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Charlotte Ashley
@charlotteashley.bsky.social
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Writer, bookseller, cafe owner, bibliophile, darkness-kicker, mild maniac, mother, iconoclast.

Owner/operator of Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Halifax

www.once-and-future.com

Monsters are friends.
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Finally got my day at @halconscificon.bsky.social ! The vendor room was spectacular as always, but most of my time was spent at the Writers' Federation booth meeting local writers and people-watching the incredible cosplays. 😊 Such a great event. Great work, all.
A brown-haired witch takes a selfie over her shoulder toward a crowd of shoppers in a latge convention centre hall. The brown-haired witch smiles in front of a banner promoting the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia The brown-haired witch in a fox-print dress and leather jacket looks disapprovingly at the camera from several feet off on a tiled pedestrian street. A poster for TriCon and two stacks of bookmarks sit at the edge of a table while costumed people pass by.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Today, I went to @openbookcoffee.bsky.social (I hope that is actually them) to participate in the Writers' Federation of Nova Scota's Writing Rumble! We wrote two terrible stories and raised $6000 for the mentorship program and I loved every minute of it. 😊
The exterior of Open Book Coffee in Halifax Two tables with blue Nimbus Publishing cloths next to a screen showing two stories being written. A selfie including three other people in the background. A woman in a garish Ms Frizzle-style dress reads off her phone next to a WFNS banner
October 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Today is the WFNS's Writing Rumble!! I'll be at Open Book Coffee in Halifax all day, writing to a live projection screen (and/or cheering my teammates) so if anyone wants to come hang out, pleeeeease do!

writers.ns.ca/workshops-ev...
Carnival-style poster reads "Writing Rumble! The Quilluminati vs The Word Slingers" with details on where and when the event will occur.
October 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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My Can*Con book haul is now on the shelves at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social! Absolutely delighted to bring some indie published gems home to Halifax! 😊
Stacks of fantasy novels on a table in front of a coffee roaster. Vividly-coloured fantasy books on display in a wooden bookcase
October 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Can*Con Day 2 included: an absolutely PHENOMENAL panel on crones (eg amazing older women) in spec, my first panel on Reading w/ @haydent.bsky.social, a lot of time in the hot tub/pool, and the dance party. @neuvel.net has quite enough people tagging him on this already, so I shall not elaborate.
A panel of four older women present before a full audience including people sitting on the floor. A man in a pink inflatable octopus costume. Four specfic writers/editors pose cheezily The final four people at the dance party.
October 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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My Can*Con 2025 off to a solid start with incredible creative projects from The Shale Project, @richhorton612.bsky.social and @cycling2asylum.bsky.social, and anyone at the Brookfield with a picture window into their bathroom.
A baffled teenager demonstrates the window in the bathroom. Three people sit at a panel table discussing Homecoming for Heretics. Two authors stand aside while their publisher shows off their newly-published books. Several very cool people sit on the floor, staring down the camera.
October 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Last minute score of a Brookstreet room for @canconsffh.bsky.social! 🙌 See you guys in three days! 😊
Charlotte Ashley / TriCon's Can*Con panel schedule. An October calendar showing when Can*Con will take place (October 17-19 2025.)
October 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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This survey is baffling. WHY do they want adoption of this technology so badly???
A question and answer from the governmentms information survey.
October 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Almost everything in my life started online--I've lived here since Usenet in 1995. 😅 So let's go with the latest:

I bought @tridenthalifax.bsky.social after seeing it for sale on IG.
The text under an Instagram post of Trident Cafe Halifax offering a bookstore/cafe for sale, and hidashara's reply asking how much.
October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Late night weekend promo, you say? Best time for marketing!

I am gonna be participating in the WFNS's Writing Rumble this Oct 23! We're raising funds for the Alistair MacLeod Mentorship program by writing team stories over the course of an afternoon! Sponsor me at:

writers.ns.ca/workshops-ev...
September 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Duck risotto w/ olives and mushrooms and peas 👌
duck risotto in a white bowl.
September 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Thank god for the singular "they," which saves us from this chaos, circa 1989.
Author's note of a book reads: Most of this book applies equally to both sexes. To save my readers from the tedium of repeated 'him or her", etc
August 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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July 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Anyone wanna take a stab at what this says? Inscribed very prominently in an early Gorey book. #rarebooks #antiquarian
A signature in black ink under the dedication "For R.D.P."
May 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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The Globe and Mail online has this article that I am unwilling to get past the paywall to read. It feels unnecessary.

Do you think they tried lowering the rent?
Globe and Mail headline reads "Free month's rent, parking spaces and utilities: Landlords are clamouring to attract tenants."
May 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Meme that makes fun of the absurdity of lowering rents without impacting house prices.
May 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Exactly the treatment Rick missed. 😢
Mark salaciously tastes the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction.
April 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Featuring:

Mark, @andester.bsky.social, me & @idakeogh.bsky.social again 😁 4/5
Mark poses with the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction. Nikita Andester poses with the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction. Charlotte Ashley and Ida Keough pose with the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction.
April 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Featuring:

@idakeogh.bsky.social, @neilwilliamson.bsky.social, @jennicoutts.bsky.social, @lunapress.bsky.social, & Sam (sorry!) 3/?
Ida Keogh poses with the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction. Neil Williamson & Jenni Coutts pose with the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction. Francesca Barbini poses with the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction Sam poses with the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction!
April 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Featuring:

@mvmelcer.com, @noumenon.bsky.social, @jonlaidlow.bsky.social, @pootsidoodle.bsky.social
Mel Mercer poses with the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction. Andrew Leon HUDSON poses with the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction. Jon Laidlow poses with the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction. Sam Poots & Harley Lane pose with the BSFA for Best Audio Fiction.
April 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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By sheer spite of fate, @easterconuk.bsky.social scheduled the BSFA ceremony for exactly the moment @rickandwrite.bsky.social had to fly home, so I accepted the award & made sure it got exactly the treatment Rick would have.

(1/? 🧵)
The BSFA for Beat Audio Fiction on a table enjoying two pints of Guinness.
April 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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I've done a bad job of EasterCon -ing on bsky. I failed to have anything to boast of in time for the con, so my time here involves drifting about, enjoying the brilliance of others. But others, they are brilliant.

Including @mythaxis.bsky.social, @mvmelcer.com, @jonlaidlow.bsky.social, & many more.
Andrew Leon Hudson reads his work at EasterCon Mel Mercer reads her work at EasterCob The Fantastic Food panel at EasterCon Jon Laidlaw moderates the David Lynch panel at EasterCon
April 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Why won't my Hearthstone tavern brawl let me play 😭😭😭
A screen of my Hearthstone Brawliseum run with two wins and no losses, and the Play button missing
March 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Chips, Madame Bovary, Hearthstone, AND taking photos to post about it. While chatting with the Football Himbo.

I took my adhd mends today. Why does this happen
March 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Is this an AI account? >.>
The profile of a bsky account, SFF Reviews
February 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM