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We are delighted to have been named National Bookseller of the Year at the 2013 Industry Awards, announced 13th May, for the second year running. .

Foyles is proud to have been shortlisted for or the recipient of numerous awards over the years. In 2010 we were delighted to scoop the Bookseller of the Year Award at the prestigious Bookseller Industry Awards. We are also proud to have been shortlisted in several other categories in the years since, winning the much-coveted Bookseller of the Year award again in 2012 (when we also won Childrens' Bookseller of the Year) and 2013. Announcing the win in 2010, the judges said, 'Foyles might be 107 years old, but... in its 21st-century incarnation it is the best chain of bookstores in the UK today.'

2013 The Bookseller Industry Awards

Once again this year, Foyles was thrilled to be named:

National Bookseller of the Year

and additionally was shortlisted for:

Children's Bookseller of the Year

and additionally was highly commended for:

Marketing Campaign of the Year

Click here for more on this year's awards

2012 The Bookseller Industry Awards

At the 2012 Bookseller Industry Awards Foyles was proud and delighted to be named

National Bookseller of the Year and
Children's Bookseller of the Year

and additionally was shortlisted for:

Manager of the Year - Rebecca Hart, Foyles at Westfield Stratford City
Manager of the Year - Rebecca Cameron, Foyles at Westfield London

2012 British Sports Book Awards

Currently Shortlisted for Best Sports Book Retailer

2011 The Bookseller Industry Awards

General or Chain Bookselling Company of the Year - Shortlisted
Children's Bookseller of the Year - Shortlisted
Manager of the Year - Shortlisted - Susan Sinclair, Foyles at the Royal Festival Hall and Foyles, St Pancras & Sion Hamilton, Foyles Charing Cross Road
Sue Butterworth Young Bookseller of the Year - Shortlisted - Rebecca Hart, Book Buyer

2011 British Sports Book Awards

Best Sports Book Retailer - Shortlisted

2010 The Bookseller Industry Awards

Bookseller of the Year - Winner!
Children's Bookseller of the Year - Shortlisted
Manager of the Year - Shortlisted - Sion Hamilton, Ground Floor Manager, Foyles Charing Cross Road; & Susan Sinclair, Manager, Foyles at the Royal Festival Hall and Foyles, St Pancras
Young Bookseller of the Year - Shortlisted - Rachel Lloyd, Assistant Manager, Foyles, St Pancras

2010 London's Green Corner Award

Foyles 'Urban Garden' window, April - Winner (Edible Green Corners category).

2009 British Book Industry Awards

Chain Bookselling Company of the Year - Shortlisted
Sue Butterworth Award for Young Bookseller of the Year - Joint Winner - Lisa Bird, Foyles & and Max Porter, Daunt Books