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Books Are My Bag is a year-round campaign, run by the Booksellers Association, to celebrate bookshops across the UK and Ireland. #ChooseBookshops
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✨ SAVE THE DATE ✨
Independent Bookshop Week takes place 15 - 22 June 2024.
Participating bookshops:
Shop local this
#IndieBookshopWeek
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Here’s how you can support bookshops right now:
1. Find a bookshop:
2. Get in touch to get a book delivered, or you can collect.
3. Buy a book!
4. Spread the word.
#ChooseBookshops
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Support black-owned bookstores:
@MahoganyBooks
@SemicolonChi
@thelitbar
@sourcebksellers
@UncleBobbies
@fultonstreet918
@eyeseeme
@FrugalBookstore
@EsoWon
@harriettsbooks
@SistersUptown
@Loyaltybooks
@TurningpageSC
@TheWildFigBooks
#BlackLivesMatter
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Hundreds of brilliant bookshops offer delivery or collection – simply get in touch with one to order your next read.
#ChooseBookshops
Plus, RT for a chance to win a £20 of National Book Tokens to spend with your favourite bookshop!
Ends Fri 20 Nov
➡️
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Have you voted for your Breakthrough Author Award winner?
Voting for this year's
#BAMBReadersAwards
is open until 11pm, 30 October
Vote now:
@mieko_kawakami
@aliceoseman
@jamiesmart
@vintagebooks
@picadorbooks
@teambkmrk
@DFB_storyhouse
@HarperCollinsCh
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"Independent bookshops made me, and I don’t want to get too heavy, but in times like these I use them for their human connections, and as a political statement.”
Benjamin Zephaniah (1958 - 2023)
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Happy
#BookshopDay
!
This year, it's more important than ever to support the high street and whether you shop in-store or online with your local bookshop, booksellers nationwide will be on hand to match you to your next favourite read.
#ChooseBookshops
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Hundreds of brilliant bookshops offer collection or delivery – simply get in touch with one to order your next read.
#ChooseBookshops
Plus, RT for a chance to win a £20 of National Book Tokens to spend with your favourite bookshop!
➡️
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Once there was a cat called Mog.
She lived with a family called Thomas.
Mog was nice but not very clever.
She didn’t understand a lot of things.
A lot of other things she forgot.
She was a very forgetful cat.
#JudithKerr
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Here’s how you can support bookshops right now:
1. Find a bookshop:
2. Shop in-store over the next few days while shops are still open (and online, by phone, email and social media).
3. Buy a book!
4. Spread the word.
#ChooseBookshops
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A good book can:
-Reduce stress
-Exercise your mind
-Offer wisdom
-Ease lockdown anxiety
-Increase empathy
-Help you switch off
-Prepare you for a good night’s sleep
Booksellers are on hand to prescribe the perfect book this
#WorldBookDay
#ChooseBookshops
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Brrr, it's cold. Warm up in a bookshop and treat yourself to a new January read.
#MondayMotivation
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Happy
#BookshopDay
!
Bookshops are for everyone. 📚✨
Here are just a few reasons why you should
#ChooseBookshops
today:
- Local jobs.
- Local economy.
- Local community.
- Real passion.
- Real people.
- Real conversations.
- Proper service.
- Perfect gifts.
- (and taxes paid!)
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Show your local bookshop some love during lockdown. 🧡
Buy gifts for your loved ones (or treats for yourself!). Which books are you planning to get?
#ChooseBookshops
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Happy
#BookshopDay
!
Here are just a few reasons why you should
#ChooseBookshops
today.
Local jobs.
Local economy.
Local community.
Real passion.
Real people.
Real conversations.
Proper service.
Perfect gifts.
(and taxes paid!)
Find your local bookshop:
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The world has changed, but booklovers still love choosing books. 📚
Win £250/€250 of
@book_tokens
to spend in local bookshops once they've safely reopened their doors to the public.
To enter, simply retweet by 22nd Apr.
#ChooseBookshops
T&Cs:
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On
#BookshopDay
eve, we bring gifts! We have 2x
@orlakiely
bundles incl. a signed copy of Pattern to giveaway. RT & follow by 08/10/17, 10pm
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Happy
#BookshopDay
!
Bookshops are magic. 📚✨
Here are just a few reasons why you should
#ChooseBookshops
today:
- Local jobs.
- Local economy.
- Local community.
- Real passion.
- Real people.
- Real conversations.
- Proper service.
- Perfect gifts.
- (and taxes paid!)
