Category Archives: Children’s

Miss Honey

More Maytilda: A visit from Miss Honey

Last week, Miss Honey from the Royal Shakespeare Company's musical production of Matilda joined children from three schools for a special reading from our Children's Book of the Month at Waterstones Piccadilly... Read more →
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Neil Gaiman discusses Fortunately, the Milk…

We took a sneak peak at Neil Gaiman's new children's book, Fortunately, the Milk... and got to ask Neil himself how a tale of one Dad's heroic mission to provide milk for his family ended up as something of a beginner's guide to theoretical physics. With dinosaurs... Read more →
Matilda

Children’s Book of the Month – May

Florentyna Martin introduces the magic of "Maytilda" and the myriad of marvellous events taking place in our bookshops across the country in support of our new charity partner: the Children’s Reading Fund... Read more →
Walliams copy

The Book Clinic: Where next after Walliams?

Isabel Popple, lead bookseller at our Truro bookshop, answers your book-based questions to help you in your search for the perfect read. This week she's looking at what books young David Walliams fans can move onto once they've consumed all of his... Read more →
The Book Clinic

The Book Clinic: Too young for teen books

In a new fortnightly feature, Isabel Popple, lead bookseller at our Truro bookshop, answers your book-based questions to help you in your search for the perfect read. This week she's looking at finding great books for advanced younger readers whilst avoiding those teen titles which might not yet be so suitable... Read more →
The Biggest Book Show On Earth

The Biggest Book Show On Earth: World Book Day 2013

World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland, which is this year celebrating sixteen years of encouraging the young and old to share their love of books and reading. The day was kick-started by a special event at Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank.  Read more →
Stephanie Meyer at Piccadilly

Events, dear boy, events – February & March

One of the best things about having real bookshops is that you can meet people there. Not just other book lovers, and booksellers full of advice to help you choose your next book, but authors. Our events teams across the country strive to bring you closer to your favourite writers, and here Steven Cooper from our national events team, looks back at some highlights from February, as well as giving a preview of some exciting happenings coming up this month... Read more →