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Indie Book Advent Calendars

 When I closed Ninja Book Box, the Indie Book Advent Calendars I made were the one thing I couldn't let go of, so they've come with me! 


Order Your Book Advent Calendar

In them, you get a preloved book (in very good condition) for each week of December, personalised to your reading tastes, and published by an independent publisher. Each week you'll also get a gift parcel, including a gift or decoration that's either made by me, or by a brilliant small business, as well as one of my favourite festive recipes (tailored to your dietary requirements) and an Advent Tradition from around the world. As well as all that, you also have the chance to open your parcels along with me and other book lovers in our weekly Cosy Advent Lives on Instagram, and will receive a weekly email with festive activities, songs, movie suggestions and more. 

And if this wasn't enough... you can also choose your preferred level of festivity, as we know that some people love the festive season, and others are buying themselves or a friend this calendar as a distraction from what can be a tough time. So you can opt in or out of festive wrapping paper, extra emails, and any extra festive excitement, while still keeping the bookish goodness of the calendar itself. 

Oh, and also we make calendars for all ages, so you can get them for friends, kids, family members... basically anyone you'd like to treat to a wonderful, bookish December. 

Finally, all of the profits from this advent calendar now go to support our events over at Bookshop Crawl UK

If you've had our calendars in the past and want to send me some lovely feedback that I can use to show people how great they are, please email ninjabookbox@gmail.com

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