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Venus Envy - Halifax

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Venus Envy - Halifax

Halifax's award-winning bookstore and sex shop! Established 1998�
Venus Envy is both a progressive, intersectional bookstore and a curated pleasure boutique.
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We carry titles on sexual health and well-being, self-care, LGBTQ2S+, race, disability, and so much more!

04/24/2026

Canadian Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday, April 25th! 📚

We are participating in an HRM Independent Bookstore Day Passport, along with 6 other local bookstores.

How it works:
- Pick up your passport from any of the participating bookstores
- Visit all 7 participating shops in person to get your passport stamped (no purchase necessary)
- Bring your completed postcard to any of the participating shops by Sunday, May 3rd
- If you drop it off with us you will be entered for a raffle to win a ✨️📚Bag of Books retailing $100 with a theme of the winner's choice!📚✨️

[image description: A hand holding the HRM Independent Bookstore Day Passport in front of the Venus Envy book display. The passport contains the logos of the following shops: Agricola Street Books, Egghead Books, Venus Envy, Dartmouth Book Exchange, Woozles, Bookmark Halifax, Trident Bookstore]

03/17/2026

We’ve got a special 🌱spring 🌱 workshop planned to get you prepared to 4/20!
Join us for an education workshop on cannabis and intimacy.

The details:
Sunday, April 19, 2026
3:30-5:30 PM ADT
Online via zoom

Register on our website - link in bio

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02/12/2026

Looking for a Valentine's gift for a sweetie or yourself? We have limited copies of autographed books by Rachel Reid!

Pop by the shop to grab a title and take a look at other sweet goodies we have available to keep you cozy and warm during another dust of snowfall ☃️🌨!

02/07/2026

📚Book Highlight📚
A little round up of some of our new (to us) tiles.

✨ This Q***r Arab Family: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Arab Wtitets edited by Elias Jahshan

✨ Absolute Pleasure: Q***r Perspectives on Rocky Horror edited by Margot Atwell an foreword by Carmen Maria Machado

✨ Amulettes et antidouleurs by Beth Brant
‼️traduit de l’anglais par Loïs Crémer - translated to french by Loïs Crémer

✨ Queens en exil, les oubliées by Sylvia Rivera
‼️traduit de l’anglais par Ange Villeneuve - translated to french by Ange Villeneuve

01/22/2026

** REPOSTED WITH DATE CHANGE FOR ROPE WORKSHOP **

We’ve got a wicked lineup of workshops to 🔥heat🔥 up your winter!

For virtual workshops we have:
Sun. Jan 18 (3:30-5:30 PM AST): Fat S*x with Harley
Tues. Jan 27 (7:30-9:30 PM AST): Ethical Non-Monogamy 101 with Kelly
Sun. Feb 1 (3:30-5:30 PM AST): Kink and Chronic Pain with Rachele
Tues. Feb 3 (6:30-8:30 PM EST): Strap-On Skills with Jamie
Tues. Feb 17 (7:30-9:30 PM AST): Debunking Aphrodisiacs with Charity
Tues. Feb 24 (6:30-8:30 PM EST): S*x, Pleasure and Aging with Shelley
Sun. Mar 1 (2:30-4:30 PM EST): Up Yours! A Butt Workshop with Shelley
Tues. Mar 3 (7:30-9:30 PM AST): Trans Herbalism with Ember
Sun. Mar 15 (3:30-5:30 PM ADT): Fingering/Hotspots with Zain and Charity
Tues. Mar 24 (7:30-9:30 PM ADT): Brat Taming with Charity

For Halifax-based hybrid workshops we have:
Wed. Jan 21 (7:30-9:30 PM AST): T4T F*cking with Wren and Zain
Sun. Feb 22 (6:30-9:30 PM AST): Learning the Ropes 101 with Nephira and BabyBear (*3 hour workshop)
Wed. Mar 4 (7:30-9:30 PM AST): Kink on a Budget with Zain
Wed. Mar 11 (7:30-9:30 PM ADT): Navigating First Steps into Kink with Kelly and Zoe
Wed. Mar 18 (7:30-9:30 PM ADT): Navigating Kink while Healing Trauma with Kelly and Zoe

Notes and reminders:
All workshops have sliding scale pricing options from $5-$20 plus tax
In-person attendance is mask-required
Please note timezones when registering! Ottawa-based workshops are in Eastern Time and Halifax-based workshops are in Atlantic Time)
Email rachele@venusenvy.ca for questions or accessibility requests
Register on our website: www.venusenvy.ca (link in bio)

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01/18/2026

Attention all niche art book connoisseurs, we’re now carrying Mindy Seu’s “A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET”

“This eponymous artist book is published alongside A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET, a participatory lecture performance told through the audience’s phones. This book is a historic a script can experiment” - Dark Forest Metalabel

The publisher released 5000 first-edition copies

01/10/2026

🌤 Hello hello! welcome to some new faces here, welcome to the Venus Envy instagram!

