Page Turner

The jury is still out on whether old school tomes will give way to sleek
word screens. But at the new Shelf
Life Books, the classic is far from its expiration date.

The 3,500-square-foot independent bookstore is an unassuming space with
a well-edited collection of page-turners. Large tables and chairs are
set up throughout the store where bookworms can comfortably flip through
their picks. In addition to some well-known titles, the owners are
concentrating on new literary books and also have an impressive
collection of graphic novels, poetry titles and plenty of fiction.

Read on.

Shelf Life Books, 100, 1302 Fourth St. SW, Calgary, 403-265-1033, www.shelflifebooks.ca