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:
- Like our post on Instagram
- Follow us on Instagram
- Tag a friend who hasn’t read Ruth Ozeki but NEEDS to
- 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:
- Like our post on Instagram
- Follow us on Instagram
- Tag a friend who’s never visited our shop before
- 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:
- Visit the Shop!
- 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:
- Visit the shop!
- 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:
- Like the post on intagram
- Follow us on instagram
- Tag your best reading friends (extra tags don’t get you extra entries)
- Comment with the Title of Your Autobiography
Follow us on Tiktok and Instagram for a load of fun bookseller social media shenanigans and tomfoolery! And remember — shop indie!