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Shelf Life Books
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Independent bookstore in Calgary [Moh’kinstsis]. Open 7 days a week. Free local delivery. Dog friendliest. Find good books here. www.shelflifebooks.ca
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‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’

We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Calgary if you're looking for a pleasant way to spend the evening @shelflifebooks.bsky.social has got you covered
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Zine Party! Saturday! Be there!
November 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Tomorrow night! Jun-long Lee launches his debut poetry collection, Abode, at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social with guests Natalie Simpson and Nikki Sheppy, and hosted by Kyle Flemmer. Come celebrate with us! www.facebook.com/events/67570...
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Some of you may know I wrote a book, but did you know you could come see me talk about that book, and ask questions about that book?

See all the details in the pictures. And maybe see you soon.

@coachhousebooks.bsky.social @shelflifebooks.bsky.social @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
A poster for a book launch for the book Now Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists at Audrey's Books on Wednesday, October 29 at 7pm A poster for a book launch for the book Now Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists at Shelf Life Books on Thursday, November 6 at 7pm A poster for a book launch for the book Now Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists at Pulp Books on Wednesday, November 12 at 7pm A poster for a book launch for the book Now Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists at Type Books on Thursday, November 13 at 7pm
October 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Next week! Jun-long Lee celebrates the publication of Abode at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social with guests Natalie Simpson and Nikki Sheppy, and hosted by Kyle Flemmer. It's going to be a wonderful night of readings and refreshments. www.facebook.com/events/67570...
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Head over to Shelf Life Books in Calgary and pick up your copy of Harvest Moon Volume One, our anthology of remarkable artwork, fiction, and poetry.

Follow @shelflifebooks.bsky.social

#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #ReadingCommunity #5amWritersClub #Canadian #Albertan #LitMag
October 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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ZINE PARTY RETURNS on Saturday Nov. 8th from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. now at @pinbaryyc! Featuring local makers, artists, & vendors selling zines, books, prints, pins, art, stickers, tee, cards, totes & more!
October 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Thank you @albertandp.ca for helping us celebrate our 15th birthday last weekend in such an exciting way! We're so proud to be recognized for fostering community, curiosity, and a love of reading!
October 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Good news! @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social is hitting the ole dusty trail and bringing No Depression in Heaven to a bookstore near you! Get your local dose of the Grand Ole Opry at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social, @mcnallyrobinson.com, and more!

⁠📖No Depression in Heaven is available now! 📖
The background is a faded version of the cover of No Depression in Heaven focused on the cowboy silhouette with the guitar slung to their back. Inside the silhouette are a series of clouds in dark grey to apocalyptic orange-brown rising up from the belly to just below the shoulders. The text reads: Calgary, AB || October 21 Shelf Life Books | Doors at 7:00 p.m. with Conor Kerr, Jason Purcell Vancouver, BC || October 24 Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall | Doors at 8:00 p.m. with Rahat Kurd, bill bissett, Scott Jackshaw, Drew McEwan Winnipeg, MB || November 5, 2025 with Cam Scott Toronto, ON || November 13 Flying Books | Doors at 6:30 p.m. with A Jamali Rad, Hajer Mirwali Hamilton, ON || November 14 The City & The City Books | Doors at 7:00 p.m. with A Jamali Rad, Steacy Easton, Zane Koss
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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LET'S GO JUN!! Everyone go buy your copy of Abode!! Written by our delightful former events host and we couldn't be more proud!
abbookpub.bsky.social Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · Oct 3
Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending October 2! #ABbooks @aupress.ca @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Happy 15th to Calgary's @shelflifebooks.bsky.social! Check them out on October 4th.
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Shelf Life Books is turning 15!

We're celebrating on October 4th with 15% off everything, in store and online. Giveaways, swag & treats all day! Enter to win a $500 shopping spree, 20% off for free and other prizes!
September 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Shelf Life Books is turning 15!

