Events, dear boy, events – February & March
One of the best things about having real bookshops is that you can meet people there. Not just other book lovers, and booksellers full of advice to help you choose your next book, but authors. Our events teams across the country strive to bring you closer to your favourite writers, and here Steven Cooper from our national events team, looks back at some highlights from February, as well as giving a preview of some exciting happenings coming up this month...
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Our Book of the Month for February is Instructions For A Heatwave, by Maggie O'Farrell.
The first novel from award-winning short-story writer Claire King is the beautiful The Night Rainbow, which has already won praise from Maggie O'Farrell, who called it "moving, gripping, elegant and spare". Writing exclusively for Waterstones.com/blog, she tells how a real life incident influenced her decision to write from a child's perspective... 
As snippets of information are being released on new novels from 
