also provided an opportunit for the team to reconsider some aspects of running the shop, which has turned out to be a positive thing. “The Covid lockdowns were a blow, but they forced us to look at how we operated and to make various changes, which have proved advantageous since,” Sansbury says. He adds: “We kept in touch with our


customers, delivering door to door and offer- ing a click-and-collect service, and there was a massive rush of goodwill when we finally re-opened fully. This has carried on for a year or two and, although everyone is suffering from the current financial crisis, we are lucky to have a lot of loyal customers who are keen to support us.”


Because the bookshop has been around for so long, it is popular among locals and even customers from places as far away as Canada. The team also works on their social media presence to keep growing the shop’s brand. “Instagram, Twiter and Facebook are all good ways to publicise our stock, our events, even our staff, and our annual participation in the Ilkley Literature Festival, where we are official booksellers, cements our relationship with publishers and takes our brand far beyond Ilkley,” the manager says. “Ilkley is a big tourist town, so even when our lovely, loyal, longstanding customers are away, we have visitors from all over the world who love to come and see us.” There is a reason so many people visit from all over the world; it’s a place that was many things before it became the Grove Bookshop. But it is obvious, before you even walk in, that it was always meant to sell books.


Top picks


The Fraud Zadie Smith Hamish Hamilton, 7th September


Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri Knopf Publishing Group, 10th October


Tom Lake Ann Patchett Bloomsbury Publishing, 1st August


The Beaver Theory Antti Tuomainen, David Hackston (trans) Orenda Books, 12th October


The Secret Hours Mick Herron Baskerville, 14th September 2023


Independent Bookshop Top 20 1 The Marriage Portrait


Title 2 Demon Copperhead


3 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... 4 Lessons in Chemistry 5 Lessons


6 The Satsuma Complex 7 The Ghost Ship 8 Act of Oblivion


9 The House of Fortune 10 What About Men? 11 Shrines of Gaiety 12 Yellowface


13 Lottie Brooks’s... School-Trip 14 Stone Blind


15 BBC Proms 2023


16 The World’s Worst Monsters 17 Landlines


18 Small Things Like These 19 Build


20 The Bullet That Missed Author Maggie O’Farrell


Imprint Tinder Press


Barbara Kingsolver Faber & Faber Gabrielle Zevin Bonnie Garmus Ian McEwan Bob Mortimer Kate Mosse Robert Harris Jessie Burton Caitlin Moran Kate Atkinson


Vintage Penguin Vintage


Penguin Picador Ebury


Penguin


Rebecca F Kuang Katie Kirby


Natalie Haynes –


Borough Press Puffin


Picador BBC Proms


D Walliams & A Stower HarperCollins Raynor Winn Claire Keegan Tony Fadell


Penguin Richard Osman


Faber & Faber Bantam Penguin


ISBN (+978) ASP 1472223883 £10.05 0571376483 £9.95 1529115543 £9.95 1804990926 £9.91 1529116311 £9.93


Simon & Schuster 1398521230 £8.92 Mantle


1509806911 £21.36 1529160321 £9.98 1509886104 £9.96 1529149159 £21.81 1804991053 £9.89 0008532772 £16.98 0241562055 £7.98 1529061512 £9.99 1912114146 £8.99 0008305819 £14.60 1405947787 £10.89 0571368709 £8.97 1787634107 £19.89 0241992388 £9.90


Week ending 15th July 2023. Unless otherwise stated, charts use data from Nielsen BookScan Total Consumer Market, representing print book sales through around 6,500 retailers. Any title discounted by more than 74.5% is ineligible for inclusion.


From the shop floor


The Booksellers Association (BA) has revealed the initial plans for Bookshop Day, the annual celebration of bookshops across the UK and Ireland, taking place this year on 14th October. This year’s theme is “Bookshops Bringing People Together”, and celebrations will include a spotlight on Manchester and its bookshops, a video featuring high-profile authors in support of bookshops, a limited-edition bag and more.


Portobello Bookshop in Edinburgh, Dublin’s


Chapters, The Feminist Bookshop in Brighton and Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath have been shortlisted for Indie Bookshop of the Year at the inaugural


TikTok Book Awards. According to the social media platform, the awards are “all about cele- brating and recognising the books, the independent book- shops, the authors and the creators that have made the #BookTok community such a unique place”.


EDINBURGH’S PORTOBELLO BOOKSHOP IS UP FOR A TIKTOK AWARD


Dialogue Books has announced a Discover


Dialogue Roadshow, which will see its team embark on a two-day tour, visiting book- shops, libraries, reading groups and agents across the UK. The division has also unveiled new branding.


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