A south Shropshire bookshop has been dubbed the best in the region for the year.
The Poetry Pharmacy in Bishop’s Castle has been crowned Independent Bookshop of the Year for the Midlands in The British Book Awards.
Selected by the judges from 77 finalists announced last month, the award, sponsored by book wholesaler Gardners, celebrates those bookshops that continue to support local communities with creative, specialist and community-centred activities. "Not just in the record number of overall submissions, but in the sheer unbelievable quality of literally every shop that entered.
"What is truly cheering is that we see this in new shops that have popped up since the pandemic to venerable stores which have been trading for decades.
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