Independent Booksellers’ Week Book Award 2012 Shortlist Announced

The selection of ten adult titles and twelve children’s titles have just been announced. These have been chosen by Independent Booksellers as their favourite books of the year. The public will be able to vote for their favourite from 30^th June.

The following adult titles are available in large print:

Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Andrew Miller, Pure

Matthew Hollis, Now All Roads Lead to France. Please note that this book is not published yet. It is due in August 2012.

Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending.

Alan Bennet, Smut.

Sebastian Barry,  On Canaan’s Side.

Kate Grenville, Sarah Thornhill.

SJ Watson, Before I Go to Sleep.

Louisa Young, My Dear I Wanted to Tell You.

The following children’s titles are available in large print:

Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Meg Roscoff, There is No Dog.