IBW Bookshop Crawl 2015 27th June!

Nayu here! Although I'm a bit too busy with leaving work at the time of the Independent Bookshop Week Bookshop Crawl 2015 on 27th June, I figured some of you would be very interested in all the details! That's if you haven't already heard about it ^o^ You may remember that I spoke about the 2014 bookcrawl last year. Well here are the all important details for this year's events - with prizes to be won there's lots of book fun for everyone! (Rhyming half intentional) 

The Independent Bookshop Week #bookshopcrawl 2015 on Saturday 27^th June (Independent Bookshop Week takes place 20^th – 27^th June). Full info can be found on the dedicated website.

The event is aimed at all: bloggers, booktubers, vloggers, publishers, book organisations and book lovers who want to support their local bookshop(s) during Independent Bookshop Week, 20th – 27th June 2015.

Here's what's going on in IBW!

The challenge is simple: pop out to your local bookshop(s) on Saturday 27th June and pick up a book. This year we’re asking you to #giveabook – whether it’s for your best friend, mum, colleague, fellow blogger, cousin, a stranger – anyone you like! 

#giveabook takes place throughout the entire IBW week with bookshops being equipped with specially produced postcards, ready for customers to fill out and share on Twitter and Instagram under the hashtag. 

Now let’s get onto the prizes!

If you’d like to participate in the #bookshopcrawl and want to be in for the chance of winning some National Book Tokens to spend at your local bookshop and the IBW Book Award shortlisted titles (below), we’re asking you to write or film about the #bookshopcrawl or your favourite independent bookshop and send a link to me (kara.rennie@booksellers.org.uk) between Saturday 20th June and Wednesday 1st July. Although we’re keen for most to get out to their local bookshop for the crawl on the Saturday 27th, we appreciate that this date will not be suited to everyone so we’re happy for you to do a crawl at a different time during IBW.

We also want to see your bookshop selfies! If you share your #bookshopcrawl selfies on Twitter and Instagram, you’ll automatically be in for the chance of winning lovely book bundles, hand-picked by the IBW Team.

(Pssst! We’ll be giving away book bundles all week as part of our #indiebookaday so keep an eye on @booksaremybag)

To summarise:

Pop out to your local bookshop on Saturday 27th June for the #bookshopcrawl

#giveabook to a loved one 

Document your #bookshopcrawl journey on Twitter 

 

   To be in for the chance of winning National Book Tokens and the IBW shortlist, write or film about your #bookshopcrawl and/or your favourite independent bookshop and send the link to me (kara.rennie@booksellers.org.uk) between Saturday 20th June and Wednesday 1st July

 

Share your #bookshopcrawl selfies on Twitter and be in for the chance of winning some lovely book bundles

To search for your local IBW participating bookshop, please visit our brand new and shiny website indiebookshopweek.com and plan your #bookshopcrawl route.

Nayu: I'm also giving my opinons on the books in the IBW Book Award Shortlist which I've read

Adult

H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald An insightful read about hawks and grief - see my review!

The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Richard Flanagan

Elizabeth is Missing - Emma Healey

The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari

Nora Webster - Colm Toibin

The Bone Clocks  - David Mitchell

Please, Mister Postman - Alan Johnson

The Children Act - Ian McEwan

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: Stories - Hilary Mantel

Children’s

Five Children on the Western Front - Kate Saunders

Apple and Rain -  Sarah Crossan

The 13-Storey Treehouse - Andy Griffiths

A Song for Ella Grey - David Almond

Opal Plumstead - Jacqueline Wilson

The Lie Tree - Frances Hardinge

An Island of Our Own - Sally Nicholls

Running Girl - Simon Mason

Itchcraft - Simon Mayo

The Parent Agency -  David Baddiel Exciting and clever read - as you can see in my review!

The Farm Beneath the Water - Helen Peters

The Apple Tart of Hope - Sarah Moore Fitzgerald An ok read - my review is here!

Children’s Picture Books

Shh! We Have a Plan - Chris Haughton

Bears Don’t Read - Emma Chichester Clark

Wanted: Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar - Emily Mackenzie

A Walk in Paris -  Salvatore Rubbino

Use Your Imagination - Nicola O’Byrne

Blown Away - Rob Biddulph

The Something - Rebecca Cobb

Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion -  Alex T Smith

Never Tickle a Tiger - Pamela Butchart & Marc Boutavantd Superb book - here's my review

The Way to the Zoo - John Burningham

The Mouse Who Ate the Moon - Petr Horaceled

Monsters Love Underpants - Claire Freeeman & Ben Cort

Nayu again: That's all the info - I hope you are excited by what will be a fantastic week!

News!! 5th July Independent Book Sellers Week 2014 Bookshop Crawl!

Nayu: *grins* This sounds like my type of crawl, only I won't have energy to attend it. I do have enough energy to shout about it, so please do take part if you can! Here's the all important details which I've been allowed to copy and paste here ^o^ 

[Come} take part in an exciting event taking place during this year’s Independent Booksellers Week: The IBW Bookshop Crawl. Taking place on Saturday 5th July, it is aimed at bloggers, booktubers and vloggers across the UK. It’s great that you want to get involved - and have a stab at winning the fantastic prize.

The challenge is to visit as many independent bookshops as possible throughout the day and blog or post a video about the experience for the chance to win. Whether you are a bookshop lover, an avid reader, an advocate for the High Street, or, more simply, just enjoy a good challenge, this is a brilliant way to spend a sunny Saturday, get involved in IBW, and have a chat with your local bookseller. 

How the IBW Bookshop Crawl will work:

In order to qualify for the prize, the blog or video post must be posted by 11:59pm on Sunday 6th July. Once posted, the link to the video or blog post must be sent to cecilia.keating@midaspr.co.uk.

Independent booksellers across the country will be equipped with IBW Bookshop Crawl stickers, designed specifically to hand out to participants.  To find out which participating bookshops are near you, the Booksellers Association has the full list on their website here.

The competition will be judged on:

1)      The number of bookshops visited, detailed in the post and proved by video evidence or selfies with the stickers

2)      The quality of blog post submitted (giving all participants an equal chance of winning, regardless of how many bookshops are in your area)

The Prizes

This year’s fantastic prize includes the complete Adult and Children’s IBW Book Award shortlist (full list below), National Book Tokens worth £50, and a digital banner designed specifically for the winner.

On top of this, all those who take part will be sent a participants banner after the crawl. It will work on all social media platforms and we are happy to tailor it to a particular size and any youtube channel / blog requirements.

Please feel free to download the banner copied below to post on your blog / youtube channel, which has been specifically designed for all those who wish to participate. It is also available to download from http://independentbooksellersweek.org.uk/your-local-independent-bookseller/bookshop-crawl/. 

More information and updates about the crawl itself will be posted on http://indiebounduk.tumblr.com/, and the hashtag for the crawl will be #bookshopcrawl.

Nayu: Me again! I can't add this lovely book crawl button to my blog, but you can ^o^ Let me know if you take part!