"Thank God for independent bookshops and everything they do, their expertise, championing of great books and incredible ways of bringing literature, reading and other worlds into communities. I wouldn't be here without the support of extraordinary bookshops, especially independent ones, championing my work, inviting me to read and doing everything they can to ensure that great books don't get lost. I also like it when they tweet entire novels to Piers Morgan."  - Nikesh Shukla

“Independent bookshops are the best places in the world as far as I’m concerned. I remember once going into my local independent bookshop to ask whether, perhaps, they knew of a book about crosswords in literature or perhaps Jane Austen. Ten minutes of intense, informed discussion later I had the perfect present for my father, and I also seemed to have picked up an obscure post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel and a story book for my dyslexic child. Independent bookshops contain the universe: the book that will change your life is in there.” - Emily Barr