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Poetry can move souls and thrum hearts: why wouldn’t we teach our children about it?

A dispiriting new survey has found that nearly a quarter of schools teach poetry only once a year or less. What a shame that is, says children’s laureate, Joseph Coelho

The Guardian - UK

Best books to gift on Mother’s Day

Storybooks for magnificent mums and their little ones

Evening Standard

Best books on manifestation: from literary classics to New Age teachings

We’re manifesting your love for this round-up

Evening Standard

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry and Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks.

The Independent UK

Ex-Prime Minister Theresa May writing ‘Abuse of Power’ book

The book will touch on the Hillsborough and Grenfell tragedies and the Daniel Morgan case

Evening Standard

Waterstones says ‘no truth’ in claims it refuses to sell books on gender and feminism

The retailer had been trending on social media after accusations it did not stock works by Hannah Barnes and Victoria Smith

The Guardian - UK

Transphobic material left inside gender identity books at Trafford Centre Waterstones

Customers reported finding the leaflets which were deliberately placed inside the books

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin and Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati.

The Independent UK

19 gifts for book lovers from Amazon, Waterstones and more to celebrate World Book Day

Bookworms have a range of gifts to choose from including £1 Kindle Books, mystery book subscriptions, reading-themed gift boxes, bookmarks and more

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein and The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Victory City by Salman Rushdie and Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Maame by Jessica George and Nothing Can Hurt You Now by Simone Campos.

The Independent UK

'Disabled people deserve to be able to find books about us easily in bookshops'

Rachel Charlton-Dailey, Disabled Britain guest editor and columnist for the Mirror, says the book-writing world is a horrendously hard space to access as a disabled woman

Daily Mirror

Titles incorporating mental health lead shortlist for Children’s Book Prize

Now in its 19th year, the prize is voted for solely by Waterstones booksellers.

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Whispering Muse by Laura Purcell and Are You Happy Now by Hanna Jameson.

Evening Standard

Best online bookstores in the UK in 2025: Top places to shop for bibliophiles

For when the Dewey decimal system is just too much

Evening Standard

Best letter writing sets: Beautiful stationery to make your correspondence stand out

Your type, on paper

Daily Record

Signed Harry Potter books found by retired librarian after 20 years set to sell for thousands

Janette Tuckwell met JK Rowling in 1999 when she took a group of school pupils along to a Waterstones store and received her own first edition signed copies of the first two novels.

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Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Barnes & Noble saved itself by putting books first. Imagine that

It wasn't long ago that Barnes & Noble seemed to be on the glide path to extinction.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Becky by Sarah May and The Things That We Lost by Jyoti Patel.

Evening Standard

Best sex books to liven up your life in the bedroom

Who said reading isn’t sexy?

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis and Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah.

The Guardian - UK

Prince Harry’s Spare is fastest-selling nonfiction book since UK records began

First week of the controversial memoir’s sales breaks official UK records reports Nielsen, Guinness World Records and Waterstones

Liverpool Echo

Next set to close store on Southport high street

The store will close on January 28

Evening Standard

English language edition of Harry’s Spare memoir sells more than 1.4 million copies on day one

It is being sold for £14, not the recommended retail price of £28, in places such as Waterstones and WH Smith as well as online at Amazon

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