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Halloween at home with Dame Susan Hill
This Halloween, celebrate Susan Hill’s damehood with her unforgettably chilling ghost stories.
Q&A with Sybil Oldfield, author of The Black Book
'I had to find out who these anti-fascist men and women were.'
Alan Bennett’s new Talking Heads: Two Besides
Alan Bennett has written two new works for his landmark Talking Heads series.
Matthew Cobb on the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2020 Shortlist
The Idea of the Brain has been shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2020.
Why you need to read People Like Us by Hashi Mohamed
'Read it if it mirrors your own experience, but read it especially if it doesn’t.'
Our autumn history blockbusters: a reader’s guide
Get to know our history blockbusters from bestselling authors.
Bookseller’s Delight: Seven Kinds of People You Meet In a Bookshop
New from the bestselling author of Diary of a Bookseller, comes a hilarious gift for booklovers everywhere
WIN a copy of This Book Will Make You Kinder and an enamel pin
We’re celebrating World Kindness Day with Henry J Garrett’s insightful guide to making the world a more empathetic place
A Cheesemonger’s History of the British Isles is Waterstones Book of the Month
Out now in paperback!
An interview with Alan Allport, author of Britain at Bay
Read a fascinating Q&A with the author of epic new history book, Britain at Bay.
Free copies People Like Us for UK schools
This Black History Month, we're giving away copies of Hashi Mohamed's important memoir.
Happiness, a Mystery Video
Bestselling crime writer, poet and confessed self-help addict Sophie Hannah sets out to solve the age-old mystery of happiness.
Cut through the chaos with Lives of the Stoics
Discover the art of living for a better life with the bestselling authors of The Daily Stoic
Pre-Order This Book Will Make You Kinder
Pre-order This Book Will Make You Kinder and be in to win an enamel pin worth £8
Matthew Cobb on the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2020
The Idea of the Brain has been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2020.
Alan Allport on lessons from Britain at Bay for today’s readers
Lessons from Alan Allport's Britain at Bay.