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NS Independent Booksellers

Information in this index was initially gathered in 2021 and is updated as booksellers contact us. Please consult individual websites for addresses and hours of service.

To submit or update a listing, email contact@writers.ns.ca with all required information (including a website) and the subject line “Nova Scotia Independent Booksellers.” 

Bookseller (click name to open website in a new tab)LocationSpecialtiesBookable event space?
Amy's Used BooksAmherstUsed booksno
Great Expectations Books & AntiquesAnnapolis RoyalUsed booksno
Mad Hatter BookstoreAnnapolis Royalunknown
MareGold BookstoreAnnapolis RoyalNew nonfictionyes (max seating: 12)
Antigonish Five Cents to a DollarAntigonishNew booksno
The Curious Cat Tea & BooksAntigonishyes (max seating: 4)
The Next ChapterBear RiverUsed booksno
Endless Shores Books & Other TreasuresBridgetownNew and used booksyes (book signings only)
Good Dog BooksBridgewaterNew and used booksunknown
The Curious CollectorCape BretonUsed and rare books; comicsno
The Wandering GriffinCentral ArgyleNew booksunknown
Blue Shutters Art Gallery & AntiquesChesterUsed booksno
Marguerite Boutique et ProvisionsChéticampUsed booksno
Books GaloreColdbrookUsed booksunknown
Dartmouth Book ExchangeDartmouthNew and used booksyes (max seating: 20)
Friction BooksDartmouthFictionyes (max attendees: 45)
Giant Robot ComicsDartmouthComicsunknown
JW Doull BooksDartmouthUsed and rare booksno
TattletalesDartmouthChildren's books; YA; teacher resourcesno
The Trainyard General StoreDartmouthNova Scotian booksno
By The Ocean Art & BooksEastern PassageNew and used booksunknown
Pages & Pieces: Used Books & MoreElmsdaleUsed booksunknown
Great Village Antiques ExchangeGreat VillageUsed booksUnknown
The Inside StoryGreenwoodunknown
Agricola Street BooksHalifaxUsed booksyes (max seating: 10)
BookmarkHalifaxno
Capricorn BooksHalifaxUsed booksno
Carrefour Atlantic EmporiumHalifaxAtlantic Canadian booksno
Egghead BooksHalifaxNew booksYes
King's Co-op BookstoreHalifaxContemporary fiction and nonfictionno
Maps & MoreHalifaxTravel writing and Atlantic Canadian nonfictionunknown
Monster Comic LoungeHalifaxComics and used booksno
Open Book CoffeeHalifaxNimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press titlesthree bookable event spaces (for up to 10 seated, up to 30 seated, or up to 50 seated)
Raven & Gryphon Fine BooksHalifaxRare and fine booksno
Seed & Spark Book Co-opHalifaxNew books and zinesno
Schooner BooksHalifaxUsed and rare booksunknown
Strange Adventures Comics & CuriositiesHalifaxComicsno
Trident Booksellers & CafeHalifaxUsed booksno
Venus EnvyHalifax2SLGBTQ+ booksyes (max seating: 20)
Veritas Catholic Books & GiftsHalifaxReligious books (Christianity); spirituality; theology; catholicismunknown
Woozles Children's BookshopHalifaxChildren's books; YAyes (max seating unknown)
Realms and Roses BookstoreHammonds PlainsNew books (specifically fantasy and romance)yes (max seating unknown)
The Book ShedHubbardsNova Scotia booksno
Open Secrets Independent BooksellersKentvilleNew and used fictionyes (max seating: 50)
R.D. ChisholmKentvilleReference booksno
LaHave River BooksLaHaveNew and used booksyes (max seating: 50)
Snug Harbour Books & CafeLiverpooolNew and used booksno
Cape & Cowl Comics & CollectiblesLower SackvilleComics and 2SLGBTQ+ booksunknown
FluffyCat BooksLower SackvilleUsed booksno
Block Shop BooksLunenburgCanadian fiction and nonfiction; children's books; YA yes (max seating: 35)
Elizabeth's BooksLunenburgNew local-interest books; used booksno
Lunenburg BoundLunenburgNew and used booksyes (max seating: 40)
Cat Tales EclecticsMahone BayAtlantic Canadian booksno
The Four Points Vintage MarketMahone BayUsed booksno
Blue Griffin BooksMiddletonUsed and rare booksunknown
Steeple Green BooksMusquodoboit HarborNew booksYes
Read It AgainNew GlasgowNew and used booksyes (max seating: 15)
Vickery House BooksParrsboroLocal and Maritime; new, used, and rare booksyes
Salt-Water Ballad BooksPort MedwayUsed booksno
Shorebound BooksShelburneNew and used booksunknown
The Book ShedSimms SettlementNova Scotian-authored booksunknown
Second Edition Used Books & DVDsStellertonUsed booksunknown
Ed's Books and MoreSydneyunknown
The Local NPC Games & ComicsSydneyComicsunknown
On The Same Page BookstoreSydneyNew and used booksunknown
ABC: Antiques, Books & CollectiblesTantallonNova Scotia and Atlantic Canada; Used Booksno
Once Upon a BookshoppeTatamagoucheNew and used booksunknown
Cooper's CabinTruroComicsunknown
The Happy Duck Bookshop & ReaderyTruroNew and used booksunknown
NovelTea Bookstore and GiftsTruroUsed and new local booksyes (max seating: 10)
Otis & Clementine’s BooksUpper TantallonUsed booksyes (max seating: 15)
Readers' HavenWindsorUsed booksyes (book signings only)
The Odd BookWolfvilleUsed and rare booksno
Rainbow's End Books and DiscsWolfvilleComics and used booksunknown
Lam's Used Book StoreYarmouthUsed booksno
Bissett BooksNova Scotia (Mobile Book Store)New Booksno
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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, writing for young adults, and others) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.

Occasionally, WFNS uses the phrase “emerging and established writers/authors” to mean ‘writers and authors of all experience levels.’

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with info, strategies, and skills that suit their experience. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.

For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.

If uncertain about your experience level with respect to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca