Books Are My Bag Limited-Edition Bag 2025, designed by Ashwin Chacko.
 
The annual Books Are My Bag Limited-Edition Bag is available for purchase exclusively via high street and independent bookshops from Bookshop Day onwards, while stocks last. For the first time ever, the same artist, Ashwin Chacko, has created the campaign artwork and the bag design!  
 
This year, the artwork was created by Ashwin Chacko. Ashwin is an award-winning, author-Illustrator and motivational speaker. He specialises in positively playful, visual storytelling to bring joy and encouragement. His mission is to champion creativity and empower people to find their inner spark through his art, books, talks & workshops.
 
Author of: Keep At It, Little Optimist, Everybody Feels Fear, A Little Book About Justice, What Wondrous Shapes We Are, Wild City (shortlisted for Children's Book of the Year (Junior), An Post Irish Book Awards) & I Am The Wind (winner of the Children's Book of the Year (Senior).
Ashwin is based in Belfast.
 
You can find his work here: www.whackochacko.com / www.instagram.com/whackochacko