For those unfamiliar with us, we are a local q***r + trans-owned and operated bookstore + education-based s*x shop, and have been around in Halifax since 1996 🚀 As well, most of our books are by q***r and trans authors from many genres, and we specially curate it that way! We offer items not just for reading and pleasure, but also gender-affirming gear, resources on q***rness for all ages, and workshops! Peep our pinned posts for our upcoming workshops, going all the way until March 🌻

🔥 For those who have joined in due to the wave of interest in Heated Rivalry and the Game Changer series, we are unfortunately all SOLD OUT (including signed copies!)

🌟 That being said, you can always reach out to us to place books on hold for you when we get our next restock in! There are more on the way in the next week or so.

⚠️ For folks that have already placed orders with us and have copies set aside, this is a reminder to please pick up those titles as we will put them back on the shelf by the end of this coming week ✨️

We hope to see some of you new faces in the shop! 📚✨️🌿🚀💗

01/09/2026

We’ve got a wicked lineup of workshops to 🔥heat🔥 up your winter!

For virtual workshops we have:
Sun. Jan 18 (3:30-5:30 PM AST): Fat S*x with Harley
Tues. Jan 27 (7:30-9:30 PM AST): Ethical Non-Monogamy 101 with Kelly
Sun. Feb 1 (3:30-5:30 PM AST): Kink and Chronic Pain with Rachele
Tues. Feb 3 (6:30-8:30 PM EST): Strap-On Skills with Jamie
Tues. Feb 17 (7:30-9:30 PM AST): Debunking Aphrodisiacs with Charity
Tues. Feb 24 (6:30-8:30 PM EST): S*x, Pleasure and Aging with Shelley
Sun. Mar 1 (2:30-4:30 PM EST): Up Yours! A Butt Workshop with Shelley
Tues. Mar 3 (7:30-9:30 PM AST): Trans Herbalism with Ember
Sun. Mar 15 (3:30-5:30 PM ADT): Fingering/Hotspots with Zane and Charity
Tues. Mar 24 (7:30-9:30 PM ADT): Brat Taming with Charity

For Halifax-based hybrid workshops we have:
Wed. Jan 21 (7:30-9:30 PM AST): T4T F*cking with Wren and Zain
Sun. Jan 25 (6:30-9:30 PM AST): Learning the Ropes 101 with Nephira and BabyBear (*3 hour workshop)
Wed. Mar 4 (7:30-9:30 PM AST): Kink on a Budget with Zain
Wed. Mar 11 (7:30-9:30 PM ADT): Navigating First Steps into Kink with Kelly and Zoe
Wed. Mar 18 (7:30-9:30 PM ADT): Navigating Kink while Healing Trauma with Kelly and Zoe

Notes and reminders:
All workshops have sliding scale pricing options from $5-$20 plus tax
In-person attendance is mask-required
Please note timezones when registering! Ottawa-based workshops are in Eastern Time and Halifax-based workshops are in Atlantic Time)
Email rachele@venusenvy.ca for questions or accessibility requests
Register on our website: www.venusenvy.ca (link in bio)

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01/03/2026

dropped off these amazing printed resources which are available here, FREE for youth and a suggested donation of $15 for adults!

This first issue of Youth Politic includes: local free hot meals in the HRM, shelters & housing programs, q***r youth events, collective & self care tools, and a plethora of other resources and goodies inside this Holiday Survival Guide ✨️🌿

Come by and get one in our resource corner 📖

12/27/2025

We’re having a sale all weekend — from now until the end of day Monday, December 29 — 20% off all toys (in-store & online)✨

Treat yourself to that little special something you really wanted but maybe didn’t know how to ask for😉

Pop by 1727 Barrington Street to shop in store or go to venusenvy.ca

IN-STORE HOURS
Saturday, Dec 27: 11 AM - 8 PM
Sunday, December 28: 11 AM-6 PM
Monday, December 29: 11AM - 7 PM

12/22/2025

Exciting news!! If youre a fan of steamy gay sports stories, and perhaps youve been coasting on the gay hockey ride, or youre just looking for a hot read to keep you cozy this season, well youre in luck!

We are very well stocked on the Game Changer series by local author Rachel Reid (including many copies of Heated Rivalry, and a good amount of copies of each book in the series)

On a similar note of news, we've started a ~Romantsy~ 💐 and Horror 👻 section in the shop 🤓

Come on by to the shop to get some last minute holiday shopping in (or just a treat for yourself ♡)

Address

1727 Barrington Street
Halifax, NS
B3J2A4

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 7pm
Tuesday	11am - 7pm
Wednesday	11am - 7pm
Thursday	11am - 7pm
Friday	11am - 7pm
Saturday	11am - 7pm
Sunday	11am - 6pm

Website

https://linktr.ee/Venusenvyhfx

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