Book Competitions

Website: nationalbooktokens.com

Added: 16th Oct 2025

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This year's seven shortlists include a new Picture Book category, and span fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and books for children and teens, with a Newcomer of the Year award to celebrate the newly published authors and illustrators making the biggest waves.

You're invited to vote for your books of the year – and, in the Readers' Choice category, which is decided entirely by booklovers across the UK and Ireland, to nominate the best book you've read in the last 12 months.

Five voters will be selected at random to win a £100/€120 National Book Tokens gift card to spend in their favourite bookshop.

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Website: panmacmillan.com

Added: 12th Oct 2025

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A decade ago, Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life broke us, healed us, and redefined what a story can be. Now, to celebrate its 10th anniversary, we’re offering you a chance to own a piece of this remarkable world.

Win exclusive merchandise chosen by Hanya herself, including a cap, t-shirt, keyring, and scented candle. You will also receive a stunning, exclusive 10th Anniversary special edition hardcover of the book, a beautiful tribute to a novel that has captured the hearts and minds of millions.

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Website: panmacmillan.com

Added: 21st Oct 2025

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We’re giving away the ultimate spooky season haul, a terrifyingly good collection of the most chilling contemporary horror.

Sink your teeth into a signed special edition of Grady Hendrix’s Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, the incredible anthology of Black horror, Out There Screaming, from director Jordan Peele, and be among the first to read three of Tor Nightfire’s most anticipated new horror releases for 2026.

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Website: nationalbooktokens.com

Added: 13th Oct 2025

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This celebratory campaign is organised by Books Are My Bag, an initiative which promotes and supports high street bookshops all year round – because bookshops make a difference. You'll discover brilliant activities happening in bookshops near you, from exclusive editions of new books to author events and more. Choose bookshops this weekend – and don't forget your National Book Tokens!

Since 2013, Bookshop Day has been marked with a beautiful limited-edition bag, designed each year by a different artist and sold exclusively in bookshops. This year's bag is by illustrator Ashwin Chacko – and we've got 10 to give away, each paired with a £20/€25 National Book Token to help you fill your new bag with books from your favourite bookshop.

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Website: nationalbooktokens.com

Added: 14th Oct 2025

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At National Book Tokens, we're proud to sponsor the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards – the only book awards that reflect the truly diverse tastes of real booklovers and the bookshops they love to visit.

The shortlists for this year's awards span seven categories – Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Fiction, Children's Fiction, Picture Book, and Newcomer of the Year – each curated by a panel of booksellers and voted on by the public.

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Website: deliaonline.com

Added: 8th Oct 2025

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Just answer the question below to be in with a chance of winning this book bundle including: The Holder of Hope by Hannah Treave, The Dark Hours by Amy Jordan, What the Wife Knew by Lia Middleton, Why Is Downing Street Painted Black? by Jonnie Fielding, Inside the Cartel by Martin Suarez with Ian Frisch, Inside: Winning. Losing. Starting Again by Boris Becker, No Other Place: My Autobiography by George North and The Last Laugh by Steve Jones.

Website: booktrust.org.uk

Added: 7th Oct 2025

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We’re delighted to be giving you the chance to win all five books in Alex Milway’s fabulous Hotel Flamingo series.

These fantastic stories follow Anna, who inherits a rather unusual hotel from her Great Aunt Mathilde – one in which all the staff and guests are animals! Can Anna restore the hotel to its former glory?

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Website: thebookerprizes.com

Added: 8th Oct 2025

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To celebrate our Monthly Spotlight for September, The Riders by Tim Winton, we’re offering you the chance to win a copy of the book and a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag.

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1995, The Riders depicts a desperate man’s odyssey across Europe in search of the missing wife he now realises he barely knew.

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Website: nationalbooktokens.com

Added: 20th Oct 2025

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This Irish Book Week, we're delighted to feature some of Ireland's finest authors and their exceptional books, available in Irish bookshops today. We're giving away a bundle of five titles, a Wrights of Howth 'Taste of Ireland' food hamper, and a €50/£45 National Book Tokens gift card to spend in your favourite bookshops across the country.

The book bundle features some of the year's most loved and talked about titles, perfect for readers seeking moving novels, unforgettable characters, and inspiring stories. And to complement your new reads, indulge in some of Ireland's finest flavours, including smoked salmon, tea, cheese, crackers, and more.

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Website: nationalbooktokens.com

Added: 24th Oct 2025

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This Irish Book Week, we're giving away a copy of The Dublin Coffee Guide along with a French press and fresh coffee from Bailies Coffee Roasters in Belfast.

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Website: penguin.co.uk

Added: 24th Oct 2025

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To celebrate the release of I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS by Jenny Bayliss, we’ve teamed up with Tolly McRae to offer three lucky winners the chance to win a beautifully soft merino throw in mulberry - ideal for snuggling up on chilly winter nights - plus a copy of Jenny’s brand-new festive read and a copy of her previous cosy novel, KISS ME AT CHRISTMAS.

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