And the winner is...

My little local independent bookshop - The Hayling Island Bookshop - didn't win the title of the Independent Bookshop of the Year Award which was announced at the British Book Industry Awards last night, shame. The title went to the Hungerford Bookshop and I am sure was well deserved. Never mind, Hayling , there's always next year and from all of us on Hayling Island and the surrounding areas of Havant, Emsworth, Waterlooville and Portsmouth you are our number one star.

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