Win this year's Independent Bookshop Week Book Award titles!

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

Win a set of the sensational shortlists – just choose between the adult, children's, or picture books lists!

As voted for by indie bookshops and judged by a panel of authors, booksellers and journalists, the three winners are: Amor Towles for A Gentleman in Moscow in the Adult Category, Geraldine McCaughrean for Where the World Ends in Children’s, and Nicola Davies and illustrator, Emily Sutton for Lots: The Diversity of Life on Earth in Picture Books. 

To view the shortlists in full, visit the Independent Bookshop Week website here.


Enter to win a shortlist of your choice

This competition ended on 19/07/2018

Terms and Conditions

30 x winners will each receive one of the following shortlists:

Adult Category
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
The Secret Life of Cows – Rosamund Young
This is Going to Hurt – Adam Kay
Life in the Garden – Penelope Lively
A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles
I am, I am, I am – Maggie O’Farrell
Birdcage Walk – Helen Dunmore
Elmet – Fiona Mozley
Midwinter Break – Bernard MacLaverty
How Not to Be a Boy – Robert Webb

Children's Category
The Explorer – Katherine Rundell
Things a Bright Girl Can Do – Sally Nicholls
Letters from the Lighthouse – Emma Carroll
Sky Song – Abi Elphinstone
A Skinful of Shadows – Frances Hardinge
The 91-Storey Treehouse – Andy Griffiths & illustrated by Terry Denton
We Come Apart – Sarah Crossan & Brian Conaghan
The 1000 Year Old Boy – Ross Welford
Nevermoor – Jessica Townsend
Release – Patrick Ness
A Spoonful of Murder – Robin Stevens
The Bolds on Holiday – Julian Clary & illustrated by David Roberts
Where the World Ends – Geraldine McCaughrean

Picture Books Category
Fantastically Great Women who Made History – Kate Pankhurst
Lots: The Diversity of Life on Earth – Nicola Davies & illustrated by Emily Sutton
You Choose in Space – Pippa Goodhart & illustrated by Nick Sharratt
Grandad’s Secret Giant – David Litchfield
Katinka’s Tail – Judith Kerr
The Squirrels Who Squabbled – Rachel Bright & illustrated by Jim Field
I Love You, Stick Insect – Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
The Everywhere Bear – Julia Donaldson & illustrated by Rebecca Cobb
The Grotlyn – Benji Davies
Kevin – Rob Biddulph
What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday – Julia Donaldson & illustrated by Lydia Monks
Superbat – Matt Carr

  • No purchase necessary.
  • Only one entry per person will be accepted.
  • The prizes are non-transferable and there are no cash alternatives. The Promoter reserves the right to amend the specification of the prize or offer an alternative prize.
  • Closing date 11:59pm, Thursday 19th July 2018.
  • Entrants can choose either the children's, picture books, or adult shortlist, or any. If more than one (or "any") is chosen, the winner(s) will randomly receive one of the chosen shortlists.
  • The competition is open to UK and Republic of Ireland residents except employees of the Booksellers Association and Book Tokens Ltd., and employees of participating bookshops.
  • Entrants must be aged 16 or over.
  • By entering, entrants acknowledge that this competition is a game of chance, which does not involve exercising any skill or judgement.
  • Entrants agree to Book Tokens Ltd. using their details in post-competition publicity. Your details will not be used for any other purpose, or passed onto any third parties, unless specified. Winners’ details may be shared securely with a third-party in order to fulfil the dispatch of competition prizes.
  • We will contact winners by email. In the event of a winner not responding after 14 days, we reserve the right to allocate the prize to another winner.
  • The promoters’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Unsuccessful entrants will not be contacted.
  • Book Tokens Ltd. will only use your email address and other personal information in compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and in accordance with our privacy policy.
  • Promoter: Book Tokens Ltd, 6 Bell Yard, London, WC2A 2JR.

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