We are so excited for our event with Rhiannon Oliver next Tuesday 7th April
She will be hosting a crafting session in the children's section and signing her book Fresh.
It's a free event and there is no need to book but for more info follow the link:
https://t.co/WiCnnj8Qw3
It is with enormous pleasure that we announce Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob, written and illustrated by Huw Aaron, as the Overall Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2026.
Find out more about all our winners here:
https://t.co/AldM4SZ9iG
#WCBP26
Our booksellers are in full swing for World Book Day!
Don't forget to celebrate, Double Plus Stamps have returned until March 8th! Not already a plus member? Sign up for free here: https://t.co/Im0qbKbKms
It wouldn't be #BoxingDay without a sale and with an incredible range of fiction, non-fiction and children's books to choose from with up to 50% off RRP, we're spoilt for choice: https://t.co/clBftSzFPW
We're absolutely thrilled to announce our incredible 2025 #BookoftheYear shortlist! 🥳
From deranged donuts and pickled bats to slow-burn romances and journeys to the underworld, discover the nominees here: https://t.co/v73x9CI4Pq
PUBLISHERS! Do you have a debut novel arriving 01/08/25 - 31/07/26 that you think could join these ranks? Submissions are open for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2026, celebrating emerging talent as voted for by our booksellers. Full criteria here: https://t.co/ghuyb0uq64
Just announced! The Artist by Lucy Steeds wins the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2025. An intoxicating tale of art, love and secrets set across a sun-drenched Provençal summer in 1920; find our gorgeous new edition with ribbon marker here: https://t.co/PJ0ssAB5KS
#WDFP
ICYMI, here is the incredible 2025 YA Book Prize shortlist! 🥳
Celebrating the finest writing in the UK and Ireland for teens and young adults, discover this year's nominees here: https://t.co/rdOa1UNthZ @yabookprize@thebookseller
We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the fourth Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize! Championed by booksellers across the country, discover the six phenomenal books from the most exciting new voices in fiction here: https://t.co/yl8D8pC6IV #WDFP
Calling all crime lovers! We have an amazing event coming up next week with two fantastic authors! Do not miss out!
For more info: https://t.co/dFzSyxvigv
Just announced, the shortlist for the 2025 International Booker Prize!
From a beguiling meditation on the ways we inhabit time to a masterful slice of dystopian fiction, discover the final six here: https://t.co/cM0qI7iquQ @TheBookerPrizes
Our events team have been working hard to secure some super exciting events for Spring! And here are just a few with more in the pipeline!
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One week to go! We will be opening early to celebrate the launch of #sunriseonthereaping ! 8am, 18 March 2025. And may the odds be ever in your favour!
We’re delighted to introduce the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist! The 16 books on the list are genre-spanning, with many exploring the ramifications of global events in the past, present and future. We hope you enjoy every moment of the journey within their pages.
We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Denzil Meyrick. An absolutely incredible writer who rapidly and definitively found his place in the all time greats of Scottish Crime Fiction and a firm favourite amongst the staff and customers here.