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Here's how you can support indies this
#IndieBookshopWeek
:
1. Search for your local indie here:
2. Check how they're taking orders (in-store, online, phone, email, social media)
3. Buy a book!
4. Tag them on social media and spread the bookshop love.
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❤️ Welcome back, bookshops! ❤️
From today, bookshops in England and Wales are safely reopening their doors to customers for browsing.
Which bookshops will you be shopping with today?
Find a bookshop ➡️
#ChooseBookshops
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Do you know what’s never down?
Books!
What are you reading tonight?
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“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.” - Stephen Hawking
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- Local jobs
- Local economy
- Local community
- Real passion
- Real people
- Real conversations
- Personal service
- Perfect gifts
- (and taxes paid!)
… are just a few of the reasons you should
#ChooseBookshops
this autumn. 📚✨
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Congratulations to
@AliceOseman
for winning this year’s Breakthrough Author Award!
#BAMBReadersAwards
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We are delighted to announce the winners of this year's
#IndieBookAwards
:
- Girl, Woman, Other by
@BernardineEvari
- Mudlarking by
@LondonMudlark
- The Girl Who Speaks Bear by
@sophieinspace
- Don’t Worry, Little Crab by
@chrishaughton
#IndieBookshopWeek
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Happy
#IndieBookshopWeek
!
Here's how you can support independent bookshops this week:
• Follow them on social media
• Sign up to their newsletter
• Pre-order a book
• Visit your local bookshop
• Buy a book for your summer reading
• Purchase a gift card
🌞 🌺 📚 🍦 🌸
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📚💫 SAVE THE DATE 💫📚
We’re excited to invite you to celebrate
#BookshopDay
on Saturday 3 October by shopping with your local bookshop.
Find your local bookshop:
Spread the message and
#ChooseBookshops
!
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🧡 BIG NEWS! 🧡
We're so excited to announce that we'll be working with award-winning illustrator
@DapsDraws
on this year's limited-edition bag and what he's designed is truly beautiful.
Exclusive to bookshops across the UK and Ireland from
#BookshopDay
, Saturday 9 October.
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Happy Independent Bookshop Week 2018! We’re celebrating the booksellers that work so hard in the bookshops across the UK and Ireland - they deliver a huge amount to their communities and their high streets. They're our
#bookshopheroes
#IBW2018
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The winner of this year’s Children’s Fiction Award is WHEN THE SKY FALLS – congratulations,
@philearle
!
#BAMBReadersAwards
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"I was awkward, uncomfortable, not terribly happy in the real world but incredibly happy in books" -
@neilhimself
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To win this
#Hufflepuff
bundle including the limited-edition
#IBW2017
tote, follow & RT by 00:00 on 01/07/17
#HarryPotter20
@KidsBloomsbury
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Happy
#IndieBookshopWeek
!
A week to celebrate and support independent bookshops, all the wonderful things they offer and how essential they are to our communities and high streets. ♥️
Find your local participating bookshop:
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To celebrate the
#ManBooker2017
winner announcement tonight, we have *signed* copies of the shortlist to giveaway. Retweet by 6pm to win!
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To win this
#Ravenclaw
bundle including the limited-edition
#IBW2017
tote, follow & RT by 00:00 on 01/07/17
#HarryPotter20
@KidsBloomsbury
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Ahead of
#BookshopDay
on Saturday, we're excited to launch our new video. When you shop with your local bookshop you're supporting your local economy community & jobs. You're receiving proper service, from real people who are passionate about reading. Why do you
#ChooseBookshops
?
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💫 BOOKSHOPS ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS 💫
Booksellers, we want to support you as much as possible and spread the
#ChooseBookshops
message!
Reply to this tweet with all the ways readers can buy books from you and all the relevant links and we'll create one huge thread. RT & share!
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HAPPY
#BOOKSHOPDAY
!
📚❤️📚❤️📚❤️📚❤️📚❤️
What bookshops will you be visiting today?
Find your local:
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The winner of this year’s Children’s Fiction Award is Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good – congratulations,
@Louiestowell
!
#BAMBReadersAwards
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Craving escapism? You know what to do. Happy weekend folks!
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Today marks the first day of
#IndieBookshopWeek
! 📚✨
Some bookshops have already reopened their doors and some are getting ready to open in the coming weeks. We’ve missed them very much. ❤️
Let’s spread the bookshop love. What’s your favourite indie bookshop and why?
