5 new books to read this week This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Liberation Day by George Saunders and Our Share Of Night by Mariana Enriquez. The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022
Dunscore author's modern day witch story chosen as Waterstones' book of the month Sally Hinchliffe was inspired to write Hare House by Dumfries and Galloway's history of witch trials Daily Record · Oct 19, 2022
Matalan founder in talks with Waterstones owner to fund takeover bid Matalan was founded by John Hargreaves in 1985 and put itself up for sale towards the end of last month Liverpool Echo · Oct 12, 2022
Waterstones owner in talks to back Matalan takeover bid by John Hargreaves Matalan was founded by Mr Hargreaves in 1985 Birmingham Post · Oct 12, 2022
5 new books to read this week This week’s bookcase includes reviews of House Of Hunger by Alexis Henderson and The Romantic by William Boyd. The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022
5 new books to read this week This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Tattoo Murder by Akimitsu Takagi and Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng. The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022
5 new books to read this week This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Best Of Friends by Kamila Shamsie and A Sliver Of Darkness by C. J. Tudor. The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022
Rylan Clark pulls out of meet and greets after heart-breaking book revelations Rylan Clark has cancelled his planned book signings at Waterstones following the heart-breaking admission he made about the reason his marriage to Dan Neal broke down Daily Mirror · Sep 23, 2022
Closures and cancellations in Liverpool for the Queen's funeral A number of shops, venues and more will be closing for the Queen's funeral next week Liverpool Echo · Sep 14, 2022
5 new books to read this week This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Lessons by Ian McEwan and The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman. The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022
Truss urged to invest in libraries and abolish tax on audiobooks Authors and publishers’ organisations have also called on the new government to support author visits to schools and to introduce an online sales tax The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2022
5 new books to read this week This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Fairy Tale by Stephen King and Act Of Oblivion by Robert Harris. The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022
Now NI's high street shops are going dog friendly Books shops, sofa stores and even chemists, we list 62 local shops in Belfast City Centre and beyond who welcome pets and their people Belfast Live · Sep 2, 2022
‘Fiercely original’ novel The Rabbit Hutch wins Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize The inaugural winner was chosen by a panel of booksellers from the company’s stores. The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022
The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022 5 new books to read this week This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Long Knives by Irvine Welsh and Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022 5 new books to read this week This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Change by Kirsten Miller and The Queen Of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022 Reader, I followed them: TikTok expands its content to tap into the BookTok phenomenon New retailer partnerships, live events and book clubs are all planned to capitalise on the platform’s vibrant community of literature lovers
The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022 Waterstones staff ‘abused by customers’ amid book shortages due to delivery delays Booksellers have reportedly had titles thrown at them and faced aggressive behaviour from customers
The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022 5 new books to read this week This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Dark Music by David Lagercrantz and Peter Rabbit: Hide And Seek! by Rachel Bright.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2022 Waterstones hit by ‘nightmare’ stock issues after warehouse system upgrade Technical difficulties have led to backlog of unfulfilled orders and stock shortages in store for the bookshop chain
The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022 5 new books to read this week This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Trust by Hernan Diaz and The Last Gift Of The Master Artists by Ben Okri.
The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2022 Why we’re obsessed with debut novels The energy in the world of publishing is decisively behind first-time fiction writers. There’s a reason why we’re so hungry for new voices, writes Jessie Thompson
The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2022 Shortlist announced for Waterstones debut fiction prize The ‘dazzling’ finalists include Sequoia Nagamatsu, Eloghosa Osunde, Tara M Stringfellow, Tess Gunty and Louise Kennedy
The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022 Children’s books world reacts to ‘horrible loss’ of Blue Peter book awards BookTrust which ran the awards said its limited resources would now be directed to disadvantaged families
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022 Joseph Coelho chosen as Britain’s new children’s laureate The poet and children’s author, who takes over from Cressida Cowell, was praised as an ‘extraordinary advocate for making poetry accessible to all’