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Remembering Iain Banks…

Greg Eden mourns the passing of Iain Banks... Read more →

A.M. Homes wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction

A.M. Homes' May We Be Forgiven has won this year's Women's Prize for fiction... Read more →

Malorie Blackman is the new Waterstones Children’s Laureate

The author of the Noughts & Crosses series has been named as the successor to Julia Donaldson and the eighth Waterstones Children's Laureate. Read more →

The Book That Made Me: We are all made of books

Jon Woolcott, from our Head Office team introduces The Book That Made Me, and explains how you can get involved... Read more →

Lydia Davis wins the Man Booker International Prize 2013

The American writer Lydia Davis becomes the winner of the fifth Man Booker International Prize... Read more →

A quick interview with Dan Brown

Last night, in his first ever UK event, Dan Brown entertained and enthralled his fans in a packed Freemason's Hall in London. We managed to grab him for a couple of minutes to discuss his latest novel, Inferno, and what he might be writing next... Read more →

Let Luhrmann be Luhrmann: The Great Gatsby on film

Dan Lewis desperately wanted to use "The Great Ghastly" as the headline for his review of Baz Luhrmann's film, but found glimpses of great performances visible through the glare of ego... Read more →

Howard Jacobson does the double – Zoo Time wins the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2013

Howard Jacobson beats Michael Frayn to a second win in the UK's leading comic fiction prize... Read more →

Dan Brown ignites the Inferno & win a signed copy

Dan Brown fans queued up at Waterstones Piccadilly to be the first to own a signed copy of the writer's latest thriller, Inferno. But if you couldn't make it, read on to find out how you can win one of five signed copies... Read more →

Visit Brick City, at Waterstones Piccadilly

How did we fit St Pancras Station inside our Piccadilly bookshop? We had a little help from Lego expert Warren Elsmore and around 150,000 bricks and pieces... Read more →

Pushkin House Russian Book Prize shortlist announced

The shortlist for the inaugural Pushkin House Russian Book Prize, sponsored by Waterstones, "shows the extent of vibrant writing on the Russian speaking world which can help promote mutual understanding" said Andrew Jack of the Financial Times. Read more →