Venus Envy - Halifax

We’re so excited to be hosting one of the contributors of El Ghourabaa, Trish Salah, to celebrate this book!

Join us on Wednesday, September 18 for a reading with Trish Salah, and special guests Anna Quon and Arielle Twist, as well as a facilitated discussion and Q&A led by one of our workshop facilitators, Charity.

The details:
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
7:30-9pm ADT
Hybrid attendance options - in person and online
The event is free to attend but registration is required. Please register on our website - see our bio for a quick link.
Masks are required for in person attendance.

***rAndTransOddities

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It was so sweet to see some new and familiar faces during the Halifax Anarchist Book fair! We carry an extensive and consistently growing collection of radical and political books; whether in essay, memoir, or children's book format, they are available at the shop. it's always exciting for us to discover more titles to offer 🌱✨
We've got some titles new to us from some of our political Canadian publishers and ! Come swing by to check them out 📚📖
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Join us for the launch and celebration of Angel B.H.’s new book, All H00kers Go To Heaven!

The details:
When: Sunday, September 15; 6:30-8:30pm ADT
Where: Venus Envy Halifax (and online via Zoom)
What: author reading and Q&A, plus signed copies of the book for purchase.

This event is free but registration is required. Please register on our website (link in our bio) to secure your spot! We have both in-person and virtual attendance options.

As with any event we do, masks are required for in-person attendance. We will have some at the door if you don’t have your own.

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We love Thea’s Tarot deck! These intricate paper cuttings were created by Ruth West in 1984. In 2015, Oliver Pickle wrote “She Is Sitting in the Night” to accompany the deck.

Pop by the shop to check out our collection of tarot decks!

Gold medal gaper in training? 🕳️🥇 Just remember that slow and steady wins the race when it comes to an*l play!

Some quick tips 🍑💦
•use lots of l**e! (We love a hybrid if you’re pairing it with a silicone toy)
•take it slow and be mindful of your body
•start small and work your way up! Your butth0le can stretch to some impressive sizes but it might take some time to get there. You don’t have to increase in size but if that’s your goal .social has an awesome post on an*l training!

Repost: To celebrate the publication of the ten year anniversary edition of Hot, Wet & Shaking, we’re inviting you to a night of s*x and death. It’s like a death salon with room for s**t; storytelling exploring both grief & perversion. Expect to laugh and cry, but most importantly to feel alive.

Get tickets through the link in our bio

Pride week may be over but we’re q***r all year🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Another little round up of some new titles that we are carrying in the shop. Pop by during our open hours to browse our great selection of must reads

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✨Reusable menstrual products restock✨

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We had a great Pride kick off last night at our Bootblacking and Leather Market event and the fun only continues from here!🏳️‍🌈

It’s the official start to our annual Pride sale. Today, July 19 until July 21st we are doing 20% off all toys and 25% off pride gear and flags in-store. We are also offering 20% off most toys through our online store.

Saturday, July 20th, is the pride parade and we have some fun goody bags made up for our first 20 customers before the parade. See you there!
♥️🧡💛💚💙💜

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We are stocked up on flags, pins, patches, and all the other necessities! Come get your Pride gear🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Don’t forget we also have all sorts of awesome free events happening for Pride week✨

Beat the heat by cooling down a glass toy for some fun temperature play🥵💦

Pop by the shop during our open hours to check out the Gläs Lick-it in-person

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Slide 4: angled shot of the gläs lick-it that shows off the nubby textured curved end of the toy ]

Pride week is upon us, and we have an extra special programming schedule to celebrate the occasion!
Swipe through for individual event posters ➡️

The schedule:
Thursday, July 18: Bootblacking event and mini leather market (7-10pm)
Sunday, July 21: The Regulation of Desire 3rd edition book launch (7-9pm)
Tuesday, July 23: workshop: The Q***r Art of Hooking Up (7:30-9:30pm)
Wednesday, July 24: workshop: Intro to As*xuality (7:30-9:30pm)

For more information and to register for these events, visit our website! Link is in our profile.

And of course, our annual pride sale! From July 19-21 get 20% off all toys, and 25% off all pride gear.
The first 20 people on Saturday, July 20 (parade day!) get a free goody bag!

All of our pride events are free to attend, and we’ll be collecting donations for open QTBIPOC MAs.

