Shelf Life Books & Gifts

Shelf Life Books & Gifts A book and gift shop featuring regionally local authors, artisans and presenters. A place to find something meaningful.

Hours
Monday - Friday, 2-8pm
Saturday & Sunday 10-5pm

Located:
185 S Westmonte Drive,
Suite #1216
Altamonte Springs, Florida 32714

โญ๐™๐‘ฏ๐™„๐‘บ ๐‘บ๐˜ผ๐‘ป๐™๐‘น๐˜ฟ๐‘จ๐™” โญ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฏ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™–๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐Ÿ“šโœจ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธAuthor: Kate Moseman Date: Saturday, October 10thT...
10/06/2026

โญ๐™๐‘ฏ๐™„๐‘บ ๐‘บ๐˜ผ๐‘ป๐™๐‘น๐˜ฟ๐‘จ๐™” โญ

๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฏ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™–๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐Ÿ“šโœจ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ
Author: Kate Moseman
Date: Saturday, October 10th
Time: 1-5 pm
Location: 185 S. Westmonte Dr., Suite 1216, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714

Spend a crafty fall afternoon with local author Kate Moseman!
๐Ÿ“– Readings & Q&A with author
๐ŸŽจ Craft Stations: Brew a potion, design a bookmark, or bedazzle your favorite read
โœจ Fairy Hair by Valerie for an extra touch of sparkle

๐Ÿ“š๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป: Author of cozy fantasy and romance about women who discover that life is magical.

Dress up in your fall finery!

Tag a friend you want to bring along and join the fun! ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ‘‡

๐ŸŒŸ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’†. ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’†, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“.

๐Ÿ“šHonoring Banned Books Week, Oct. 4-10. ๐Ÿ“šBeginning in 1982, Banned Books Week started as a response to an increase in bo...
10/05/2026

๐Ÿ“šHonoring Banned Books Week, Oct. 4-10. ๐Ÿ“š

Beginning in 1982, Banned Books Week started as a response to an increase in books being banned or removed from libraries, bookstores, or schools.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง'๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™‡๐™š๐™ฉ ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™จ ๐˜ฝ๐™š - ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™.

Shelf Life Books is an independent bookstore and is committed to providing open access to express ideas through books.

๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ.
๐Ÿ“–Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
๐Ÿ“–Animal Farm - George Orwell
๐Ÿ“–To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
๐Ÿ“–The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
๐Ÿ“–Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
๐Ÿ“–All Boys Arenโ€™t Blue - George M. Johnson
๐Ÿ“–1984 - George Orwell

You can learn more about Banned Books Week here. https://bannedbooksweek.org/

โžก๏ธWeโ€™re located at 185 S. Westmonte Dr., Suite 1216, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714

Weโ€™re open Monday - Friday 2- 8 pm
Saturday & Sunday 10 am - 5 pm.

Boardgames at the store tonight. Rules don't matter.
10/02/2026

Boardgames at the store tonight. Rules don't matter.

It is October and we have a store full of things to do. Please go to the events page on our website for details and exp...
10/01/2026

It is October and we have a store full of things to do. Please go to the events page on our website for details and explanations.
Can't wait to see you.
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†: ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€. Meet romance authors Dia Beckett & Siera London. ๐Ÿ˜๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต...
09/30/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†: ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€. Meet romance authors Dia Beckett & Siera London. ๐Ÿ˜

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€
๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟs: Dia Beckett & Siera London
๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: Saturday, October 3
๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ: 1-3 pm
๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: 185 S. Westmonte Dr., Suite 1216, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714

๐Ÿ“šDia Beckett is an Amazon bestselling and #1 new release author who writes witty, messy, toe-curling romance about grumpy men, mouthy women, and terrible ideas that somehow end in happily ever after. โค๏ธโค๏ธ

๐Ÿ“šSiera London is a USA Today Bestselling & award-winning author. Siera pens contemporary and paranormal romance, romantic suspense, and crime fiction. She crafts stories of diverse characters navigating their journey with intelligence, wit, emotion, and love. โค๏ธโค๏ธ

๐ŸŒŸ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’†. ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’†, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“.

๐Ÿ“šโค๏ธ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! Visit our website to sign up for our monthly eNewsletter, The Gathering.

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๐ŸŒŸMark your calendar for these events at Shelf Life Books, the place to gather! We are hosting author signings, a fall cr...
09/30/2026

๐ŸŒŸMark your calendar for these events at Shelf Life Books, the place to gather! We are hosting author signings, a fall craft day with authors, a money meetup group, and more.

๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€.

๐Ÿ“š๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ - 10/03 Multi-Author Signing with Short Fiction Author Dia Beckett & Romance Author Siera London. 1-3pm

๐ŸŽจ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฌ - 10/04 Monthly Cozy Collage Club. 10am-5pm. We have the supplies. You bring the imagination and take home a piece of your own artwork. For all ages!

๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฌ - 10/05 - Midday Meditation 1-2pm led by Judith & Bedtime Stories 6-7pm.

๐Ÿคจ๐—ง๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ - 10/06 - Trivia with Christian 7-8pm. Bring your friends and get your trivia game on.

๐Ÿ“š๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ - 10/10 - Craft Day with local authors R.L. Medina & Kate Moseman. Enjoy a reading and Q&A with authors and craft your own potion, bookmark, or bedazzle a book. Add shimmer to your life with Fairy Hair by Valerie. Dress up in fall finery! 1-5pm

๐ŸŒŸ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’†.

๐Ÿ“šโค๏ธ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! Visit our website to sign up for our monthly eNewsletter, The Gathering.

โžก๏ธ Weโ€™re located at 185 S. Westmonte Dr., Suite 1216, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714

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๐ŸŒŸMark your calendar for these events at Shelf Life Books, the place to gather! This week we are hosting author signings,...
09/28/2026

๐ŸŒŸMark your calendar for these events at Shelf Life Books, the place to gather! This week we are hosting author signings, Open Mic Night, and more.

๐ŸŽผ๐—ช๐—˜๐——๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ 9/30 Open-mic Poetry, Music, Spoken Word 7-9pm
๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ - 10/02 Classic Board Game Night - 6-8pm
๐Ÿ“š๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ 10/02 Multi-Author Signing with Short Fiction Author Dia Beckett & Romance Author Siera London.
๐ŸŽจ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฌ - 10/04 Monthly Cozy Collage Club. 10am-5pm

๐ŸŒŸ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’†. ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’†, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“.

โžก๏ธ Weโ€™re located at 185 S. Westmonte Dr., Suite 1216, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714

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09/28/2026

September is Classical Music Month, and we celebrated with a live classical music show. Big thanks to Alyssa Kiele and Nichole for sharing their talents.

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ: Antonia Church & Edward Newton ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: Saturday, September 26th๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ: 1...
09/24/2026

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€
๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ: Antonia Church & Edward Newton
๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: Saturday, September 26th
๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ: 1-3 pm
๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: 185 S. Westmonte Dr., Suite 1216, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714

๐Ÿ“š๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด.

Antonia Church is a contemporary romance author who finds inspiration in the salt air and crashing waves of the Florida coastline.

Edward Newton received the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award from the Mystery Writers of America for the Best First Short Story. His work includes mystery and fantasy novels.

๐Ÿ“šโค๏ธ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! Visit our website to sign up for our monthly eNewsletter, The Gathering. https://shelflifespace.com/

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09/19/2026

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