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Going beyond the book with a wide range of authors to discover the story behind the books we love.
The investigative reporting of Patrick Radden Keefe has already given us non-fiction classics like Say Nothing and Empire of Pain. In London...
For the first time ever, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize assembles our shortlisted authors and illustrators for a special interview in...
The legends surrounding the figure of Rasputin are so well-trodden we may think we know the story, but how did a man born as a peasant come...
Booker Prize-winner George Saunders takes us back to that space between life and death in his new novel, Vigil, leading to a fruitful conver...
Booker Prize-winner Julian Barnes has a bibliography that would keep a reader happy for many months, even years, but with mention that his l...
From the discipline he learnt from his grandfather and the integrity from his parents, to the lessons learned from everything from inflatabl...
Continuing the seasonal series after Michael Morpurgo’s Spring, Val McDermid turns from crime to Winter, with its festivals, rituals and new...
Salman Rushdie ’s return to fiction sees him sharing a collection of stories which look at the questions that await us all at the end of our...
Join us for what promises to be an unmissable evening with bestselling author R.F. Kuang, as we celebrate the publication of her much-antici...
30 years after he introduced the world to Lyra Belacqua, Philip Pullman launched the final volume in his Book of Dust series: The Rose Field...
From the moment she began her education at Oxford University, Malala Yousafzai was aware how hard it would be for her to enjoy a normal stud...
From her childhood in Islington to the red carpet at Cannes, Kathy Burke has always spoken her mind, and that strength and independence of t...
Ian McEwan 's masterful new novel is a piece of speculative fiction that shows a radically altered UK on the other side of climate catastrop...
With the arrival of Among the Burning Flowers, the majestic prequel to her classic fantasy, The Priory of the Orange Tree, we sat down with...
Back in 2017, we made Slow Horses by Mick Herron our Thriller of the Month in August and a whole host of readers found their new obsession....
We sat down with the phenomenal A. F. Steadman to discuss all things Skandar, including emergency sandwiches, superfan events and reading fo...
Already the best selling YA thriller writer, thanks to series like A Good Girl's Guide To Murder, Holly Jackson is back with Not Quite Dead...
The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2025 shortlisted authors are here! Meet Catherine Airey (Confessions), Gurnaik Johal (Saraswati), Niamh...
What do you do when you've already sold over 36 million copies of your Horrible Histories books? You write the kind of book that you, as a r...
Known for her pioneering work as an intimacy co-ordinator on shows such as Normal People and I May Destroy You, Ita O'Brien has distilled he...
We sat down with our beloved Waterstones Children's Laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce to discuss the magic of movie sets, the power of Shakespe...
Continuing a conversation begun with his first novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, we sat down with Ocean Vuong to discuss his new book,...
From dismissal of symptoms to one-size-fits-all surgical solutions, women's healthcare comes under the spotlight in Naga Munchetty 's import...
Robert Macfarlane 's latest book is his most personal and political yet, asking a question which may sound simple, but which forces the read...
Jack Fairweather brings the same rigour and narrative flair that won him the Costa Book of the Year award for The Volunteer, to his new book...
Completing a trilogy of outstanding books that examine the efforts to bring Nazi war criminals to account, Philippe Sands blends memoir, tra...
Hallie Rubenhold helped readers to see the Ripper murders from an entirely new perspective with The Five, which assiduously assembled the li...
Spring is Michael Morpurgo ’s first non-fiction book for adults in almost 40 years and the book itself is a portrait of waiting for the seas...
Jessie Burton uses her literary skills to enchant and entertain younger readers in her new novel, Hidden Treasure, which is a luminous tale...
Natasha Brown ’s Assembly was a debut that announced the arrival of a fresh new voice in fiction and her latest, Universality, shows her wie...
When you've waited ten years for a new novel from one of the world's literary luminaries, you want to know as much as you can from the autho...
Mark Steel brings his trademark humour to his account of cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery but is sure not to pull any punches whilst...
2025 is a big year for Kate Mosse . Celebrating the 20th anniversary of her bestselling novel, Labyrinth, and the 30th winner of the prize s...
Andrew O’Hagan ’s Caledonian Road was one of 2024’s bestselling novels, with readers delighting in his searing portrayal of privilege punctu...
Bestselling author Jojo Moyes knows how to create characters and relationships which engage her readers and We All Live Here is no exception...
When Han Kang accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature at the end of 2024, she spoke about the thread that connects her writing, from a poem...
Four university friends now in their thirties are all experiencing their own takes on motherhood in the new novel from Holly Bourne , and a...
After the success of her first book, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Dr Julie Smith wanted to create a new book, something to turn to...
Shortly after her Booker Prize win, we were delighted to host Samantha Harvey in conversation with Chief Executive of the Booker Prize Found...
On Boxing Day 2022, whilst in Rome, Hanif Kureishi fell after feeling faint. When he awoke, he realised he couldn't move his limbs, and life...
After the completion of her seasonal quartet, readers will have been wondering where Ali Smith might take us next and it shouldn't be a surp...
From his mega-selling debut, to viral superstardom and a career-renaissance that continues to this day, Rick Astley ’s life has always been...
Sometimes you want a second helping, and so it is with Stanley Tucci . After speaking with him about his memoir Taste, we were delighted to...
Since winning the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2015 with his debut picture book, Blown Away, we have been big fans of the work of Ro...
With a narrative that stretches over seven decades, the new novel from Alan Hollinghurst doesn’t just give us the intimate details of a man’...
Following her bestselling classic, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Kate Summerscale now transports the reader to 1950s Britain and the murder...
The ability to appreciate even the smallest moments of joy in our busy lives can be the difference between just another day and a truly memo...
When you have a world-renowned portraitist like Joe Lycett in the building, you get easels, paints and canvas out and indulge in a bit of du...
The Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 was one of those ‘where were you when it happened?’ moments, but beyond the explosive live footage of the...
The sound of change jangling in our pockets may be less familiar in these days of contactless payment, but we all know how important money c...