[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-pugs-win-independent-bookshop-week-award-2016":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Why are my co-author Philip Reeve and I in \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Dauntbooks\">Daunt Books\u003C/a> Marylebone looking VERY excited? \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/114908_original-5edf33d95c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nWe'd found out we'd won the children's book category for \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/pugs-of-the-frozen-north/\">Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/a>\u003C/i> in this year's \u003Cb>Independent Bookshop Week Award\u003C/b>! It's a celebration of indie bookshops, booksellers, and the amazing way they know their books so well and can stock and recommend just the right titles, and be real hubs in their communities. Besides selling books, indie bookshops have hosted wonderful events for us, knitted pugs, and encouraged us on social media, and we love them.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/114571_original-11ed5eeb65.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nPhilip has \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/independent-bookshop-week-award-2016/\">already blogged about it\u003C/a>, and you can read more about the award in \u003Ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/jun/17/independent-bookshop-week-childrens-book-awards-2016?CMP=share_btn_tw\">this Guardian article by Emily Drabble\u003C/a> and over on the \u003Ca href=\"http://indiebookshopweek.org.uk/Blog/IBW/June-2016-(1)/IBW2016BookAwardWinnersAnnounced\">IndieBound website\u003C/a>. And there's another article in \u003Ca href=\"\">The Bookseller here, by Lisa Campbell\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/jun/17/independent-bookshop-week-childrens-book-awards-2016?CMP=share_btn_tw\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/115105_original-7b55a1c4f5.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nBig congrats to \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/emilymackenzie_\">Emily MacKenzie\u003C/a>, who won the Picture Book category, and Anne Enright, who won the Adult book category. Thanks to all the judges (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NicoletteJones\">Nicolette Jones\u003C/a>, 2015 winner \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Sally_Nicholls\">Sally Nicholls\u003C/a>, Steven Pryse from \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/pickledbooks\">Pickled Pepper Bookshop\u003C/a> and Carrie Morris from \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BookaBookshop\">Booka Bookshop\u003C/a>). And thanks, of course, Britain's marvelous indie bookshops! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/115424_original-2c42661fe4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThis kicks off \u003Cb>Independent Bookseller Week \u003C/b>and the best way to celebrate is to go down to your local indie and buy some books! :) If you don't have a local, Stephen Holland at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PageFortyFive\">Page 45 in Nottingham\u003C/a> and lots of other shops are more than happy to post things to you. (Stephen's hand-sold SO many copies of \u003Ci>Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i>! Oh, and here's a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/pugs-of-the-frozen-north/\">link to my website\u003C/a> in case you want to \u003Cb>knit a pug or learn how to draw one\u003C/b>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Louisa_Mellor\">Louisa Mellor\u003C/a> at Den of Geek is \u003Ca href=\"http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/books-comics/bookshops/41337/50-brilliant-independent-bookshops-in-the-uk\">compiling a list of top indies\u003C/a> so go on over and add your fave if you don't see it there. You can watch developments from the week over on Twitter: \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=news&q=%23IBW2016&src=tyah\">#IBW2016\u003C/a>","2016-06-17T18:56:00.000Z","pugs-win-independent-bookshop-week-award-2016",[],"pugs win independent bookshop week award 2016!",1776628728482]