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
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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...
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Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2013 shortlist announced
Waterstones Book Club pick Skios could bring Michael Frayn a second win in the UK's leading comic fiction prize... 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.
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Beyond Bagels and Nazis – Sam Leith on the Jewish Quartely-Wingate Prize 2013
This week is Jewish Book Week, and sees the announcement of the Jewish Quartely-Wingate Prize 2013. Journalist and author of The Coincidence Engine, Sam Leith, looks at the rich breadth of the Prize's scope, and why this makes for such an interesting and diverse shortlist...
Read more Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlists announced
We're pleased to announce the shortlists for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013. Now in its ninth year, and covering three categories of children's writing the prize was created to reward and champion new and emerging talent in children's writing. Bookseller Florentyna Martin takes a closer look at the books that made the cut... Read more Costa Book of the Year 2012 – Hilary Mantel does the double
Hilary Mantel has set another record by becoming the first writer to win both the Man Booker Prize and the Costa Book of the Year in the same year. Read more 
Russell Norman’s Polpo wins Waterstones Book of the Year
Russell Norman's Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts) has won the inaugural Waterstones Book of the Year award.
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“Pure, visceral joy” Francesca Segal
Costa First Novel Award nominee Francesca Segal tells us about the very moment she learned she had been shortlisted for her novel The Innocents...
Read more Pushkin House & Waterstones announce new Russian Book Prize…
London's leading centre for the Russian Arts, Pushkin House, has today announced the inaugural Pushkin House Russian Book Prize, sponsored by Waterstones.
This new annual award is designed to further public understanding of the Russian-speaking world, by encouraging and rewarding the very best non-fiction writing on Russia, and promoting serious discussion on the issues raised. Read more Robert Macfarlane to chair 2013 Man Booker Prize for fiction
Waterstones Book of the Year nominated author Robert Macfarlane has been named as chair of the judges for the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Read more “Never attempt judging without coffee” – Shortlisting the Costa Book Awards
When Sarah Clarke, our Publisher Manager, was asked to be on the judging panel for this year's Costa Children's Book Award little did she know she was going to lose her desk to the piles of entries which flooded in. Having dug her out, and ahead of the full Costa Book Awards shortlists announcement this evening, she tells us about her experience...
Read more Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist announced…
Update 29/11/12: Polpo announced as winner of Waterstones Book of the Year.
Today, we are excited to announce the shortlist for our inaugural Waterstones Book of the Year.
Read more What’s the point in literary prizes?
Karyn Dougan from our Glasgow Argyle Street bookshop visited the Dundee Literary Festival, where a panel of authors and publishers were questioning how much awards and prizes really matter... Read more 
