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We're excited to celebrate this year's Independent Bookshop Week

Independent Bookshop Week takes place 17th-24th June and is all about celebrating everything that indie bookshops across the UK and Ireland have to offer.

To kick things off, we're giving away a set of each sensational Indie Book Awards shortlist – just choose between fiction, non-fiction, children's, or picture books – as voted for by indie bookshops and judged by a panel of indie booksellers.

The full shortlists are:

FICTION
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 
You Made a Fool Out of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi 
Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie 
The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews 
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart 
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
 
NON-FICTION
Super Infinite by Katherine Rundell
The Instant by Amy Liptrot
A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E Grant 
The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity by Robin Ince
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 
Consumed: The Need for Collective Change; Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism by Aja Barber
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION
The Lost Whale by Hannah Gold, illustrated by Levi Pinfold
Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna
Marv and the Pool of Peril by Alex Falase-Koya, pictures by Paula Bowles
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A F Steadman
The Elemental Detectives by Patrice Lawrence
Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Ruling the World by Louie Stowell
 
PICTURE BOOK
A Hero Like Me by Jen Reid and Angela Joy, illustrated by Leire Salaberria
John Agard's Windrush Child by John Agard, illustrated by Sophie Bass
The Boy With Flowers in His Hair by Jarvis
Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert Learns to Ride a Bike by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
The Gecko and the Echo by Rachel Bright & Jim Field
Timid by Harry Woodgate

The award winners will be announced on Friday 23rd June – keep an eye out on @booksaremybag!

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