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We are absolutely delighted that THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN OF LENINGRAD by @simonparkin.bsky.social has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 @orwellprize.bsky.social for Political Writing.
Congratulations Simon! 🌱🌿
The winner will be announced 25 June.
#OrwellPrize2025 #politicalwriting
Congratulations Simon! 🌱🌿
The winner will be announced 25 June.
#OrwellPrize2025 #politicalwriting
May 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We are absolutely delighted that THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN OF LENINGRAD by @simonparkin.bsky.social has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 @orwellprize.bsky.social for Political Writing.
Congratulations Simon! 🌱🌿
The winner will be announced 25 June.
#OrwellPrize2025 #politicalwriting
Congratulations Simon! 🌱🌿
The winner will be announced 25 June.
#OrwellPrize2025 #politicalwriting
We are thrilled that The Ministry of Time has been longlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025 🎉
Congratulations to Kaliane and all of the longlisted authors.
Congratulations to Kaliane and all of the longlisted authors.
May 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We are thrilled that The Ministry of Time has been longlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025 🎉
Congratulations to Kaliane and all of the longlisted authors.
Congratulations to Kaliane and all of the longlisted authors.
Out today in delectable paperback: #DeadAnimals is the electrifying debut novel from award-winning poet Phoebe Stuckes.
www.waterstones.com/book/dead-an...
'A pitch-dark, pitch-perfect literary horror'
LUKE KENNARD
'A brutal, blistering horror story'
CLARE POLLARD
www.waterstones.com/book/dead-an...
'A pitch-dark, pitch-perfect literary horror'
LUKE KENNARD
'A brutal, blistering horror story'
CLARE POLLARD
April 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Out today in delectable paperback: #DeadAnimals is the electrifying debut novel from award-winning poet Phoebe Stuckes.
www.waterstones.com/book/dead-an...
'A pitch-dark, pitch-perfect literary horror'
LUKE KENNARD
'A brutal, blistering horror story'
CLARE POLLARD
www.waterstones.com/book/dead-an...
'A pitch-dark, pitch-perfect literary horror'
LUKE KENNARD
'A brutal, blistering horror story'
CLARE POLLARD
WAIT... WAS SHAKESPEARE GAY?
The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think...
#StraightActing by @willtosh.bsky.social is a captivating & surprising exploration of queer culture in Shakespeare's England.
www.waterstones.com/book/straigh...
The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think...
#StraightActing by @willtosh.bsky.social is a captivating & surprising exploration of queer culture in Shakespeare's England.
www.waterstones.com/book/straigh...
April 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
WAIT... WAS SHAKESPEARE GAY?
The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think...
#StraightActing by @willtosh.bsky.social is a captivating & surprising exploration of queer culture in Shakespeare's England.
www.waterstones.com/book/straigh...
The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think...
#StraightActing by @willtosh.bsky.social is a captivating & surprising exploration of queer culture in Shakespeare's England.
www.waterstones.com/book/straigh...
Out now in hardback, ebook and audio, #ShowMeWhereItHurts is @cmgleeson.bsky.social's compelling and unmissable debut novel.
'A searingly beautiful novel'
– Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
www.waterstones.com/book/show-me...
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'A searingly beautiful novel'
– Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
www.waterstones.com/book/show-me...
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April 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Out now in hardback, ebook and audio, #ShowMeWhereItHurts is @cmgleeson.bsky.social's compelling and unmissable debut novel.
'A searingly beautiful novel'
– Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
www.waterstones.com/book/show-me...
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'A searingly beautiful novel'
– Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
www.waterstones.com/book/show-me...
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The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley is Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of the Month at Waterstones!
The genre-defying novel is out now in 4 colourful themed paperback jackets. Head to your local Waterstones store or to Waterstones.com to pick up your copy!
www.waterstones.com/book/the-min...
The genre-defying novel is out now in 4 colourful themed paperback jackets. Head to your local Waterstones store or to Waterstones.com to pick up your copy!
www.waterstones.com/book/the-min...
April 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley is Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of the Month at Waterstones!
The genre-defying novel is out now in 4 colourful themed paperback jackets. Head to your local Waterstones store or to Waterstones.com to pick up your copy!
www.waterstones.com/book/the-min...
The genre-defying novel is out now in 4 colourful themed paperback jackets. Head to your local Waterstones store or to Waterstones.com to pick up your copy!
www.waterstones.com/book/the-min...
The LITERARY/COMEDY/ROMANCE/SCI-FI Debut of the Year.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley is out in paperback today in 4 colourful themed jackets.
