Tap Town Books

06/06/2026

Always interesting! Thanks Elizabeth Trofimenkoff for kicking off June as our First Friday guest. It was refreshing and inspiring to hear about your ideas, methods, and just go get ‘em attitude with all your books. Looking forward to the rest in your series! Thanks to everyone who came out and especially your elementary school cohort of teachers! We have copies of Elizabeth’s books in stock, come check them out.

06/05/2026

Tomorrow night in Nanton! Click on the link to get tickets.

06/05/2026

No plans for tonight? Pop on down at 7 pm to hear from author Elizabeth Trofimenkoff. Raised in Claresholm and completing her PhD and teaching at the University of Lethbridge, Liz was recently included in the Lethbridge Chamber's Top 40 under 40. Come find out why this dynamo is winning awards AND writing books. RSVP to [email protected] or pop in between 10-5:30 today to let us know if you're coming.

06/04/2026

Four new acrylic paintings in by the talented Joanne Vaughan. Each is 10"x20"; wouldn't these look great as a set on the wall? Perfect as the flowers bloom after the rain!

06/04/2026

Thanks for the super fun and well done upholstery on our store chair. Comfy AND nice to look at! We have two other chairs in the store that came from Akasha, come check them out. Follow Akasha on IG for all the cool things she creates.

06/04/2026

Tomorrow night! Have you RSVP'd? Our FREE First Friday nights are a great opportunity to hear from (mainly) local authors, the inspiration behind their books, getting published, and lots more. They're always interesting and different - and tomorrow's will not be an exception; we have published author, scientist, and PhD student Liz Trofimenkoff joining us. We're open 10-5:30 today so pop in and let us know if you can make it, or email [email protected].

06/03/2026

If you haven't stopped in and perused our enjoyable selection of new authors, you should. So enjoyable to read. Donations to a great cause and blue skies. What more do we need?

06/03/2026

In stock!

Stuck on what to read next? The Coffin of Honey is Close Encounters of the Third Kind meets Annihilation, a poetic space-age fable of proletarian internationalism. This novel will both challenge and charm you with Morrison’s unique writing style. Basil Sylvester from Flying Books why he was enamoured with this novel:

[Geoffrey D. Morrison's The Coffin of Honey is an existential romp and a heartfelt cry for an international humanitarian awakening. It’s the Close Encounters of the Third Kind for our modern era. Morrison's command of prose and literary devices have me breathlessly awaiting whatever's next.]

06/03/2026

Congratulations to Julia Elliott who is the winner of the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for her short story collection, Hellions, published by Tin House. The award, which provides $150,000USD to the winner, is the largest English-language literary prize in the world for women and non-binary authors. We are open 10-5:30 today and have one copy in stock and will be bringing more in!

Quote from the jury: “This eerie, eclectic, genre-leaping collection takes no half-measures; every sentence of Hellions crackles or crawls. Here, human folly moves against a backdrop of horror and magic. There’s folklore in these stories, and Southern gothic horror, and surrealism, and fantasy, and, at their center, a thread of uneasy, bodily realism. The work evokes writers like Angela Carter, Dorothy Allison, Gloria Naylor, and Kelly Link. But for all its wildness, there is tremendous control; Elliott is a gifted and thrilling writer.”

06/02/2026

It might not feel like it with the weather outside, but warmer days are coming and Read Alberta's Summer Reading Challenge has begun! Download your bingo card below and get started. This runs until the end of August so you have lots of time to fill your scorecard with great Alberta books.