Independent Bookshop Week 2025: Saturday 14 – Saturday 21 June
Independent Bookshop Week is a celebration of independent bookshops across the UK and Ireland. It aims to highlight the vital role independent bookshops play in their communities, and to encourage consumers to shop for their summer reads with their local independent. The campaign launched in 2006.
Independent Bookshop Week takes place annually, mid-June (the first weekend of the campaign usually overlaps with Fathers’ Day). Hachette UK is the headline sponsor, with support from Gardners and Nielsen BookData.
The campaign hashtag is #IndieBookshopWeek. Follow @booksaremybag on X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for Independent Bookshop Week updates.
All of the registered members will receive point of sale kits mid-May, and dedicated newsletters (from January through to the campaign end).
Publishers are invited to support the campaign by offering members signed stock, indie exclusive editions, early releases, added value items, author signings and events.
More than 700 independent bookshops are registered to participate.
