Please take a second to vote for Desolate.

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Please take a second to vote for Desolate:

🪄Neurodivergent Representation by a Neurodivergent author
🪄 Gay or Lesbian Representation
🪄 LGBTQ+ Representation
🪄 Best mentor character (Tilly)
🪄 Best use of tropes (Time Travel, Sapphic, ADHD Rep)

THE LINK IS IN MY BIO.

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So excited! The only children’s book the tackles #January6 just won a medal from the #NextGen #IndieBookAwards.

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Win the 2025 #IndieBookAwards titles! 🎉

Don't miss your chance to secure this year's incredible #IndieBookAwards shortlists: the only awards curated exclusively by indie bookshops 📚

We're giving away all four fantastic shortlists - plus a £30/€40 National Book Token! 📕 📗 📘 📙

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Certificate and medal.

'The Dream To End All Dreams' 📚
FINALIST - First Novel (Under 50,000 Words)

Thanks so much.

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In the news this week: A Children's Books Awards Round-Up There's been lots of Children's Book Award news recently! Catch up with our round-up

Book Award season is in full swing. If you're struggling to keep up with all the winners, you're not alone! Here's our round-up of the children's books that have taken home prizes in the past couple of weeks 👉 bit.ly/45AEYk1 #CLiPPA2025 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #IndieBookAwards #BookSky #IBA

Percival Everett spends his National Book Token in the vibrant Round Table Books. The bookseller smiles behind the counter, surrounded by a colourful display of books.

Spotted: the incredible #IndieBookAwards Fiction category winner Percival Everett spending his National Book Token in a brilliant indie bookshop (Round Table Books) 🤩📚🛍️

Find your local:
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Oh wow! Callum Robinson, author of #Ingrained and one of our favourite people in general has WON the #IndieBookAwards in the Non-Fiction category!
We're pleased as punch for him - particularly as #Linlithgow is such a prominent character in it! CONGRATULATIONS Callum! @booksaremybag.bsky.social

Congrats to the winners of this year's #IndieBookAwards, announced as part of #IndieBookshopWeek!

If you'd like to buy the winning books (or any of the shortlisted titles), you can do so here at our online shop. Every purchase supports #IndieBookshops! #BookSky 💙📚 👇

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Pic of books in the shop: #FindingBear #HannahGold #James #PercivalEverett #Ingrained #CallumRobinson

The #IndieBookAwards results have been announced! Congrats to the winners & nominees. They've been flying off the shelf (this is what's left this morning). Get them quick!
@booksaremybag.bsky.social #IndieBookshopWeek #nairnbooks #nairnbookshop #indiebookawards #indepiebookshop #bookrecs #booksky

The 2025 Indie Book Awards winners, photographed in a bookshop. Featured books: James by Percival Everett, Ingrained by Callum Robinson, Ghostlines by Katya Balen, The Golden Hare by Paddy Donnelly.

Introducing... your #IndieBookAwards 2025 Winners! 🎉

🏆 James by Percival Everett
🏆 Ingrained by Callum Robinson
🏆 Ghostlines by Katya Balen
🏆 The Golden Hare by Paddy Donnelly

Discover these brilliant books in your local independent this #IndieBookshopWeek 📚

Find your local:
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🎉 Win this year's #IndieBookAwards titles! 🎉

We're delighted to celebrate this year's #IndependentBookshopWeek by giving away all four fantastic shortlists - plus a special £30/€40 National Book Token featuring this year's gorgeous Independent Bookshop Week artwork! 📚

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Also Flooding the River was a finalist in this years Indie Book Awards!!!!

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Happy #IndieBookshopWeek! 📖💛

There’s nothing like the magic of a bookshop 📚

They play important roles in their communities, and are champions of children’s reading choice.

Find out how you can celebrate and support your local bookshop - buff.ly/CTLOMx0

#ChooseBookshops #IndieBookAwards

Join us in the build up to the #IndieBookAwards (a selection of shortlisted books in the pic, more in the shop!) ...and discover surprises along the way...!
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Check out the shortlisted books for this year's #IndieBookAwards, the only awards curated exclusively by independent bookshops!