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1: a white background with rainbow boarders with our pride schedule
2: a pale yellow background with black and yellow accents. This poster is about our bootblacking and leather market event (details in caption and online)
3: a rainbow background with white twinkle stars. (This is a poster for our pride sale (details in caption)
4: a green background with light pink accents and a photo of the book “The Regulation of Desire”. This is a poster for our book event (details in caption and online)
5: a beige background with bright rainbows in the corners. This is a poster for our workshops (details in caption and online)

Whether you’re curled up inside or lazing on the beach, we’ve got some great summer reads for you!

We are open 10AM-8PM on Saturdays. Pop by the shop to check out these new titles!📚
***rBooks ***rReads
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New in the shop! ✨📚

"Seeking uncanny, fun, experimental, creepy, sarcastic, playful, vulgar, inventive, s*xual, weird, sweet, and evocative works, editors Samia Marshy and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch set out to collect Arab and Arabophone q***r writing.

The result is an anthology brimming with gems by emerging and established writers and an homage to the lineages and complexities of q***r Arab life. Multi-genre, multi-generational, and global, El Ghourabaa is an enigma, a delight, and a contribution to an ongoing conversation and creative outpouring." -

Check it out in shop tomorrow from 11AM-8PM! ✨❤️

Coming to a PRIDE near you!! 🌈✨

We're hitting the road this summer. You can catch us selling q***r books & pride swag at , , and !!!

We won't be bringing along toys/pleasure items along, but we'd be happy to take orders for pick up at the markets! Get in touch if you'd like to arrange a special order.

Where will we be seeing you? Happy Pride season folks 🌈✨

[Image Description: A digital poster promoting Venus Envy's Nova Scotia Pride tour. The background is blue with a fuzzy rainbow running diagonally upwards from left to right. The top left corner in small white text reads "Venus Envy Halifax" and below in bold yellow text "NS Pride Tour". The top right corner has three white sparkles. From top to bottom running diagonally are 4 pink rectangles with dates and black text in them. "June 22, Truro Pride Fun Day, 12PM-4PM - Civic Square", "June 29, Valley Pride Q***r Market 1PM-5:30PM - Kentville Town Hall", "July 7, South Shore Pride Street Party, 5PM-7PM - Pijinuiskaq Park", "Aug 18, Eastern Shore Pride Market, 10AM-1PM - Musquodoboit Harbour Train Station". The bottom left corner is the Venus Envy logo and the right corner is a yellow graphic of the province of Nova Scotia.]

✨ Pleasure ✨ featuring a new plug set from Blush!

Check out the Metaverse Plug Kit in store or online! Open 11-8 tomorrow, if you'd like to swing by! 🍑✨

We’re so excited to be hosting Tynan and Em for an incredible 3-part workshop series called Embodying Liberation Through Sexuality.

This workshop series will focus on s*xual self-reflection, noticing and nurturing s*xual wounds, healing through play and pleasure, and connecting self-knowledge with ancestral practices of community care.

The workshop series takes place on June 30, July 7 and July 14, from 7:30-9:30 PM ADT. This is a hybrid workshop set up so we have both in-person and virtual attendance options.
As always, masks are required for in-person attendance. We keep each other safe!

For more information and to register, visit our website! Link is in our profile.

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Syrus Marcus Ware is coming to Halifax, and we’re so excited to be hosting an event with him!
Join us for an afternoon of reading, crafts and discussion about abolition and community care, and to celebrate Syrus’s new children’s book, Abolition is Love.

The details:
When: Sunday, June 30, 2024, 2:00-3:30pm ADT
Where: Halifax Central Library (5440 Spring Garden Road) in the BMO Community Room (2nd floor)

This event is free but registration is required. Please register on our website (link in our bio) to secure your spot! We have both in-person and virtual attendance options.

As with any event we do, masks are required for in-person attendance. We will have some at the door if you don’t have your own.

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Venus Envy is excited to host award-winning author and somatic practitioner Kelsey Blackwell in conversation with Nailah Moon about her book Decolonizing the Body: Healing, Body-Centered Practices for Women of Color to Reclaim Confidence, Dignity & Self Worth. This event is open to all and will center BIPOC bodies and experiences. We ask all participants to do the same.

We would love for you to join us for what we’re sure will be an enriching and inspiring conversation.

This online and in-person event, which will include a facilitated conversation and audience Q&A, will take place from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. ADT June Sunday June 16th.

