To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week 2024, Hannah interviewed one of her local indie bookshops Serenity Booksellers. We chat about how Kelly and her partner Chris turned their bookshop dreams into a reality, what exciting things they have coming up, why it's important to support our indies and a HUGE list of book recommendations! 
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You can find Serenity Booksellers via their website (subscribe to their mailing list to be in with a chance of winning a £100 voucher for their store) or via Instagram or Facebook.
If you're unable to make it in store and wish to support them, the below book recs are linked to Serenity Booksellers bookshop.org page.
For more on Independent Bookshop Week visit https://www.booksaremybag.com/

Books, indie bookshops & other mentions in this episode: 
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
Want by Gillian Anderson
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
October, October by Katya Balen
Ghostlines by Katya Balen
James by Percival Everett
Hard By A Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
Three Burials by Anders Lustgarten
The Many by Wyl Menmuir
The Draw of The Sea by Wyl Menmuir
The Heart of The Woods by Wyl Menmuir
Small Hours by Bobby Palmer
The Castle (1997 movie, on Amazon Prime)
Simply Books, Bramhall
Dark Peak Books & Gifts, Glossop
Booka Bookshop, Oswestry
Truman Books, Leeds
Wife by Charlotte Mendelson
The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Homecoming by Kate Morton
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Breakdown by Cathy Sweeney
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
Dirt Music by Tim Winton
Breath by Tim Winton
Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan
Wanting by Richard Flanagan
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie
You Are Here by David Nicholls
Rare Singles by Benjamin Myers
The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne by Freya North
Other Women by Emma Flint
Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor
Stand Up Guy by Nina Kaye
Baby Reindeer- Netflix 
Sparrow by James Hynes

Thanks so much for listening, until next time happy reading!