Feel better soon!! That's no fun 🥹

Tales and Trinkets book fair Saturday September 13 1-6pm parkland village community hall spruce Grove Alberta.

Also coming up fast, our next market on September 13 in Spruce Grove! This is going to be such a special one with author readings, a zine workshop and more!

Alphabet soup pop up bookclub Felice Cafe Thursday September 18, 7-9pm

Our next pop-up book club is coming up on September 18! Bring whatever book you happen to be reading (or writing) and join us for a nice cup of coffee and some social/not-social time with like-minded folk ☺️❤️

"Any book worth banning is a book worth reading."

Isaac Asimov

Brightly coloured poster with information about a queer, silent book club happening in Edmonton on August 28, at Felice Cafe 10930 84 st, from 7-9pm.

Come join Alphabet Soup Queer Bookstore at Felice Cafe this Thursday for our "quiet reading club", bring whatever you happen to be reading or writing and join us to make a dent in your long-suffering tbr! #yeg

So if you'd like to sponsor a queer book for queer youth, you can do so for as little as $5 at the link above. Thank you for sharing, for sponsoring, and for helping us spread more queer joy in our province. ♥️♥️

But thankfully we don't have to do it on our own, cause our community cares about queer youth and I think we are *all* looking for ways to reach out to them and give them a big hug to show they matter, and we know they deserve representation and normalcy and joy.

We started by spontaneously donating 82 queer YA books to the Fyrefly Institute for Camp Fyrefly, a leadership summer camp for queer 14-22 year olds. Did we have the funds to do this? Kinda. Can our businesses sustain this kinda donation? Not on our own.

Bookish Care Package for Queer Youth | Alphabet Soup Books Alphabet Soup Bookstore and The Book Archive are collaborating to provide a bookish care package to queer youth and are looking for community support. We are proud to have already provided 41 care pac...

So about a week ago I had the pleasure of announcing a new joint project between The Book Archive, another local queer-owned bookstore, and Alphabet Soup: Bookish Care Packages for Queer Youth. Our community has been showing up to support and we're so excited to share.

PSA for indie authors: as a tiny bookstore that wants to carry your book it would be super helpful if you included wholesale info on your author website, even if it's just to get in touch via email for details!

Cover of The Flowered Blade. The background is white and pink with a floral border Text reads: The Flowered Blade Listen now Taylor Hubbard // Author

🌸THE FLOWERED BLADE AUDIOBOOK OUT NOW🌸

It's finally here!!! The audiobook has landed and I hope you love it

Again, so many thank yous to Ryan H. Reid and Cody Sloan for their amazing performances as Brokil and Silvyr.

Some recent orders from the last few weeks! Such a pleasure to pack these up ✨ thank you for shopping with our little queer bookstore friends!

Text reads: Best Sellers Rank: #157 Free in Kindle Store #1 in LGBTQ+ Fantasy #1 in Transgender Romance #2 in Gay Romance

And what if I start crying right now??? Then what????

Yay! Thank you! And don't be afraid to reach out with a DM if there's any books you're looking for in particular. I can't get everything but I can try ✨

Stack of queer books including the secret lives of country gentlemen, last night at the telegraph club, lavender house, a taste of gold and iron, a spell for heartsickness, under the dragon moon, the flowered blade, and celestial monsters.

Got a gorgeous order early this morning from a customer in Calgary. Every order means so much to a small business like us 🥹 look at this beautiful stack of queer stories.

Oh, and congratulations!!!!🎉🎉

Fabulous! We'll look for it next time we put in an order from them! Thanks for reaching out ♥️🌈

Hey Roxie! Do you have a trad publisher? We'd love to know how to order.

I am a fan of novlr for this and other reasons 🙈

🦁✨ slay

Have you been looking for a book that stars a queer and hungry mountain lion who lives under the Hollywood sign? If so then Henry Hoke’s “Open Throat” book is straight up your alley! 🤭

Shoutout to @alphabetsoupyeg.bsky.social for selling this obscure book 😜🫶

#booksky #queerlit

Empathy

A picture of our mini table set up with our Alphabet Soup branded banner, a neon rainbow sign, and a small selection of books.

We were back at Felice Cafe tonight with a mini pop-up for their first ever media night! Such a great community space, we are so appreciative of their mission to help local businesses thrive ✨

Pop-Up Book Club: February (Palentine's Day) | Alphabet Soup Books Perfect for those with all levels of social battery, we invite you to attend our “quiet” book club. Bring whatever book you happen to be reading!

Big thank you to all of the new book friends who came out to our first pop-up book club of 2025, we had an incredible 27 people reading tonight at Felice Cafe! Our next book club will be February 13 at 7pm. Please RSVP! www.alphabetsoupbooks.ca/event-detail...

Flower background with a gold outline and the Indie Ink Award logo in the top left corner. Cover for The Flowered Blade in the center

Flower background with a gold outline and the Indie Ink Award logo in the top left corner. Text Reads: Finalist Best light read Best mentor character This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation Writing the Future We Need: Neurodivergent Representation by a Neurodivergent author Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation.

🌸Indie Ink Award Finalist🌸

I can finally announce that The Flowered Blade is a finalist for the Indie Ink Awards 💜

Thank you to everyone that voted for my book. It's humbling and I'm so grateful. Thank you thank you thank you

🌈📚 💙📚

🌈📚 A really interesting world, a good blend of adventure & emotion (& spicy moments!), great side characters (The Kid! the band mates! the Belamore bookshop!) and a cool spin on the quirks of being trans make this a great book.

@mawcehanlin.bsky.social

#booksky #transromance

Alphabet Soup Bookstore | Queer bookstore | Edmonton, AB, Canada Alphabet Soup Bookstore is a pop-up and online store bringing queer books to Edmonton, Alberta and beyond.

Hey, I'm Kaitlyn. I write a little bit of everything. Professional copywriter by day. SciFi, fantasy, fanfiction by... also day usually.

I also own a pop-up and online queer bookstore based in Edmonton Alberta, and shipping within Canada (AlphabetSoupBooks.ca).

I'm a mom, and a huge BioWare fan🐉