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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

WE HAVE DATES! We are delighted to confirm that TriCon Halifax will be returning in 2027! May 21-23 2027 at the NSCAD Port Campus. And TODAY ONLY we are taking EARLY-Early bird weekend pass registrations at the @halconscificon.bsky.social Stories from the Stars book fair!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ther ys no ethical use of generatyve A.I.

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It is happening! Prepping some surprises and delights for the @halconscificon.bsky.social Stories from the Stars book fair! Cole Harbour Place TOMORROW, 10am - 4pm!

A mittful of TriCon bookmarks in shades of orange

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This was not the article I expected, but it is the article I think we deserve! 😂 Fun, optimistic reporting on TriCon Halifax from @wayvesmagazine.bsky.social and Johana Bearden! 🩵 wayves.ca/tricon-retro...

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Halifax TriCon: an interview from the future | Wayves Magazine

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Trident Halifax is at @editorscanada.bsky.social! If you are in town for the conference, come on up yo the Dal Student Union building. We have merch, coffee, local authors, and info about future @tricon-hfx.bsky.social!

A green table holds two stacks of black shirts, mugs, booklets, and a small bookshelf.

A green table holds shirts, mugs, books, a large blue TriCon sign, and more.

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Just got back from @tricon-hfx.bsky.social. I'll put my thoughts together for a more comprehensive post here and on Instagram, but in short - great conference, great panels, great people, great conversations. A wonderful time was had by all!

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 19/05/2026

A great time was had at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social! Don’t miss it next year, put next Victoria Day weekend in your calendar and remember to pack comfortable shoes (I did not expect Halifax to be so hilly 🥵 )

A waterfront boardwalk on a sunny day, with three Adirondack chairs by the edge of the sparkling water

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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social · 19/05/2026

One thing both I and @pineapplefury.bsky.social mentioned during the Unshittifying The Internet panel at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social was payment processors as a huge failure point on the way to a less shitty internet.

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sarah l. hawthorn (A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING '26) @slhawthorn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I think the most potent advice (out of many!) that's going to stay nestled in my brain from @tricon-hfx.bsky.social was from a panel on dealing with the many emotions that come with publishing, from @nataliezed.bsky.social : "Rest is a weapon." It's been really resonating with me since Saturday!

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Helen Pinsent @heleninwords.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Got a question about self-driving cars during my @tricon-hfx.bsky.social panel on Saturday, and I wasn’t satisfied with my answer, so I’ve kept thinking about it. The fear on the page of AI gothic is that non-humans are thinking. The fear underneath that is that what humans do isn’t thinking, 1/3

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Monique AC @moniqueac.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

What an incredible weekend at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social! So well organized (especially for its first year!) & so many wonderful people.

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Conference lynch pin @charlotteashley.bsky.social with the most easterly and westerly long-distance attendees, 5k+km for me and @nilaewhite.com! @tricon-hfx.bsky.social was a great success – thanks and congratulations to all the attendees, volunteers, and organisers ❤️❤️❤️ @tridenthalifax.bsky.social

Charlotte Ashley, N. E. White, and Andrew Leon Hudson at the Trident Book and Coffeeshop, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

@tricon-hfx.bsky.social ruled ✌️ exceptionally organized and well-run for a first-year con, good coffee, great programming, perfect venue (as someone who went to art school, more events should be held at art schools). Thank you for having me as a moderator & panelist! 10/10

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Natalie Zed @nataliezed.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I hope these accurately convey my SHEER DELIGHT. Endless thanks to @tricon-hfx.bsky.social for hosting, for @daviddemchuk.com for being a charming interrogator, @tridenthalifax.bsky.social for getting early copies to sell, and @amalelmohtar.com for live-skeeting my exuberance. 🖤

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jameskairiddell.bsky.social @jameskairiddell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Had a fantastic time @tricon-hfx.bsky.social this past weekend; met so many wonderful, creative people (with amazing outfits and style!). I'm delighted by the amount of energy and interest it brought up around East Coast Spec - and even more excited at all the eager discussion around next year!

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Scenes from @amalelmohtar.com's reading and talk with @ayshaufarah.bsky.social.

