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THE SHORTLIST
Madding Crowd
Halfway Up
in Wonderland
M
oon Lane isn’t just the Children’s Bookseller of the Year for the second year in a row; it is the overall Book Retailer of the Year (see p13).
Like so many indies, it managed to sustain
sales during 2020’s lockdowns, delivering books locally and offering private or Zoom-based shopping for customers. It became an online retail expert overnight, with the support of Hive and
Bookshop.org, and migrated its popular storytell- ing sessions and author events online through a lively YouTube channel, which became a rare promotional opportunity for kids’ publishers. But it was the work beyond conventional
bookselling and Moon Lane’s Herne Hill store that really stood the business apart. Its Community Interest Company (CIC) continued its mission to dismantle barriers to reading in the deprived parts of Lewisham and Ramsgate that it serves, bringing many local schoolchildren into contact
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with bookshops for the first time. It is one of the most committed supporters of underrepresented authors around and, through a paid internship scheme, champions a more diverse workforce in bookselling too. The British Book Awards judges also lauded
Moon Lane’s care of its staff throughout the pandemic, and its partnerships with other busi- nesses and reading agencies. “It’s an embarrass- ment of riches… there’s energy and innovation in everything Moon Lane does,” they said. “It hasn’t just served its own communities during the lockdowns—it’s built whole new ones and found extra ways to keep the magic of children’s books alive. It’s simply amazing.” Judges also praised the remarkable resilience
of all nine shops on the shortlist for this award. “These booksellers have had a traumatic year, and it’s incredible to find that they have emerged from it even stronger.”
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