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To win this
#Slytherin
bundle including the limited-edition
#IBW2017
tote, follow & RT by 00:00 on 01/07/17
#HarryPotter20
@KidsBloomsbury
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To win this
#Gryffindor
bundle including the limited-edition
#IBW2017
tote, follow & RT by 00:00 on 01/07/17
#HarryPotter20
@KidsBloomsbury
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“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.”
- Emily Dickinson
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Independent bookshops are open for business!
Place your book orders by phone, email and social media.
Choose bookshops this
#IndieBookshopWeek
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Reasons to choose a bookshop No. 38
“They’re magic!” – Matilda, age 6 and a half, Sussex
There are literally hundreds of reasons – what’s yours?
Find a bookshop:
#ChooseBookshops
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Ahead of
#BookshopDay
on Saturday 14 October, we're excited to launch our new video.
In order for our local communities to thrive, we need to support the bookshops within them.
Why do you
#ChooseBookshops
?
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Congratulations to this year’s Books Are My Bag Readers Awards winners, and a huge thanks to everyone for voting!
Pick up these wonderful books from your local bookshop.
#BAMBReadersAwards
#ChooseBookshops
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Friend: I need some new books. Any recommendations?
Me:
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We’re delighted to share the shortlist for the
#IndieBookAwards
2021, curated by independent bookshops and as part of Independent Bookshop Week (19 – 26 June).
Congratulations to the shortlisted authors, illustrators and publishers! 🏆📚✨
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⚡️⚡️Harry Potter fans! Pick up this exclusive
#HarryPotter20
bag during this year's Independent Bookshop Week, 24 June-1 July.
#IBW2017
⚡️⚡️
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London's prettiest and most Instagrammable bookshops 📸📚😍
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BREAKTHROUGH AUTHOR AWARD
Congratulations to
@mieko_kawakami
,
@aliceoseman
,
@jamiesmart
and
@gabriellezevin
Vote now:
#BAMBReadersAwards
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Psssst you. Yes, you. Go to a bookshop today. You won't regret it.
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Books
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Books
Books
Books
Books
Books
Books
Books
Books
Books
Books
Books
Books
#TuesdayThoughts
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Excited to announce this year's
#BAMB
bags will be designed by
@CBickfordSmith
@PenguinUKBooks
&
@EgmontUK
#LBF16
🎉🎉
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Congratulations to
@MarcusRashford
for winning this year’s Breakthrough Author Award!
#BAMBReadersAwards
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We’re thrilled to reveal the artist of this year’s Limited-Edition Bag is the wonderful
@JackieMorrisArt
.
You can get your hands on this beautiful piece on
#BookshopDay
, Saturday 8 October. 🦊
Exclusive to bookshops.
Find your local bookshop:
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Good luck to all the bookshops reopening today! 📚❤️
We hope you sell heaps of wonderful books and we can't wait to celebrate
#IndieBookshopWeek
with you all this Saturday!
#ChooseBookshops
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How to support bookshops right now:
📖order books if they're open
💬follow them on social media
❤️share the books on your wishlist & tag the bookshop you'll buy them from
💌subscribe to their newsletter so you'll be the first to know when they're open again
#ChooseBookshops
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We're very excited to announce that children’s author and illustrator David McKee has been revealed as the designer of this year’s Books Are My Bag Children’s Bag, which will mark Elmer’s 30th birthday. The bags will be available on
#BookshopDay
, 5 Oct.
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To celebrate the release of
#TheBFG
we're giving away this book-tote bundle! RT & follow to win.
#RoaldDahl100
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Local jobs. Local economy. Local community.
Real passion. Real people. Real conversations.
Personal service. Perfect gifts.
(and taxes paid!)
Thank you for choosing bookshops.
#BookshopDay
#ChooseBookshops
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“If you get to know them, they get to know you and your tastes far better than any algorithm can.”
Thank you,
@Damian_Barr
for this wonderful article celebrating independent bookshops and
#IndieBookshopWeek
❤️
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How to support bookshops right now:
🔎find a bookshop:
📖order books!
💬follow them on social media
🎁pre-order 2021 titles
💌subscribe to their newsletters so you'll be the first to know when they're open for browsing again
#ChooseBookshops
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Real passion. Real people. Real conversations.
This
#BlackFriday
, invest in your community and support your local high street.
#ChooseBookshops
.
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Great reasons to choose bookshops No. 5
“They smell of books!” – Patrick S, age 71, Channel Islands
There are literally hundreds of reasons – what’s yours?
Find a bookshop:
#ChooseBookshops
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