THIS WEEK
DIAL LANE BOOKS IS ONE OF SIX SHORTLISTEES TO HAVE FIRST OPENED IN THE PANDEMIC
Te British Book Awards Regional & Country shortlists
EAST ENGLAND
Bookbugs & Dragon Tales Norwich
Dial Lane Books Ipswich
Maldon Books Maldon
Niche Comics Bookshop Huntingdon
ISLAND OF IRELAND
Bridge Books Dromore
Halfway up the Stairs Greystones
Kenny’s Bookshop Galway City
Little Acorns Bookstore Derry
O’Mahony’s Booksellers Limerick
Record number of indie bookshops
make Nibbies cut In a strong showing for the UK and Ireland’s independent bookselling scene, a record number of retailers have been shortlisted for the British Book Awards in 2022, with nine regional gongs to decide which businesses will contest the overall Independent Bookshop of the Year Nibbie
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record 63 bookshops have been named in nine regional and country shortlists for the Gardners-sponsored Independent Bookshop of the Year Award at the 2022 British Book Awards. The award celebrates shops that have continued to support local communities throughout the past turbulent two years, and this year welcomes both previously shortlisted indies and newcomers. The shops will compete to win their regional category first, before vying for the overall prize, which will be announced at the British Book Awards on 23rd May. The overall Independent Bookshop of the Year winner will
The Company of Books Dublin
LONDON BookBar Burley Fisher Books
Children’s Bookshop, Muswell Hill Pickled Pepper Books Village Books Dulwich
MIDLANDS
Burway Books Church Stretton
Five Leaves Bookshop Nottingham
Lindum Books Lincoln
The Rabbit Hole Brigg
Wonderland Bookshop Retford
NORTH ENGLAND
Forum Books Corbridge
Imagined Things Bookshop Harrogate
Read. Holmfirth Holmfirth
Sam Read Bookseller Grasmere
NORTH ENGLAND (CONT.)
The Book Case Hebden
The Book Corner Halifax Halifax
The Grove Bookshop Ilkley
The Little Ripon Bookshop Ripon
Wave of Nostalgia Haworth
White Rose Book Café Thirsk
SCOTLAND
Far From The Madding Crowd Bookshop Linlithgow
The Book Nook Stewarton
The Bookmark Grantown-on-Spey
The Edinburgh Bookshop Edinburgh
The Highland Bookshop Fort William
Timberbooks West Kilbride
SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND
Books On The Hill St Albans
Chorleywood Bookshop Chorleywood
Coles Books Bicester
The Margate Bookshop Margate
Mostly Books Abingdon
October Books Southampton
P&GWells Winchester
The Book Nook Hove
The Book Shop Lee on the Solent
The Haslemere Bookshop Haslemere
The Steyning Bookshop Steyning
hop hop
BOOKSHOP LESS THAN THREE YEARS AGO
FRANCESCA WILKINS OPENED MARGATE
SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND (CONT.)
The Hungerford Bookshop Hungerford
SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND
Archway Bookshop Axminster
East Gate Bookshop Totnes
Little Toller Books Beaminster
Max Minerva’s Bristol
Persephone Books Bath
Shrew Books Fowey
Storysmith Bristol
The Bookery Crediton
Winstone’s Hunting Raven Books Frome
WALES
Book-ish Crickhowell
Cover To Cover Swansea
Griffin Books Penarth
Gwisgo Bookworm Aberaeron
The Bookshop Mold
Chepstow Books & Gifts Chepstow
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