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 18/05/2026

I think TriCon holds a lot of promise for the community of writers in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and beyond. It's certainly a con we hope to see return next year and plan to attend again. And the site was perfect for such an event, with plenty of room to grow. Next for us: Readercon in July

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I was fortunate to get these advance copies at TriCon (the speculative fiction writing conference in Halifax, you should consider going next year): Not All Dragons by David Ly (out tomorrow) & The Library Cosmic by Ben Berman Ghan (out May 26) both from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social! See alt-text!

Not All Dragons by David Ly, Wolsak & Wynn: In a land of magic and myth, Rhys awakens on the shore of Lanilia with mysterious wounds on his back and no memory of his life before. Disoriented, he stumbles on the Mernese estuary protected by the mermaid Delia, who is quickly intrigued by this male who doesn’t smell like any Lanilian she’s ever met and who is unable to answer questions about himself. Determined to figure out his past, Rhys convinces Delia to help, and begins a dangerous journey to discover who he is, or was, and who he might become as they hunt for the truth beneath story and prophecy. https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/not-all-dragons

and The Library Cosmic by Ben Berman Ghan: The child lies in the snowy north, where the halls of essays are heavy with the thoughts of poets and politicians and philosophers. There are no flowers for her. There is only a gathering of found family, who stand uncertain in the Librarian’s shadow. In this fabulous and moving collection of short stories Benjamin Berman Ghan traverses time, space and the written word to consider the mysteries of life: What is consciousness? What gives a being its soul? What are the boundaries of love? And, perhaps most importantly, how will libraries save us all? https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the-library-cosmic

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Scenes from @nataliezed.bsky.social's TriCon Villain launch.

A laughing woman and a man with a mic in front of a colourful audience

A woman smiles as she chats eith another holding a book

A person in an orange shirt sells stacks of books

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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We're back from @tricon-hfx.bsky.social in Halifax, and the magazine staff had a wonderful time! We are looking forward to attending again next year, it was fabulous! Next places to find us: * Readercon in Burlington, MA, July 9th - 12th * possibly CanCon in Ottowa, Ontario, Oct. 16th - 18th

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K.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Home again. @tricon-hfx.bsky.social was a very nice con, very small and cosy this year; panels that were a pleasure to be on, very well-run. The location was great, too; on the harbour and a grocery store right next to it for easy food access, lots of cafes and restaurants.

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

What an honour to have helped bring TriCon into being!! I’m so grateful to have met & spent time with many lovely writer folks. I held a workshop, hosted two readings, moderated a panel & participated in two panels. I left with a very full bag of books and a full heart. Wela’lioq to everyone 💖

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 18/05/2026

For any @tricon-hfx.bsky.social attendees asking about submission reading… 👀👀👀

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Had a fantastic time at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social this weekend, they really killed it for a first-time conference

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Eric Choi (蔡文信) @aerospacewriter.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Congratulations and thank you to the concom, staff and volunteers for a fantastic inaugural @tricon-hfx.bsky.social. Running a con is tremendously challenging, especially in its first year, and I hope the #TriCon team will take some much deserved satisfaction in the success of the event. Thank you!

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This was my first-ever panel discussion at my first-ever con (thank you so much @tricon-hfx.bsky.social for all of this) and I am so delighted to have had some small part in inspiring a fellow dark heart to write! What a joy 🖤

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 17/05/2026

Huge thanks to all the volunteers, guests & attendees who made the very first @tricon-hfx.bsky.social possible! I had such a lovely time & such great conversations about craft, publishing, & activism; every panel was a pleasure & every chance encounter a delight! I miss Halifax already!

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Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · 17/05/2026

Fantastic @tricon-hfx.bsky.social this weekend! I was lucky to be part of great panels on new critical voices and labour issues in SF. Wonderful to see Charles Saunders’ memory & work celebrated, too! Picked up some great books (and handed out some postcards of my own!) @broadviewpress.bsky.social

A picture with my tri-con name tag flanked by postcards for the Broadview Anthology of SF, and copies of Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris, and Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction, edited by Sonia Sulaiman

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Erin Rockfort (they/she) @pineapplefury.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Thank you @tricon-hfx.bsky.social!! Had an absolute blast getting to terrorize your city for a weekend. Thank you to everyone who organized, so nice to see all the familiar and new faces! Until next time!!!

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Sunil Sarwal @sunilsarwal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Had the most amazing support and encouragement as a new writer at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social today, I cried on the car ride home.

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Cat Rector @catrector.com · 17/05/2026

Me going to TriCon and everyone is on Bluesky so I gotta brush the dust off this account 🤣✨ Supppp

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

One of only two Contestants who made it through the gauntlet! Editors take note!

