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Tyche Books 🇨🇦
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A Canadian small-press specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and related non-fiction. www.tychebooks.com Calgary, AB She/Her
For the holiday weekend, Adria Laycraft's book, Jumpship Dissonance is on sale on Kobo! You'll want to get caught up with this series, since the concluding volume, Jumpship Freedom, is coming your way in 2026.

Find it on Kobo: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fabulous launch last night for Starship Librarians! Great readings, great turnout, and great conversation afterwards. If you missed the event & would like a copy of the book, Owl's Nest has some copies in stock now. #yyc
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
For some reason, I am thinking of this excellent cartoon by Kate Beaton on Hark! A Vagrant. (Read the complete Wuthering Heights pt 5 sequence: www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id...
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Barb is getting the hang of her new magical ability, but she's discovering that when magic is involved, nothing is easy. Not work, not neighbours, & definitely not family.

Pick up a copy of No Love Lost --> www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

www.amazon.com/dp/B0...
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
💥5 days!💥 Join us for an out-of-this-world book launch at Owl's Nest Books on November 17th! There will be 2 editors and 4 authors: shenanigans are practically guaranteed.
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Lest We Forget.

"In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below."
-In Flanders Field, John McCrae

November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I'll add more as I think of them! Or hit me up with questions.

In the meantime, please enjoy the full setup from August 2025.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Tip 5: Signs! Have signs identifying who you are. Have signs for special books. Have signs for your schedule at the event. Have pricing signs. (But monitor your crowd: we've discovered Calgary doesn't like "last copy" signs, while Edmonton loves them) They don't have to be fancy.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Tip 4: get vertical! Don't lay your books flat on a table. Don't display them all at one level. Differing heights is easier for people to see as they walk past & also gives you more room. Compare photos: one has books in a row at the same height. The other has books elevated & staggered.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Tip 3: let your creativity shine in the display. Have fun with bookstands, shelving & signage. One friend has colour-coordinated shelves & tablecloths--her display is stunning. Here I've arranged three titles in different heights to catch the eye. I have book stands & a white crate liven it up.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Tip 2: you don't need bling. It's tempting to get a lot of decorations to fill out your table, especially if you don't have many books, but they can be a distraction. We had some pretty cool steampunk decorations one year & that's all people wanted to buy--not our books. Which leads me to 👇
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November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Tip 1: get a tablecloth. It doesn't have to be fancy. The ones I use the most now I bought on clearance at a store. I didn't have a covering for a couple of years! Book boxes don't look good under your table display. & a good table covering gives you a nice pop of colour to show off your books.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Saw a thread on table displays the other day, & while I did reply to that directly, I thought it would be fun to do a thread on it, too. Learn from my mistakes!

(photo is from WWC 2025, photo credit: David Kotsibie / Persuasion Photo and Janis Isaman / Photos of People)
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November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Librarian struggles against an authoritarian government in Mackensie Baker's "What They Don't Tell You."

Get inspired! Find a copy--> www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4ZKNHX
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
🎉Happy book birthday to @janeglatt.bsky.social Jane Glatt! No Love Lost, the second book in the Wrap-It-Up Magic series, is out today! 🎉

Amazon: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0F...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🎃Happy Halloween! 🎃

🎶With a hip-hip and a clippity-clop
He's out looking for a head to swap🎶
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Librarians and library in Kayla Whittle's story "The Thriving Green" are nigh-mythical, living deep within the ship. Seek them out, if you dare.

Get a copy of Starship Librarians! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4ZKNHX
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Younger readers can get chills & thrills in Flashback by Simon Rose.

Max's new ghostly friend reveals twenty-year-old secrets. Secrets that someone will go to deadly lengths to keep concealed.

Scare the kids --> www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What do you do when you realize you've been the villain all along?

Find out in Helix: Sedition by Pat Flewwelling.

www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Marie Jenner Mysteries boxset 2 is also on sale! Get books 4-6 with one easy click.

Looks like Marie's life is going to get interesting. Again.

Get haunted here --> www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Meet Marie Jenner: Her job sucks. Her apartment — the one with the unbreakable lease — has a ghost. And worst of all, her mother won’t let up about her joining the “family business.”

Get started: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Helix: Plague of Ghouls by Pat Flewwelling is also on sale for Halloween!

X-Files in small-town Ontario, complete with government conspiracies, disturbing deaths (murders??), & implausible supernatural theories.

Try it --> www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
All Hallow's Eve rapidly approaches! There are some great Halloween deals on Kobo.

Hearing Voices by E.C. Bell - Marie is enlisted to find out who on the hospital staff is killing patients. Her clients? The ghosts.

Find it --> www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

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October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rick Overwater's protagonist in "Fifth Book from the Sun" is an ex-solider who teams up with the Librarians, freedom fighters leading a movement against an oppressive government.

Get a copy of Starship Librarians! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4ZKNHX
October 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🎃One WEEK until Halloween! 🎃Have you stocked up on your ghostly & haunted reads yet?

Check out Kobo's spooky story sale!

Marie Jenner Mysteries: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

Sedition: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

Flashback: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
October 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM