Category Archives: Prizes

Gerbrand Bakker on winning the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize…

Gerbrand Bakker, winner of this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize explains how his book The Detour took him from North Wales, to Amsterdam, and finally the Royal Institute of British Architects - where he learned to love champagne... Read more →

Hay Days: A look ahead

Dan Lewis is at the Hay Festival, where when he began writing the sun was shining... Read more →

The UEA Effect

Two recent announcements have led Waterstones UEA manager Margaret Janes to ponder the enormous influence of the Norwich university on the literary world... 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 →

Women’s Prize For Fiction 2013: Shortlist announced

Hilary Mantel may not walk away with the prize so easily this time as she faces stiff competition on the Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist... Read more →

CILIP Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards

Florentyna Martin takes a closer look at the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal shortlists which were announced back in March... Read more →

Women’s Prize For Fiction 2013: Longlist announced

Formerly known as the Orange Prize, the Women's Prize for Fiction returns this year with a longlist of familiar names and rising talent. Read more →

Man Booker International Prize 2013 finalists announced

Previous finalist Marilynne Robinson is among the ten writers from nine different counties being considered for this year's Man Booker International Prize. Read more →

Reflections: Madeline Miller

Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012, Madeline Miller take a moment to look back on a year filled with unexpected travels... Read more →

A Russell Norman interview (of sorts) & win a meal at Polpo

Waterstones Book of the Year winner Russell Norman spoke to us about how the design and aesthetics of his restaurant Polpo fed into his award winning book of the same name. Read more →

My Book of the Year… Bring Up The Bodies

Chris White, our fiction buyer and resident Hilary Mantel fanatic tells us why Bring Up The Bodies is the only choice for Waterstones Book of the Year... Read more →

My Book of the Year… Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure

Greg Eden, our Online Content and Community Manager, tells us why Artemis Cooper's retelling of the adventures of Patrick Leigh Fermor is his Waterstones Book of the Year...   Read more →

“It’s the truth, and the truth needed to be told” Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle win the William Hill Prize

The 24th William Hill Sports Book of the Year has been won by Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle for their expose of the corruption at the heart of the Tour de France, The Secret Race. Read more →

My Book of the Year… HHhH

Our PR manager Jon Howells chooses Laurent Binet's HHhH as his Waterstones Book of the Year... Read more →

My Book of the Year… The Old Ways

Steven Cooper from our events team sets out his reasons why Robert Macfarlane's The Old Ways should be Waterstones Book of the Year... Read more →