The Happy Duck Bookshop & Readery

06/18/2026

Good morning! 🌄

Pictured are some of the new pre-loved books that have been added to the shelves. There's a nice variety for all ages and interests! 📚

As always, thank you to those of you who bring in donations. I was absent yesterday and missed a couple of you! 💛

06/15/2026

Thank you so much to Stephens Gerard Malone and the ducks for coming to visit on Saturday! We had the best chat! 💛

If you missed it, we still have some signed copies at the shop! Open tomorrow 10-4. 📚

06/12/2026

I just finished reading "The Unnameable" in time for the author signing here tomorrow (Saturday, June 13 at 1:00).

Do yourself a favour and read it. But don't just take my word for it... Read what Consumed by Ink has to say.😉

"Realizing you're gay in 1967 is an isolating and terrifying thing. Being exposed could brand you as a "pervert," or worse. Audie is navigating this and more as he enters high school, hiding from bullies and trying not to think about the boy next door - thoughts that could send him straight to Hell. You hope so badly it gets better for him. You wish that his mom was more available, that his dad wasn't such a jerk, and that his sister wasn't such a snoop. You *really* wish she wasn't such a snoop. You wish that he didn't have to cower inside his own body, living in fear of being found out. Most of all, you wish so hard that you didn't *have* to hope it gets better. You wish it could have been better for him all along.

Read this beautiful book. It's going to open hearts and help make this world a better place. Like Miss Rumphius and her lupins."

Hop to see you here tomorrow! 💛🌈

Stephens Gerard Malone
Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press

06/12/2026

We have some here at The Happy Duck! 🌈

06/11/2026

✨Celebrate Indigenous History Month today and all year long with a good book. We have something for everyone! ✨📚

06/10/2026

06/10/2026

✨🌈We're thrilled to be partnering with Truro Pride for this event and excited to see you today at 5:00 for a fabulous storytime! 🌈✨

✨Get ready for a little bit of magic, a whole lot of glitter, and four fabulous stories!✨

Join Bubbles the Fairy and The Wizard Willdo for a Drag & Dress-Up Storytime at The Happy Duck Bookshop & Readery on Wednesday, June 10 at 5:00 PM.

Dress up as your favourite character and settle in for three enchanting stories read by two of the most magical storytellers around. At the end of the evening, we'll be drawing to give away the featured storybooks, so your little one could go home with a brand new favourite!

🦖 Costumes encouraged (but never required!)
🧝🏼‍♀️ Three stories. Two readers. One magical evening
📖 Storybook draw at the end of the evening
❤️ Free and open to all

Come as you are, or come as anyone or anything you want to be! ☀️