Lots of fantastic books here from adult fiction & non-fiction to children's fiction & picture books. #BookSky 💙📚

Order via this link! 👇
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Congratulations to Elena V. Amber and The Gift of Sensitivity on being shortlisted in the Women's Literature Non-Fiction Category in the Indie Book Awards! 🏆🎉

Really proud to have worked alongside Elena to bring this extraordinary book to life 👏🏻

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Congratulations to Susan Ní Chríodáin and Leading Beyond the Numbers on being shortlisted in the Health/Wellness Category in the Indie Book Awards! 🏆🎉

Really proud to have worked alongside Susan to bring this extraordinary book to life 👏🏻

#IndieBookAwards #businessbook #topbusinessbooks #topreads

Congratulations to Andy Brown and The Emotional Overdraft on being named a winner in the Business Category in the Indie Book Awards! 🏆🎉

Really proud to have worked alongside Andy to bring this extraordinary book to life 👏🏻

#IndieBookAwards #businessbook #topbusinessbooks #topreads #nonfiction

Big news!
I’m an award winning illustrator!
A book I illustrated, Kuekuatsheu Creates the World, just won top prize in Children’s Picture Book Illustration in the Indie Book Awards!
Thank you @runningthegoat.bsky.social
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I am thrilled to announce that 'The Dream To End All Dreams' was named a finalist in The Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

First Novel (Under 50,000 Words)

I am incredibly honoured. Thank you so much @indiebookawards.bsky.social ❤️

#IndieBookAwards #IndieBookAwards2025

The Stones of Burren Bay by Emily De Angelis won the Indie Book Award for Young Adult Fiction!
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Irish writers Kevin Barry & Paddy Donnelly are amongst the authors shortlisted for this year’s UK #IndieBookAwards.

The only awards for authors and illustrators judged by – and given on behalf of – independent bookshops.

Details:
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Reek is shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards! REEK, Alastair Chisholm's sci-fi adventure from Barrington Stoke, has been shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2025

To top off an amazing week for REEK, I can (finally!) announce that it's been shortlisted for the @booksaremybag.bsky.social #IndieBookAwards! 🥳🥳

Thanks so much, & congrats to all the brilliant shortlisters!

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@harpercollins.bsky.social #BarringtonStoke #Reek #KidLitUK

#FindingBear #HannahGold #James #PercivalEverett #CaledonianRoad #AndrewO’Hagan #TheGlassmaker #TracyChevalier #TheGardenAgainstTime #OliviaLaing

The Indie Bookshop Week shortlists are out!
Here's a selection in the shop today - more to come!
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#IndieBookshopWeek #IndieBookAwards #BookSky #booksbooksbooks #BooksAreMyBag
Pop in to see us (it's a fine day here in Nairn) or try us here
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Have you seen the incredible #IndieBookAwards 2025 shortlists? 🤩📚

Championing the best paperbacks across four categories, #IndieBookAwards are the only awards for authors and illustrators judged by - and given on behalf of - independent bookshops 👏

Find them in your local 📖
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Some wonderful news to end the week, as my book #REEK is a @booksaremybag.bsky.social #IndieBookAwards shortlister!!! Congratulations to everyone listed – it's a great line-up! 🥳
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Delighted to announce that I’m the indie book awards champion for 2025 and here are the wonderful indie book awards shortlists! Books selected by independent booksellers that will be perfect for your summer reading 🤩 @booksaremybag.bsky.social #booksky #indiebookawards

6 titles shortlisted in the category Picture Book in the Indie Book Awards. Background is a bright sunset illustration

A huge congratulations to Paddy Donnelly, whose fabulous book ‘The Golden Hare’ has been shortlisted in the #IndieBookAwards’ Picture Book category!

Indie Book Awards Shortlist 2025 features Jacqueline Wilson, Elif Shafak and David Litchfield This year's Indie Book Awards Shortlist includes authors Jacqueline Wilson, Elif Shafak and David Litchfield, among others.

Congrats to all those publishers shortlisted for the @babooksellers.bsky.social #IndieBookAwards including @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social, @canongate.co.uk @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social and @manchesterup.bsky.social

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