Pratchett

A (very) quick chat with Terry Pratchett

Following his sell-out event at Conway Hall in London discussing The Science of Discworld IV with co-authors Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, Terry Pratchett grabbed a moment to answer a couple of our questions...

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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
David Marks

David Mark on how truth bleeds into fiction…

Original Skin is the recently published follow up to crime writer David Mark's Dark Winter, and sees the return of DS Aector McAvoy. Here he talks about his previous life as a crime journalist and how the truth bleeds into his fiction... Read more
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Waterstones eleven: Ghana Must Go

Taiye Selasi‘s debut novel Ghana Must Go is our Waterstones eleven choice for April. Writing exclusively for Waterstones blog, Taiye tells how she came to be a writer, and in a video interview with us she discusses how the writing of her first novel was like running the 400m... Read more

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Book of the Month – April

Cara Fielder explains why this month's Waterstones Book of the Month, Kate Atkinson's Life After Life, has had her ignoring her real family and friends in favour of fiction... Read more
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North, Towards Home – Wiley Cash

Wiley Cash, author of the New York Times bestseller A Land More Kind That Home, writes exclusively for Waterstones.com/blog about turning the real life story of a young autistic boy's murder into fiction. Read more