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The 2025 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize shortlist has finally been announced and it features novels spanning across a vast range of topics and genres. Currently in its fourth year, the Debut Fiction ...

This list has it all if you're a reader and a little stuck as for what to try out next ...

A chartered accountant turned author has made history at the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, becoming the first writer ever to be shortlisted for two distinct books across two different categories.

Resurgence in sales of physical books at heart of high street retailer’s revival as chief executive takes battle to Amazon Four years ago, Waterstones was facing oblivion. Declining sales of physical ...

A ‘stimulating job’ doesn’t pay anybody’s rent. Decent wages are long overdue When I saw the staff petition for Waterstones to become a living wage employer earlier this week – along with the open ...

In the 1999 film You've Got Mail, independent boutique bookseller Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) and corporate bookstore owner Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) highlight the challenges for independent bookstore brand v ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Waterstones is pleased to announce that today funds advised by Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited (“Elliott”) have acquired Blackwell’s, an iconic academic and specialist ...

Book chain Waterstones has been bought by activist investment firm Elliott Advisors for an undisclosed amount. James Daunt, the chain's chief executive since 2011, will remain in the post under the ...

What one is top of your list?