Bakka Phoenix Books

We'll be closed all day Sunday November 2nd for our semi-annual inventory count. We'll be back open for our regular hours on the 3rd.

On a totally unrelated note, on Saturday November 1st, all books will be 10% off!

(Please buy everything in the store, that way we don't have to do inventory.)

Can*Con is done, but another event looms! In Toronto!

Join me and @thescreambean.bsky.social as we talk messy found families at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social on November 15. This'll be my first bookstore event for CASTOFF, and my first ever event at Bakka!

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
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thank you, toronto!! thanks especially to @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social for hosting! they have loads of signed stock if you missed out, so go show them some love!

Happening now:

Im conversation with @clclark.bsky.social at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social!

Only a few hours to go!

Can't make it? There's still to reserve @clclark.bsky.social's books online and we'll get them signed for you. www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/events/36102...

This is happening tonight! Come join us and
@clclark.bsky.social at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social if you're in Toronto!

Doors open at 6pm!

Reminder: my event with @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social and @storyenginedeck.bsky.social is Tuesday, Oct 21 @ 6:30 PM! Last stop before I skate out of town!

Me in a octopus suit

Had a fabulous time at @canconsffh.bsky.social . Amazing job by @mariebilodeau.bsky.social and @brandoncrilly.bsky.social . Always a pleasure to see @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social (I signed some stock for the Toronto crowd.) And yes, this happened, but it was for @premeemohamed.com so it’s OK.

Me with ALL the books signed in the Dealer’s Room at the Bakka Phoenix table

I signed ALL the books at the Bakka Phoenix table in the Dealer’s Room at Can*Con! They’ll take whatever’s left back to the store in Toronto, so Toronto peeps, stop by tomorrow at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social and pick up something!

Kevin Hearne(?) is looking a bit @neuvel.net y today, but we've been assured he'll sign whatever you'd like in the dealer's room at CanCon!

The winners of the raffle have been picked! Thanks to everyone who entered! If you’re one of the winning tickets, pick up your signed ARC at the Bakka Phoenix booth!! WINNING NUMBERS: 3740014 3740016 3740019

The winners of the raffle have been picked! Thanks to everyone who entered! If you’re one of the winning tickets, pick up your signed ARC at the @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social booth!!

WINNING NUMBERS:

3740014
3740016
3740019

@canconsffh.bsky.social

One of these days I'll get a recommendation wrong! But I hope you enjoy!

See you there!

Looking forward to @canconsffh.bsky.social! Tomorrow you can find me at the opening ceremonies, where, I assume, @premeemohamed.com and @ourmankoto.bsky.social and I run relay in circles with a torch. Then my kaffeeklatsch. @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have my books for sale in the vendors room.

One week to go! Join us next Tuesday to celebrate the release of @clclark.bsky.social's THE SOVEREIGN!

This event is today, Tuesday Oct 14. Tomorrow I’ll be in Vancouver, Canada, with @nalohop.bsky.social and Thursday I’ll be in Portland with . @jennreese.bsky.social

Such a great book!

Just a head's up that we'll be closed this coming Monday, October 13th, for Thanksgiving. We'll be open again for our regular hours on Tuesday.

With that in mind... what's everyone reading this long weekend? 👀

Graphic showing author Suyi Davies Okungbowa's schedule for Can Con 2025 (Friday 17th October to Sunday 19th October, 2025). Text reads: 3 panels, 1 signing Sat 18, 10-10:50 AM, Mainstream: Slow Fiction with Ada Hoffmann, Luke R.J. Maynard, Sienna Tristen (moderator) Sat 18, 3-3:30 PM, Newbridge: Book signing! FREE bookmarks for all signees! Sat 18, 7-7:50 PM, Leaders: Lived Experience as Story Fodder with A. D. Sui, D.G. Valdron, Susan Forest (moderator) Sun 19, 11:30A-12:20P, Traders: The Continuation of Epic Fantasy with S.M. Carrière, Anuja Varghese, Y.M. Pang (moderator)

It's @canconsffh.bsky.social next weekend! I'm excited for: snazzy new venue; time with friends old & new; dope panels & events + fave Toronto bookstore @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social; the thrill of enthusiastic readers; copious beers; etc.

Thankfully, I have a slim schedule this year. See below!

We're heading to Ottawa for @canconsffh.bsky.social in a couple of weeks on Oct 17-19! www.can-con.org/live-cancon

Going to be there and have books you'd like us from us? Order online for pick-up at www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com and leave a note that you'll be at Can*Con. We'll bring your books to you!

Screenshot of a Libro.fm. Text says "Purchase successful - Thank you for supporting Bakka Phoenix Books." Screenshot shows cover of The Thursday Murder Club.

I used one of my @libro.fm credits to buy THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB by Richard Osman. I am supporting indie bookstore @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social.

Love that my credits never expire (unlike Audible). Site also has GREAT recommendation lists by bookstore owners.
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We're heading to Ottawa for @canconsffh.bsky.social in a couple of weeks on Oct 17-19! www.can-con.org/live-cancon

Going to be there and have books you'd like us from us? Order online for pick-up at www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com and leave a note that you'll be at Can*Con. We'll bring your books to you!

A stack of five brown cardboard boxes, topped by two books on display. Books are titled Catalyst and Castoff.

And these? These are all BOOKS.

CATALYST and CASTOFF, together for the first time, courtesy of @atthisarts.com.

Most are bound for my launch at @canconsffh.bsky.social (Oct 18!) and the rest will lie in wait for a special November event at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social w/ @thescreambean.bsky.social!

The Sovereign is here - and so is @clclark.bsky.social (if you're in Toronto)!

The new Magic of the Lost book hit shelves Sept. 30, and the author will be in Toronto to celebrate the launch. Join us @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social Tuesday, Oct. 21 @ 6pm for our interview, a book signing, and a Q&A!

The billionaire owned online seller is gearing up for their sale but I love to support local indie bookstores!
This weekend I'll be @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social fest. I'm hoping 🤞🏽 to stop by @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social to say hi!
Pandemonium books and games in Cambridge Mass has been great to me.

A white tent with books on top. The front has a banner with a black phoenix in a circle. Text reads "Bakka-Phoenix Books"

Come find us at Word on the Street this weekend!

Hey everyone!! You can find signed copies of GHOST CIRCUS at the @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social booth at Word on the Street this weekend in Toronto!!! ❤️📚👻🎪

As a used bookseller, this is maddening because every damn day I see appetite for strange books, old books, indie books, forgotten books. Readers are there. They love to explore the store & buy things they've never heard of.

Publishing's biggest problem is that they've forgotten how to sell books.