plays D&D, Frosthaven, and a whole bunch of video games.
Molly can be reached via email at molly@rookwoodediting.com or through her website at www.rookwoodediting.com

How to Apply for Arts Grants in Atlantic Canada
2024-01-27 18:00 - 20:00
Grants are the primary fuel behind much of the arts sector in Canada, but it’s not always easy to know how to approach this funding system as an independent artist. From the national body of Canada Council for the Arts to provincial bodies like Arts Nova Scotia to local organizations, it’s important to understand how to navigate each context. While it may seem like an uphill battle to have your work supported, a bit of guidance goes a long way in making those bi-annual deadlines and application checklists a lot less daunting.
In this introductory workshop, we will discuss the broad goals of approaching an independent artist’s grant, what you should have to support your application, and how to tap into what you as an artist bring to the table. We will offer insight from both artistic and institutional perspectives, a realistic viewpoint of our grant systems, and a healthy approach to the stress of application season.
Brandon Lorimer and Lindsay Jacquard will lead this overview of applying for arts grants in Atlantic Canada. In-person attendance at Trident Booksellers & Cafe (Halifax) includes coffee or tea, and a hybrid Zoom option will be available. Cash signups available in-store.
Sign-up at Eventbrite here!

Lindsay Jacquard (she/her) is an artist and arts administrator living in Menagoesg/Saint John, New Brunswick. She holds a Master’s in Arts Leadership from Queen’s University and a BFA from NSCAD University. She has worked with organizations across the Maritimes, including Imperial Theatre, Third Space Gallery, and the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts. Lindsay’s own artistic practice involves painting, portraiture, strangeness, and play.

Brandon Lorimer (he/him) is an artist and arts journalist from Kjipuktuk/Halifax. An alumnus of the Bus Stop Theatre Playwrights Unit, Montréal Playwrights Workshop, and AFCOOP’s Film 5 Program, his primary artistic practice encompasses film, theatre, and interactivity. Brandon is head of Wolf Hart Productions, a film company creating works that speak to our modern struggle; it debuted its first short DWELLING at the 2023 Third Watch Festival. He enjoys existential hope, absurd dread, and Arizona green tea.
