We are all about the bookshop celebrations this year – making up for lost time! And we’re just a little bit excited about Indie Bookshop Week – the week decreed by all the bookish gods that you must buy a book from an independent book shop! Only half kidding… 🙂

To celebrate, we have planned lots of fun bookish shenanigans throughout the week! This is the place where you’ll find all the details for what to look forward to:

Guest Bookselling:

  • Saturday June 18th:
    • Lucy Diamond on the till – 10 am
    • Harriet Evans on the till – 11 am
    • Lucy Mangan on the till – 3 pm
  • Wednesday June 22nd:
    • Liza Klaussmann on the till – 3 pm

Giveaways (all entries are limited to residents of the UK):

Signed Special Edition of Ruth Ozeki’s ‘The Book of Form and Emptiness’

This giveaway will run from FRIDAY 17/6 to SUNDAY 19/6 at midnight. We will announce the winner on Monday! To enter:

  1. Like our post on Instagram
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Tag a friend who hasn’t read Ruth Ozeki but NEEDS to
  4. Comment with your favourite Indie Bookshop besides Mr B’s!

Mr B’s Book Bundle: A signed hardback of Felicity Cloake’s ‘Red Sauce Brown Sauce’; an early printed copy of Liza Klaussmann’s upcoming novel ‘This is Going to End in Tears’; and a Mr B’s Tote Bag

This giveaway will run from Thursday 23/6 to Saturday 25/6 at midnight. We will announce the winner on Thursday! To enter:

  1. Like our post on Instagram
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Tag a friend who’s never visited our shop before
  4. Comment with your favourite breakfast food!

Signed Copy of Shane Hegarty’s newest kids book – ‘Shop of Impossible Ice Creams‘!

This giveaway will be running from Saturday 18/6 to Friday 24/6, and we will contact the winner on Saturday! To enter:

  1. Visit the Shop!
  2. On our entry sheet at the kids’ till, write down your most creative, impossible ice cream flavor along with a way to contact you!

6 Month Paperback Youth Bespoke Reading Subscription

This giveaway will run from Saturday 18/6 to Friday 24/6, and we will contact the winner on Saturday. It is limited to UK residents. The subscription can be for yourself or for a young friend or family member 16 and under you’d love to give a subscription to! To enter:

  1. Visit the shop!
  2. Find the kids till and submit your favourite kids or teen book of all time!

6 Month UK Paperback Bespoke Reading Subscription

This giveaway will run from Sunday 19/6 to Saturday 25/6 at midnight. We will announce the winner on Sunday! This is limited to UK residents. The subscription can be for yourself or a gift! To enter:

  1. Like the post on intagram
  2. Follow us on instagram
  3. Tag your best reading friends (extra tags don’t get you extra entries)
  4. Comment with the Title of Your Autobiography

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