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Foyles Industry Awards

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We are delighted to have been named Children's Bookseller of the Year and National Bookseller of the Year at the 2012 Industry Awards, announced 14th May. See the full story here.

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 both 2010 and 2011. 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.' The 2012 Awards shortlists were announced on 16th April at the London Book Fair and the winners will be announced on 14th May.

 

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

2008 The Bookseller Retail Awards

  • High Street Retailer of the Year - Shortlisted
  • Nielsen Book Marketing Campaign of the Year - Shortlisted
  • Bookseller Manager of the Year - Shortlisted

2008 British Book Industry Awards

  • Publishing News Chain Bookselling Company of the Year - Winner
  • Bowker UK Bookseller of the Year - Winner

2006 The Bookseller Retail Awards

  • The Bertram Independent Retailer of the Year - Shortlisted
  • The Walker Book Children's Independent of the Year - Shortlisted

2005 Academic, Professional & Specialist Booksellers Group

  • Academic Bookseller of the Year - Winner

2003 British Book Industry Awards

  • The Daily Mail Independent Bookshop of the Year - Joint Winner - Foyles & The Falmouth Bookseller (tied)
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