Nicola Sturgeon tweets support for Independent Bookshop Week

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has tweeted her support for an initiative to help independent book sellers across Scotland.

Ms Sturgeon retweeted a list of Edinburgh’s independent book shops, writing: “A brilliant list of Edinburgh’s independent bookshops (would love to see same for Glasgow).

“Can’t wait to browse in some of these when shops again in a week.

“But check out their online shops too (I recently used @PortyBooks service & it was great),” she told followers.

She ended the tweet with the hashtag #IndiBookshopWeek.

The week, which runs from June 20 until June 27, is organised by the Booksellers Association, and is designed to celebrate independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland.

You can find out more about it here.

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