We're celebrating on October 4th with 15% off everything, in store and online. Giveaways, swag & treats all day! Enter to win a $500 shopping spree, 20% off for free and other prizes!
September 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Calgary! Head to @shelflifebooks.bsky.social on October 21 to celebrate the launch of No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social, Beaver Hills Forever by Conor Kerr, and crohnic by Jason Purcell. Can't wait to see you there!
A beige background with a centred, large typewriter. In the foreground, across the top, reads "Triple Book Launch, Shelf Life Books, Tuesday, October 21, 2025 7 p.m. MDT" in the top left corner are the logos for Shelf Life Books, Arsenal Pulp Press, and Talonbooks. In the centre in round frames are author photos of ryan fitzpatrick, Conor Kerr, and Jason Purcell. Underneath are the book covers for No Depression in Heaven (navy, western font, the silhouette of a cowboy with a guitar on his back with a dust cloud rising up inside the silhouette), Beaver Hills Forever (black and white cover, white on top, a beaver swimming with a lit match in black water. The orange of the fire and the author's name is the only colour in the cover), and crohnic (the cover isn't, but looks like, a cyanotype of tall navy trees and grass. There's an interplay of light and shadow).
September 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Edmonton was a blast. See you soon Calgary at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Calgary readers! Join us this Thursday 7pm at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social to celebrate positive love and comics.

Alberta Comics Love is our new anthology featuring 50 short comic stories about love in all its unique, quirky & diverse dimensions can bring us.

#yyc #booklaunch
The poster says book launch. Featuring the presenters at Shelf Life Books on September 11th at 7pm, and the artwork by Kat Simmers.
September 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Hello, friends! I’m excited to be on the creator panel for the volume 2 book launch of ALBERTA COMICS: LOVE—this Thursday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m. at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social downtown. Come on out! Jackson Gee and I have a story (FUR HEART) in this wonderful anthology. @renegadeartsent.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Zine Party returns! Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Back to school book haul from the always amazing @shelflifebooks.bsky.social! 😍📚
The books “metadata from a changing climate” by Ian LaTourneau, “Contraband Bodies” by Jide Salawu, “Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry” edited by George Abraham and Noor Hindi, “The Anthropologists” by Ayşegül Savaş, and “Strange Houses” by Uketsu and translated by Jim Rion, arranged on a dark wood patio beside a pink begonia plant.
September 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Ready? Set! Go! 🎉 We’re thrilled to introduce the inaugural edition of The Booksellers’ List! For the first time ever, Canadian readers can look forward to a list of trusted recs—handpicked and voted on by local booksellers.

All titles are available for pre-order now!
September 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Congratulations once again to Rona Altrows, winner of this year's Prairie Grindstone Prize. Here she is at a wonderful celebration at Shelf Life in Calgary (L: Rona / R: Lisa Murphy-Lamb).
https://bit.ly/3zoWZAk

Photo credit: Carol Gauzer.
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August 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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We’d like to acknowledge @shelflifebooks.bsky.social's generous sponsorship of the 2025 Alberta Book Publishing Awards! You are a valued indie bookstore and community member. #ABPubAwards #ABbooks
At the top there is the header: “2025 Alberta Book Publishing Awards: Sponsor.” Below is a Graphic of an open book. On the right page is the Shelf Life logo. At the bottom to the left there is the footer: “The 2025 Alberta Book Publishing Awards”. To the bottom right there is a circular badge: “BPAA 50 YEARS”.
August 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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UKETSU HIVE!
abbookpub.bsky.social Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · Aug 8
Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending August 7, 2025! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending August 7, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending August 7, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/
August 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 longlist – 13 books ‘all alive with great characters and narrative surprises’.

Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.

➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
July 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Some of our summer reading books have hit this list! Check out all of our recommended reads here: bit.ly/45dwVc4
abbookpub.bsky.social Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · Jul 18
Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending July 17, 2025! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending July 17, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending July 17, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/
July 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM