Hay Days: A look ahead
Dan Lewis is at the Hay Festival, where when he began writing the sun was shining... Read more
Tag Archives: Non-fiction
Seven tips to help you spend more time with the books you love
Jordan Milne and Martin Bjergegaard, the authors of Winning Without Losing: 66 Strategies for Building a Wildly Successful Business While Living a Happy and Balanced Life give you seven simple steps to get things done and make more time for reading... Read more
What difference would independence make to Scottish culture? Karyn Dougan
Bookseller Karyn Dougan, from our Glasgow Argyle Street bookshop, reads a new collection of essays on Scottish independence and wonders exactly what a "yes" vote might mean for her nation's culture...
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Top ten books for Mother’s Day
With Mother's Day coming up next Sunday - don't say we didn't remind you - Cara Fielder pulls together her top ten suggestions for the perfect book treat for your mum. And this being Cara, you can be sure this is not your ordinary selection...
“My daughter currently wants to be a chef-ballerina-rockstar” Monica Galetti
Monica Galetti, Senior Sous Chef at Michel Roux Jnr's Le Gavroche and judge on the BBC's Masterchef: The Professionals, talked to us about growing up with food, the importance of cooking together as a family, and the making of her new book Monica's Kitchen. And she was all smiles... 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.
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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...
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My Book of the Year… Polpo
Matthew O'Donoghue, from our Publisher Liaison team, tells us why Polpo gets his vote for Waterstones Book of the Year...
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My Book of the Year… On The Map
Bea Carvalho from our non-fiction team tells us why she's backing Simon Garfield's On The Map as her choice for Waterstones Book of the Year...
Read more Costa Book Awards shortlists announced
Hilary Mantel is nominated yet again as Bring up the Bodies heads the list for the Costa Novel Award. Meanwhile, Waterstones Book of the Year nominee Artemis Cooper's Patrick Leigh-Fermor: An Adventure is listed for the Biography Award.
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 Specsavers National Book Awards shortlist announced
This year's Specsavers National Book Awards Shortlists have been announced today.
Read more ‘The price of life is death’ – Into the Silence wins the Samuel Johnson Prize
The winner of this year's Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction is Into the Silence by Wade Davis (The Bodley Head).
Read more ExxonMobil exposé wins FT Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year
Steve Coll has won the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012 for Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power.
William Hill Sports Book Of The Year Shortlist announced
Co-founder of the award, now in its 24th year, Graham Sharpe described this year's shortlist as “a magnificently varied list of seven readable, remarkable and worthy contenders. The subject matter encompasses the entire emotional gamut from comedy to tragedy.”
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