Indie Book of the Month: Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince Indie Book of the Month (Children's): Seahorse is Furious (and there is nothing you can do about it!) by Morag Hood
The Booksellers Association and Bookshop.org, are promoting Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince and Seahorse is Furious by Morag Hood Indie Book of the Month and Indie Book of the Month (Children’s) for May. The year-long partnership brings together the Booksellers Association’s Books Are My Bag consumer campaign and Bookshop.org’s online platform to champion monthly Indie Book of the Month titles, supporting reading for pleasure and driving readers towards independent bookshops across the UK and Ireland. Each monthly selection benefits from coordinated promotion across the combined reach of the Booksellers Association’s and Bookshop.org’s social media channels, newsletters and digital platforms, ensuring independent bookshops remain central to reader discovery. Independent Bookshops across the UK and Ireland will also promote Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal and Seahorse is Furious throughout May, via in-store and digital promotional materials. Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince (Pan) is a warm, funny and thoughtful exploration of what it means to be human, embracing neurodiversity, individuality and the beauty of not fitting neatly into expected norms. Robin Ince, author of Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, said: “I adore independent bookshops because I love their passion and their mission. I think I have managed to do talks with at least two hundred so far and I have not met a bookseller I don't like. They create such a community. It is the joy of my life to tour from town to town and meet them and their customers and I always find a new story when I am there.” Seahorse is Furious by Morag Hood (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) is a joyful and expressive picture book full of humour and energy, celebrating big feelings and the importance of self-expression in young readers. Morag Hood, author of Seahorse is Furious, said: “What an absolute honour to have Seahorse is Furious (and there is nothing you can do about it) selected as Indie Book of the Month – independent bookshops are the best! I always feel so welcomed and championed whenever I visit one. I love the sense of community and connection (and getting to pick their booksellers' brains for which new books they are excited about!).” The Indie Book of the Month and Indie Book of the Month (Children’s) titles are selected by panels of independent bookshops from publisher submissions.