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Independent Bookshop Week takes place 19-26th June and is all about celebrating everything that indie bookshops across the UK and Ireland have to offer.To kick things off, we're giving away a set of each sensational Indie Book Awards shortlist – just choose between fiction, non-fiction, children's, or picture books – as voted for by indie bookshops and judged by a panel of authors and indie booksellers.
The full shortlists are:FICTION SHORTLISTSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidShuggie Bain by Douglas StuartThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanSummerwater by Sarah MossLove After Love by Ingrid Persaud NON-FICTION SHORTLISTThe Wild Silence by Raynor WinnMy Name Is Why by Lemn SissayThe Stubborn Light of Things by Melissa HarrisonHumankind by Rutger BregmanAgent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier Spy by Ben MacintyreHungry by Grace Dent CHILDREN’S FICTION SHORTLISTTamarind & the Star of Ishta by Jasbinder BilanWindrush Child by Benjamin ZephaniahThe Night Bus Hero by Onjali Q. RaufThe Great Godden by Meg RosoffVoyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha FarrantVi Spy: Licence to Chill by Maz Evans PICTURE BOOK SHORTLISTThe Bear, the Piano & Little Bear's Concert by David LitchfieldJulian at the Wedding by Jessica LoveThe Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson & Sara OgilvieDog Gone by Rob BiddulphRain Before Rainbows by Smriti Halls, illustrated by David LitchfieldThe Girl and the Dinosaur by Hollie Hughes & Sarah MassiniThe winners will be announced on Friday 25th June – keep an eye out on @booksaremybag!
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This competition ended on 15/07/2021
4 x winners will receive either the fiction, non-fiction, children's or picture books shortlist
National Book Tokens are the ideal gift for booklovers and can be spent in bookshops in the UK and Ireland, and online.