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BOOKSTORE OF THE MONTH
Meet the folks at Shelf Life Books!
Shelf Life Books 100, 1302 - 4th Street SW Calgary, Alberta P: 403-265-1033 E: contact@shelflifebooks.ca Thanks to JoAnn McCaig for taking the time to respond to our interview questions. How long has the bookstore been in business? Exactly one year. Do you have a favourite book? My own (alas out of print) novel The Textbook of the Rose (Cormorant). Otherwise: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood is a tour de force. Do you have a favourite Anansi or Groundwood book? The Wayfinders by Wade Davis. What are your current hot sellers? Too Bad: Sketches Toward a Self Portrait by Robert Kroetsch, A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, and In The Suicide's Library by Tim Bowling. What's the most interesting request or customer experience you've had? A woman came in looking for a Christmas gift for her fiance's ex-wife, who is a journalist/politician interested in history and fashion. I found the customer a pop-up book on the history of shoes Does your bookstore have an overall philosophy? We are carefully curated to appeal to the unusually bookish. | 
"The story highlights not only the overcoming of adversity, but also the importance of education and literacy. It also brings to light the issue of leprosy, which is misunderstood. An important, inspiring tale." -- School Library Journal