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Leslie Allen @cozywitch.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Thanks @tricon-hfx.bsky.social! It was so much fun meeting old and new friends, from near and far! Amazing conversations and ideas (and of course, some great coffee from @tridenthalifax.bsky.social) can't wait to do this again soon!

A pile of convention loot from tricon including a forest spirit print by F. Foustall, Natalie Zina Walschots new book, Terra Nova Scotia by the WFNS, a 3D printed sword bookmark by the Crying Cryptid, business cards from Wizards and Spaceships podcast, Cheapo Comics, Rachel A. Rosen, Deanna Foster, and a name tag lanyard

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Fresh tea & coffee in the WFNS atrium! (Milk and cream in the fridge)

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K.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Found a nice Vietnamese restaurant up Barrington St., Man Bean Pho. Excellent supper. Yesterday we had supper from the Persian restaurant Shiraz, a tiny place but tasty. In-between, Superstore Sushi. [Eating at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social.]

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Jon Olfert @jonolfert.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Ran a 2h+ workshop on Locus and Sub Grinder data this AM (and put @trollbreath.com on the spot a lot, which he was a good sport about); moderated a panel with @taowong.bsky.social, @kvjohansen.bsky.social, and Liz Westbrook-Trenholm; huge bowl of pho in between. @tricon-hfx.bsky.social is a success.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

We are at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social this weekend. Stop by the table and ask us about the Edmonton Worldcon bid!

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 16/05/2026

At the @tricon-hfx.bsky.social launch for @nataliezed.bsky.social’s VILLAIN (long-awaited sequence to HENCH!) kicking off with talking about how she’d write little poems inside Bloodborne?? 😍

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Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · 16/05/2026

Terrific conversation—& a full house!— @tricon-hfx.bsky.social this morning with Mikaela Cameron, @lnuonhorror.bsky.social, & @heleninwords.bsky.social, about automobile horror, Indigenous horror, & Last Man stories! Looking forward to speaking on Proletariat Themes in Science Fiction tomorrow! #SFF

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Mark Leslie Lefebvre @markleslie.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Loved the 8 AM panel on Social Media Presence, Audience Building, and Self Promotion at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social with fellow panelists Nicole Northwood, @ayshaufarah.bsky.social and Vanessa Ricci-Thode. Great conversation with awesome writers & excellent early morning engaged enthusiasts attending

Four writers smiling at the camera for a selfie taken at a panel at a writers' conference (TriCon) in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Was just talking about Marxism and class consciousness at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social on an excellent panel with @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social, @haydent.bsky.social, and @cephiedvariable.bsky.social. And right outside? A picket line. Anyhow. Support the strikers: www.seniorcarematters.ca

Blogger olav with striking CUPE workers.

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Making up new genres at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social registration! Do you write anthropological slice-of-life cannibalism? Alternative paranoid erotica? Polar medieval spy-fi? Political romantasy fairy tales? Space Regency dystopia (hey it’s almost me!)? Pastoral cannibalism science? #genres

What it says above! A picture of genre stickers.

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

PROGRAMMING UPDATE: Francesca ekwuyasi is not able to be here this weekend. But happily, the amazing @ayshaufarah.bsky.social will be taking up the task & hosting @amalelmohtar.com's event today! Join us at 2pm in the WFNS Atrium at 1113 Marginal Rd!

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

FREE STUFF! TriCon-goers, we have swag from @stelliform.press and @northbrewing.bsky.social up for grabs! If you registered on Thursday or early Friday, you might have missed these, but please come and enjoy! Authors and vendors, have some stuff to share? Feel free to bring your offerings down! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

A white table is scattered with books, coasters, plush beer, stickers, and coupons!

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

We have FREE @tridenthalifax.bsky.social coffee & tea at the Writers' Federation Atrium (aka the Green Room)! All attendees welcome to partake! * * @kurestinarmada.bsky.social not included in offer

A dark-haired woman sits at a kitchenete counter with hot drinks and snacks

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

You guys, it is beautiful out. It is warm and sunny and smells like the ocean. It is gonna be a good day.

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

It’s TriCon Eve!! I’m so excited 🤩🚀📚💖

A close-up of my TriCon badge with my name and genres on it (Weird Speculative Indigenous Anarchist Horror) and TriCon T-shirt. I added some light leaks and star effects for fun

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