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The Booksellers Association has announced its two Indie Books of the Month for August. The Well of Saint Nobody by Neil Jordan has been named Fiction Book of the Month, and Nowhere Island by Tania Unsworth as Children’s Book of the Month.
Independent bookshops around the UK and Ireland will be promoting the two books throughout the month on social media and in-store. The Booksellers Association will be supporting the promotion of the Indie Books of the Month through social media and promotional material.
The Well of Saint Nobody was published on 1st August 2024 and is available to buy.
Jordan said: “I love to browse a bookstore, but an independent one best of all. Where else can you find what you didn’t know you wanted?”
Nowhere Island is published by Zephyr (23rd May) and is available to buy in bookshops.
Unsworth said: “What I like most about independent bookshops is their generosity of spirit. Here, reading is an experience to be shared, where books are loved and deeply thought about.”
The Indie Book of the Month titles are selected by panels of booksellers from publisher submissions. The Children’s panel for August comprised members from Booka Bookshop, Norfolk Children’s Book Centre, Owl and Pyramid, Suddenly on Sheaf Street, Heron & Willow and Chestnut Books.
The Fiction panel were from The Wee Bookshop, Hold Fast Bookshop, The Stripey Badger, The Orcadian, The Rabbit Hole and Four Bears Books.
The titles were also available to be voted on by all participating bookshops on Edelweiss.