We look forward to welcoming you.

This is a free event but requires registration! Link in our bio!

More workshops 😱 you bet! Announcing part 2 of our Spring/Summer workshop lineup ☀️🌊🍑🚀

May 18th at 7:30PM ADT - Go F*ck Yourself, a M@sturbation Workshop

June 23rd at 6:30PM ADT - Vulv@ Pleasure 101

June 25th at 7:30PM ADT - P3nis Pleasure 101

All workshops are hybrid ~ meaning they can be attended in-person or online! Masks are required in-person, and RSVP is required always! Sign-up at the link in our bio!

Biird Anii on the rocks 🩵🌀💎

We've been totally obsessed with this new glass plug from fan favourite brand, ✨

Designed for comfortable wear, Anii is a visually luxurious toy handcrafted out of high-quality borosilicate glass and finished in a gorgeous iridescent blue.

Check it out in-store and online! 🩵✨

Open 11-7 today 🌸✨🌸

Featuring this new tarot book from .word.witch ✨

"Radical Tarot meets the tarot in a space of evolution, deconstruction, and creation, using the historical and common meanings of the cards as a launchpad for digging into limiting beliefs and societal conditioning and unlocking the personal truths beneath."

In store now!! ✨🌸✨

Happy Sunny Wednesday ☀️☀️

We LOVE these little books about Non-monogamy created by ! They're in-shop now, come see them until 7PM today!!

Let’s talk a little bit about strap hacks! But first, everyone say hello to the new ROMP Piccolo Pe***ng Kit👋

We love strap-ons! They can be fun, versatile, and s*xy. These nylon adjustable ones are great, easy to clean, and can be shared between partners of varying sizes. Or if you’re so inclined, you can make one out of rope.

Harnesses aren’t just for the hips/pelvis! You can get some that fit around the thigh (like pictured), boots, hands, or head! This is great for getting a little more creative and can be helpful with differing mobilities. You can even use attach a harness to a stationary object for fun solo times.

Pop by the shop during our open hours to check out our selection of harnesses✨

Looking for a new spring read to bring outdoors to sit with? We've curated some lovely reads that explore themes of exploration, expansiveness, and transformation (within yourself and in your outer world) for you 🌱🌻🏵️!

Reach out to us if you'd like any books put aside for you ✨

Books featured from top to bottom are:
- "Crip Negativity" by J. Logan Smiles
- "Survival Takes a Wild Imagination" by Fariha Róisín
- "Dandelion Daughter" by Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay
- "Tarot for Beginners" by Barbara Moore
- "Practicing New Worlds" by Andrea J. Ritchie
- "This Accident of Being Lost" by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
- "Bodyminds Reimagined" by Saki Schalk
- "Ordinary Notes" by Christina Sharpe
- "Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion" by Bushra Rehman

SPRING WORKSHOPS🌺🚀✨

Check out Part 1 of our Spring/Summer workshop series!!! All workshops are hybrid, meaning you can attend in person at the Halifax shop, or tune in online! RSVP required with pay what you can options, head to venusenvy.ca to sign-up!

May 14 - Dirty Talk Skills from a Professional (7:30PM ADT)

May 28 - Chronic Pain and Dating (7:30PM ADT)

June 2 - Safety and Scene Planning for Rope Enthusiasts (6:30PM ADT)

June 4 - Before and After Care (7:30PM ADT)

June 9 - Hurt So Good: Kink, Chronic Pain and Disability (6:30PM ADT)

April showers bring.... May Dilators ?? 🌦️

Open 11-7 today! Swing by to check out the Blush Wellness Dilator Kit, or to chat about any of the pelvic floor products we have in shop! 🚀❤️

It's the last day of our birthday sale!! 🎉🎊

20% off toys and 10% off books until end of day today*!! (*until 6PM in store and 11:59PM online). Hope to see you soon!!! 💞

Surprise!! It's our BIRTHDAY SALE 🎉🎊

We're turning 26! And tomorrow is Indie Bookstore Day! Celebrate with us by taking 20% off toys and 10% off all books (the fine print: We-Vibe and Womanizer toys not included). The sale starts Friday morning and lasts 'til Sunday night, and applies to all purchases in store and online.

Give us a shout if you'd like to chat through questions or place an order for pickup or local delivery!