The 2025 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize shortlist has finally been announced and it features novels spanning across a vast range of topics and genres. Currently in its fourth year, the Debut Fiction ...

In the 1999 film You've Got Mail, independent boutique bookseller Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) and corporate bookstore owner Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) highlight the challenges for independent bookstore brand v ...

Queues spilled out of the door this morning as Bournemouth Waterstones restocked the latest drop of Pokémon cards.

A chartered accountant turned author has made history at the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, becoming the first writer ever to be shortlisted for two distinct books across two different categories.

Resurgence in sales of physical books at heart of high street retailer’s revival as chief executive takes battle to Amazon Four years ago, Waterstones was facing oblivion. Declining sales of physical ...

N ewport in South Wales won an unfortunate title last summer when it topped a list of British towns for the share of its shop space lying vacant: nearly a fifth. The closures on B ...

As widely predicted in press reports, Waterstones has bought the small U.K. bookstore chain, Blackwell's. "Funds advised" by Elliott Advisors, Waterstones parent, have enabled the purchase, which the ...

An event at the flagship Waterstones store was branded "hell on earth" yesterday due to serious overcrowding and safety concerns. Customers descended on the branch in Piccadilly, central London for ...