The second Independent Booksellers Week takes places from 15th - 22nd June 2009. The event has been arranged by the Booksellers Association and intended to help to promote independent bookshops across the UK within their local communities through organising book related events.
This year there are over 200 bookshops taking part. Visitors to many of the bookshops will be able to vote for one of the ten shortlisted titles for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2009, which will be announced in September.
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill
Spilling the Beans by Clarissa Dickson-Wright
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
You can find more details about the events taking place close to you through the search facility on the official website. We hope all of the AbeBooks members taking part in the week have an enjoyable time and make the most of this event to promote their bookshop in their local community.
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