why opt indie?Opt Indie Books is a celebration of bookshops, books and the people who read them.
We champion small press publishers from across the UK and Ireland & shine a light on the incredible work booksellers do within their communities, for their high streets & for all their readers. When you choose to support opt indie books you choose to support real people with a passion for great stories. With bookseller interviews, monthly publisher features & a carefully curated list of new books each week. OPT INTO INDEPENDENT THINKING, INDIE BOOKSELLING & INDIE PUBLISHING |
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featured five
OPT INTO NEW BOOKS . . .
Take a chance with one of our Featured Five
Break out of your comfort zone and pick up something new from us.
Put you feet up, dive in and enjoy!
Take a chance with one of our Featured Five
Break out of your comfort zone and pick up something new from us.
Put you feet up, dive in and enjoy!
Choose one (or all five!) from our list above to get inspired, get lost, or get motivated this week.
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ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH
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COMING SOON!
Take a look ahead at some of the biggest new titles coming from indie publishing in 2024. Featuring some of the best writers and translators from across the globe - in fiction, non-fiction & children's - brought to you by some of the very best small presses here in the U.K.
While we continue to bring you our Featured Five each week, here you can get a glimpse the bookshelves of the future.
Get ahead of the crowd & take a virtual browse today!
While we continue to bring you our Featured Five each week, here you can get a glimpse the bookshelves of the future.
Get ahead of the crowd & take a virtual browse today!
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spotlight
shining a light on the UK's best bookshops
NIC BOTTOMLEYMR B'S EMPORIUM OF READING DELIGHTS, BATHNamed by THE guardian as one of the ten best bookshops in the world, and two-time winner of the Indie Bookshop of the Year award, mr b'S has an international reputation for a welcoming & knowledgeable team of booksellers.
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This is the part of opt indie books where we celebrate an independent bookshop from across the uk & Ireland and the amazing work they're doing; highlighting the vital role indie bookshops play in their communities and on their high streets.
Booksellers are on the front line of the industry. Faced with an endless range of choice, each & every bookshop has their own unique selection of books and their own unique way of representing & presenting them. You won't find two bookshops alike, just like you won't find two booksellers who share the same experiences or backgrounds.
A bookshop is only ever as good as its workforce, and a bookseller's knowledge & passion for books is what brings readers back to their shop time & time again.
Each month we showcase a different bookshop & interview one of the booksellers who calls that shop home...
sometimes both literally & figuratively!
Go check out this week's bookshop feature to find out more.
Booksellers are on the front line of the industry. Faced with an endless range of choice, each & every bookshop has their own unique selection of books and their own unique way of representing & presenting them. You won't find two bookshops alike, just like you won't find two booksellers who share the same experiences or backgrounds.
A bookshop is only ever as good as its workforce, and a bookseller's knowledge & passion for books is what brings readers back to their shop time & time again.
Each month we showcase a different bookshop & interview one of the booksellers who calls that shop home...
sometimes both literally & figuratively!
Go check out this week's bookshop feature to find out more.
katie carr
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press of the month
We don't just support independent bookshops. we also love indie publishers.
Each month Opt Indie Books features an independent publisher or small press from across the UK and Ireland, helping showcase their eclectic, sometimes radical, often overlooked but always unique and carefully curated stories to a new audience.
Each month Opt Indie Books features an independent publisher or small press from across the UK and Ireland, helping showcase their eclectic, sometimes radical, often overlooked but always unique and carefully curated stories to a new audience.
Isabelle KenyonFLY ON THE WALL Press, FOUNDERFor this month’s Featured Press Spotlight we caught up with Manchester based writer & managing director, Isabelle Kenyon, their small yet pioneering press’ genre-defying anthologies and political fiction, as well as their work with the Northern Fiction Alliance, the Northern Publishers Fair, and more.
Finalist in the Manchester People’s Cultural Awards and Regional Winner of Small Press of the Year, British Book Awards 2024, Fly On The Wall Press are making waves across the U.K. and onto the shelves of your favourite bookshops. Watch out for the full interview coming soon.
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IGNORE THE MAINSTREAM MACHINE. PICK UP SOMETHING INDIE . . .
Find out more about these books & many more via the Fly On The Wall Press Website!
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