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Britain’s biggest bookseller just thanked RTO mandates for bumper 2024 book sales

RTO mandates, tourism, and an overall increase in book-reading played a part in Waterstones’ big year.

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Best Valentine's Day cards for him and her: Romantic and funny notes

Pretty paper vessels for your yearly declarations of love

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Bookworms rejoice! The Waterstones Boxing Day 2024 sale is here

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Novels about serial killers and loyal dogs voted Waterstones books of 2024

Booksellers chose true-crime inspired Butter by Asako Yuzuki as book of the year, while Ross Montgomery’s fun adventure I Am Rebel took the children’s prize

The Guardian - UK

Foodie mystery novel Butter named Waterstones Book Of The Year

The novel focuses is about a Tokyo female journalist who tries to interview a female gourmet cook and serial killer in prison.

The Independent UK

Samantha Harvey’s Booker-winning Orbital tops UK bestseller list

The short novel narrating a day in the life of six astronauts on the International Space Station becomes the first book to top the charts in the week of its win

The Guardian - UK

Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo among books on Waterstones Book Of The Year shortlist

Previous winners range from Philip Pullman and Maggie O’Farrell to Charlie Mackesy, Paul McCartney and Katherine Rundell.

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John Lewis unveils new look Oxford Street store as it shelves plans to convert much of flagship into offices

A flagship Jamie Oliver Cookery School and Cafe on the third floor is opening in spring next year as part of the changes to the store.

Evening Standard

Waterstones coming back to Oxford Street after eight years away

The new shop promises to have 20,000 titles

Evening Standard

‘Buzz is back’ for John Lewis, but no commitment to return of staff bonus

Retail group on course for ‘significantly higher’ full-year profits, with ‘transformation plan working’

The Guardian - UK

Ferdia Lennon: ‘I was tired of Merchant Ivory accents’

The recent winner of the Waterstones debut fiction prize on literary friendships, the lucidity of Georges Simenon and Irish writing’s debt to the financial crash

The Guardian - UK

Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83

Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller but later saw his company overtaken by the rise of Amazon

The Independent UK

Well hung? We interview Martino Gamper about his new book of (around) 1,000 hooks

Italian maverick designer Martino Gamper doesn't hang around. He has a new book featuring 1,000 hooks made by hand. We ask him how and why...

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Ferdia Lennon wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for “riotous” novel Glorious Exploits

Described as a ‘masterclass in tragicomedy’, the novel, set in Syracuse in 412BC, follows two locals who decide to stage Medea in a quarry using prisoners as actors

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Waterstones apologises after ‘terrifying’ antisemitic book found in shop

Shop in Dublin has removed ’The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ after a customer complaint

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Cressida Cowell’s cultural highlights

The How To Train Your Dragon author on the most beautiful place on Earth, an epic nature-themed fantasy and the tantalising prospect of a new Jilly Cooper TV adaptation

The Guardian - UK

Authors ask Waterstones to rehire worker fired after tweet about gender-critical writer

Over 500 industry professionals sign open letter to bookseller after employee’s post about ‘tearing up books’ by Christina Dalcher

The Independent UK

Waterstones slammed for sacking TikToker who said she would ‘tear up and bin’ gender-critical author’s work

Exclusive: Her sacking has sparked a backlash from the LGBTQ community against the retailer

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New Louis Poulsen book explores the Danish lighting company's illuminating world

Louis Poulsen: First House of Light, published by Phaidon, is a new design book delving into the Danish company's world of radiant lighting

Evening Standard

The 10 best Stephen King books, by a fan of the horror master

Prepare for scares with The King of Horror’s spookiest, most psychologically thrilling novels

The Guardian - UK

Six ‘bold and playful’ novels shortlisted for Waterstones debut fiction prize

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley and Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly are among those in contention for award voted on by the company’s booksellers

Evening Standard

Best space opera books to escape into a sci fi epic

Traverse interplanetary warfare, deadly political moves and chivalric love with these beloved space operas

Evening Standard

Best Japanese novels to read in translation

Experience the culture and history of Japan through contemporary literature

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Best air fryer cookbooks for speedy and healthy home cooking 2024

Cook up a storm with the kitchen gadget of the decade

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Best books about Irish history to read in 2024

From the origins of the Irish language to intimate, personal histories of Ireland’s darkest periods, these are some of the best books about Irish history

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