There's one week left until we unveil the Indie Champions Awards category winners on January 23rd. Here, we recognise the top individuals and organisations that have supported independent bookshops with us this year. A huge THANK YOU to all those shortlisted. 

 

Fiction

Lydia Davis, author of Our Strangers
Rebecca F. Kuang, author of Yellowface

Natalie Haynes, author of Divine Might

Barbara Kingsolver, author of Demon Copperhead

Benjamin Myers, author of Cuddy

Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Non-fiction

Fern Brady, author of Strong Female Character

Stu Hennigan, author of Ghost Signs

Mikeala Loach, author of It’s Not That Radical

Megan McCubbin, author of An Atlas of Endangered Species

Annabel Sowemimo, author of Divided

Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People

Children’s

Frank Cottrell-Boyce, author of The Wonder Brothers

Natasha Farrant, author of The Rescue of Ravenwood

Tim Harford, author of The Truth Detective

Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures

Sathnam Sanghera, author of Stolen History

Louie Stowell, author of Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good

Lifestyle and Culture

Gelf Alderson, author of River Cottage Great Roasts

Cold War Steve, author of the Cold War Steve Annual 2024

Katherine May, author of Wintering

Anthony Penrose, author of Lee Miller: Photographs

Alice Vincent, author of Why Women Grow

Bee Wilson, author of The Secret of Cooking
 

Overall Publisher

Bloomsbury

Canongate

DK

Fitzcarraldo Editions

Sort Of Books

Thames & Hudson

Publisher Professional of the Year

Sasha Cox, Head of UK Sales at Canongate

Richard Green, Independent Bookshop and Wholesaler Manager at Pan Macmillan

Raynell Macdonald, Marketing Manager at Thames & Hudson

Julian Mash, UK Sales Head of Special Interest at Bloomsbury

Alison Pearce, Key Account Manager at Penguin Random House

Eleanor Slater, Trade Marketing Manager  at HarperCollins

Podcast

Backlisted

Bookwandering

Literary Friction

Prompted by Nature

Dua Lipa: At Your Service
 

Innovative use of Bookshop.org
BooksForTopics

Canongate

Hay Festival

Jhalak Prize

The Booker Prizes

Women’s Prize for Fiction

Content creator
Amina, aminasbookshelf (Instagram)

Eric Karl Anderson, The Lonesome Reader, EricKarlAnderson (YouTube)

Fran, FranMcBookFace (X)

Jenn Li, bookmarkonthewall (Instagram)

Jules Swain, The Reading Paramedic, thereadingpara (X)

Nicci, The Kids Books Curator, the.kids.books.curator (Instagram)

Nicola Bowman, nic_thebookworm (Instagram)

Sarah and Lou, whatsarahandlouread (Instagram)

Scott Evans, The Reader Teacher, MrEPrimary (X)

Nicole Vanderbilt, Managing Director of Bookshop.org UK, said: “What a joy it is to shout about the individuals and organisations that have championed independent booksellers the most this year. For our team, it’s empowering to know that a lot of people share our passion for independent bookshops, and our mission to support them and ensure they thrive as a key component of the publishing ecosystem. We’re especially excited to launch our new Content Creator category this year, cementing our increased work with social media platforms and influencers and acknowledging their potential to expand the reach of indie bookshops even further. Huge congratulations to all the shortlistees, and we hope the brilliant work of the Indie Champions inspired even more people to become champions of independent bookshops themselves!”

The winners will be announced in January 2024.