‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ named Waterstones book of the year, Thunberg named author of the year
In its annual awards, UK bookselling chain Waterstones has announced The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy (Ebury) as book of the year and climate...
Waterstones staff deliver petition, self-published book with backing of 9000
Staff at UK bookselling chain Waterstones have handed in their petition for a ‘real living wage’, featuring more than 9000 signatures, to the chain’s head office in London, reports the...
Rooney wins 2018 Waterstones book of the year award
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has selected Sally Rooney’s Normal People (Faber) as its book of the year for 2018. Chosen from a shortlist of eight, ‘Normal People was swiftly championed...
Waterstones buys Foyles
British bookshop chain Waterstones has acquired independent bookselling chain Foyles, reports the Bookseller. Foyles has been a family-run business for 115 years, and currently operates four shops in London, and...
Waterstones backtracks on unbranded store plans for Edinburgh
British bookshop chain Waterstones has backtracked on plans to open one of its unbranded stores in a district of Edinburgh that is already home to an independent bookshop, following an outcry...
Waterstones accused of breaking pledge to not compete with indie bookshops
British bookshop chain Waterstones has announced it plans to expand in Edinburgh, causing local independent booksellers to accuse the chain retailer of backtracking on previous statements about not competing with...
Waterstones partners with UK podcast
In the UK, bookselling chain Waterstones has announced a year-long partnership with the podcast Mostly Lit to produce a series of in-store events and online content, reports the Bookseller. The...
Waterstones sales increase in 2014-15
UK chain bookseller Waterstones has recorded a rise in sales for the year to 25 April 2015, leading MD James Daunt to comment that the company was ‘moving in the...
Picture book wins Waterstones Book of the Year
Children’s picture book The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith (Particular Books) has won the Waterstones Book of the Year for 2015, reports the Bookseller. Bickford-Smith’s ‘elegant fable’ was...
Waterstones relaunches website with individual shop pages
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has relaunched its website offering a ‘simpler and more pleasurable experience’ for customers, reports the Bookseller. The new website, which is optimised for tablets and smartphones,...
James Daunt: Waterstones ‘close to breaking even’
In the UK, Waterstones managing director James Daunt has revealed in an interview with financial website This Is Money that the bookselling chain is ‘now close to breaking even’. The...
‘The Miniaturist’ wins Waterstones Book of the Year
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Picador) has been named as the Waterstones Book of the Year. Burton’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of eight that included Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road...
Flanagan shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year
Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Vintage) has been shortlisted for the 2014 Waterstones Book of the Year in the UK.Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel is one of...
Waterstones opens ‘indie’ bookshop
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has opened a new store under ‘independent’ branding, reports the Bookseller. Southwold Books opened in July in the seaside town of Southwold and will ‘be run...
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winners announced
Katherine Rundell’s children’s novel Rooftoppers (Faber) has been named the overall winner at this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, reports the Bookseller. The novel also won the Best Fiction for...
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlists announced
The shortlists for this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize have been announced in the UK, reports the Bookseller. Bookselling chain Waterstones presents three children’s book prizes each year, each worth...
Waterstones ends debut novelist promotion
In the UK, Waterstones has ended its program for promoting debut novelists in its stores, reports the Bookseller. The Waterstones Eleven campaign, which had run for three years, promoted 11...
‘Stoner’ named Waterstones Book of the Year
Stoner by US author John Williams (Vintage) has been named the Waterstones Book of the Year for 2013 in the UK. The novel, which was first published in 1965 and...
Waterstones gets exclusive on re-published Munro story
In the UK, bookselling chain Waterstones will exclusively sell the print edition of a re-published short story by Nobel Laureate Alice Munro, reports the Bookseller. The story Queenie, which was...
Waterstones to restructure bookshop management positions
UK bookselling chain Waterstones is restructuring its bookshop management positions to put more emphasis on shop-floor bookselling, reports the Bookseller. Managing director James Daunt has sent an email informing staff...