Independent Bookshop Top 20 1 Young Mungo


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2 The Island of Missing Trees 3 Klara and the Sun 4 The Lamplighters


6 Still Life


HAZEL BROADFOOT DESCRIBES A DAY IN THE LIFE


We do kids’ events as well. We had Rob Biddulph in the autumn in a theatre, for a family Sunday aſternoon. We’ve got other projects in the background too—a new events programme and a new website. If we have an event, I’ll be hands-on there, then come back to the bookshop, pack up to leave everything here to check book requests and other things. My favourite part of the day is unpacking the new books, it’s like Christmas. You get to feel and inhale the lovely new books, that’s nice. And I love the dog therapy. We nearly always have a tin of shortbread on the go, it’s a sort of nod to my Scotish- ness. Sometimes, if you’re having a stressy morning, a cup of tea and a really nice shortbread is just upliſting. Generally, I clock off about 6.30 p.m., but sometimes it can be 10 p.m. before I leave the shop. Then I go home and put my feet up, and read a book.


Expected bestsellers


The Whalebone Theatre Joanna Quinn Fig Tree, 9th June


Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 Antony Beevor Orion, 26th May


Red Sauce, Brown Sauce Felicity Cloake Mudlark, 9th June


House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries Alan Bennett Profile, 5th May


7 The Promise Author


Imprint


Douglas Stuart Picador Elif Shafak Penguin


Kazuo Ishiguro Faber & Faber Emma Stonex Picador


5 The Official Highway Code – Stationery Office Sarah Winman Fourth Estate Damon Galgut Vintage Bonnie Garmus Doubleday


8 Lessons in Chemistry 9 How to Kill Your Family 10 Companion Piece 11 Elizabeth Finch 12 The Magician


13 A Town Called Solace 14 Putin’s People 15 Open Water 16 Freezing Order


17 Four Thousand Weeks 18 Shuggie Bain


19 The Sheep’s Tale 20 Where the Crawdads Sing


Bella Mackie The Borough Press Ali Smith Hamish Hamilton Julian Barnes Jonathan Cape Colm Tóibín Penguin Mary Lawson Vintage


Catherine Belton William Collins Caleb Azumah Nelson Viking


Bill Browder Simon & Schuster Oliver Burkeman Vintage Douglas Stuart Picador John Lewis-Stempel Doubleday Delia Owens Corsair


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Week ending 16th April 2022. 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


Harrogate’s Imagined Things is on the move—and


launches crowdfunder Imagined Things in Harrogate is moving, and has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help with relocating to Montpellier Parade in the town centre. The new space will enable it to stock double the number of books it can at its current premises. The team is aiming to raise £30,000 by next month, to help cover the hike in rent and business rates.


Cooper and Duffy head to Romania to distribute aid


following crowdfunder Bookseller and publisher Gracie Cooper flew to Romania last week with Bluemoose Books publisher Kevin Duffy, to distribute 10,000 backpacks


to Ukrainian refugee children. An online campaign the pair organised raised more than £75,000 for those affected by the Ukraine conflict, and accrued donations from companies including Hachette, Bloomsbury, British Airways and Graffeg.


BOOKISH IS LOOKING FOR A CHEF TO JOIN ITS TEAM


Crickhowell’s Book-ish seeks chef to step up


to the plate Book-ish in Crickhowell, Wales is hiring a chef to join its café team. Those interested can email a CV to cafe@ book-ish.co.uk.


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