Judge a book by its cover
Award-winning book jacket designer Richard Norgate gives us a look into the process of creating the perfect cover...
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Tag Archives: guest post
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
The Joy of Rejection
The little yellow book… David Kynaston on Wisden
With the 150th edition published today, David Kynaston, author of the bestselling Austerity Britain 1945-51 and Family Britain 1951-57, takes a look at the beloved institution that is Wisden... Read more
It turns out Twitter isn’t always a waste of time after all…
Back in January, sixteen year-old Franky Rogers sent a tweet to her local Waterstones bookshop in Folkestone. Just two months later, she was guest of honour at the Waterstones Children's Book Prize ceremony...
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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
A short list of short stories…
Good short stories are miraculous creations. In just a few paragraphs, sometimes even just a few sentences, a talented author can evoke a multitude of emotions. They are also perfect for people with hectic lifestyles, a quick ten minute read can fill your mind with new characters, locations and ideas just as much as a full novel. Here are three of Cara Fielder's favourite collections that will whisk you away to another world in just moments.
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Sita Brahmachari on The Arrival
With our Children's Book Prize winners announcement coming this evening, former winner Sita Brahmachari tells us how that recognition spurred her on as a writer, and about her most recent project adapting a graphic novel for the stage... Read more
The other Essex: Kate Worsley
Beyond the brash, flash Essex of popular culture is a coastal and rural landscape that has inspired some of England's finest writing. As a swathe of new books – including her own She Rises – celebrate Essex's literary landscape, Kate Worsley explores its hidden treasures.
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Taking Vampires Seriously – K J Wignall
KJ Wignall, author of the young adult vampire series The Mercian Trilogy, looks at the problems facing any writer who wants to dodge the pitfalls of popular folklore and write fantasy which is grounded in a reality... Read more
From this position…
In the first of a new series, Matthew O'Donoghue of our Publisher Liaison team takes a look at two recent books from and about David Foster Wallace...
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On slippery spaces and not being an historian – Elizabeth Fremantle
Novelist Elizabeth Fremantle, whose novel Queen's Gambit is published today, talks about walking the dangerous line where fact meets fiction... Read more
In pursuit of “the zone”: Suzanne Joinson
Suzanne Joinson, author of A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar is in search of that elusive "perfect" place to sit and write... Read more
How much should a narrator know? Matthew Reynolds
Novelist Matthew Reynolds considers whether too much knowledge can be a bad thing... Read more
Tony Wheeler on 40 years of Lonely Planet
Writing exclusively for Waterstones blog, Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet takes a look back at how far he, and the series have come in the past forty years. Plus you can take a look at the very first Lonely Planet guide and enter our competition to win a ten day Turkish adventure... Read more