Get your copy: www.waterstones.com/book/the-min...
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley is out in paperback today in 4 colourful themed jackets.
Get your copy: www.waterstones.com/book/the-min...
March 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The LITERARY/COMEDY/ROMANCE/SCI-FI Debut of the Year.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley is out in paperback today in 4 colourful themed jackets.
Get your copy: www.waterstones.com/book/the-min...
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley is out in paperback today in 4 colourful themed jackets.
Get your copy: www.waterstones.com/book/the-min...
Out today in paperback: Tom Lamont's gorgeous debut novel #GoingHome.
Universally loved by readers everywhere, GOING HOME is a funny & beautifully wise story of family and fatherhood.
A Guardian, Economist and Observer #BookOfTheYear 🧡
‘Bittersweet, funny and moving’ – Claire Fuller
#BookSky
Universally loved by readers everywhere, GOING HOME is a funny & beautifully wise story of family and fatherhood.
A Guardian, Economist and Observer #BookOfTheYear 🧡
‘Bittersweet, funny and moving’ – Claire Fuller
#BookSky
March 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Out today in paperback: Tom Lamont's gorgeous debut novel #GoingHome.
Universally loved by readers everywhere, GOING HOME is a funny & beautifully wise story of family and fatherhood.
A Guardian, Economist and Observer #BookOfTheYear 🧡
‘Bittersweet, funny and moving’ – Claire Fuller
#BookSky
Universally loved by readers everywhere, GOING HOME is a funny & beautifully wise story of family and fatherhood.
A Guardian, Economist and Observer #BookOfTheYear 🧡
‘Bittersweet, funny and moving’ – Claire Fuller
#BookSky
It's an incredibly proud day for everyone at Team Sceptre, as we've received news of three brilliant shortlistings for the 2025 #BritishBookAwards 🎉
Huge congratulations to David Nicholls and Kaliane Bradley! 🍾⭐
@thebookseller.com #nibbies
Huge congratulations to David Nicholls and Kaliane Bradley! 🍾⭐
@thebookseller.com #nibbies
March 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It's an incredibly proud day for everyone at Team Sceptre, as we've received news of three brilliant shortlistings for the 2025 #BritishBookAwards 🎉
Huge congratulations to David Nicholls and Kaliane Bradley! 🍾⭐
@thebookseller.com #nibbies
Huge congratulations to David Nicholls and Kaliane Bradley! 🍾⭐
@thebookseller.com #nibbies
OUT NOW: #TheVioletHour is a thrilling story of power, money and the struggle to live an authentic life in the international art world. From James Cahill, the acclaimed author of #TiepoloBlue.
Get your copy here: lnk.to/TheVioletHour-HB
⚡ 'An enthrallingly intricate novel'
– GUARDIAN
Get your copy here: lnk.to/TheVioletHour-HB
⚡ 'An enthrallingly intricate novel'
– GUARDIAN
February 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
OUT NOW: #TheVioletHour is a thrilling story of power, money and the struggle to live an authentic life in the international art world. From James Cahill, the acclaimed author of #TiepoloBlue.
Get your copy here: lnk.to/TheVioletHour-HB
⚡ 'An enthrallingly intricate novel'
– GUARDIAN
Get your copy here: lnk.to/TheVioletHour-HB
⚡ 'An enthrallingly intricate novel'
– GUARDIAN
Published today, #TheRabbitPunch by Marco Missiroli is an internationally bestselling, bracing and tender novel about sons, fathers and the hidden legacies of heartbreak 💙❤
www.waterstones.com/book/the-rab...
www.waterstones.com/book/the-rab...
February 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Published today, #TheRabbitPunch by Marco Missiroli is an internationally bestselling, bracing and tender novel about sons, fathers and the hidden legacies of heartbreak 💙❤
www.waterstones.com/book/the-rab...
www.waterstones.com/book/the-rab...
'Like a starved dog which only forgoes its owner's flesh in the hope of better treats to come, Holt House waited patiently...'
Introducing #TheDecadence, a gripping queer haunted house novel from Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells.
Out 25 September & available to pre-order: lnk.to/TheDecadence 💚
Introducing #TheDecadence, a gripping queer haunted house novel from Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells.
Out 25 September & available to pre-order: lnk.to/TheDecadence 💚
February 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
'Like a starved dog which only forgoes its owner's flesh in the hope of better treats to come, Holt House waited patiently...'
Introducing #TheDecadence, a gripping queer haunted house novel from Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells.
Out 25 September & available to pre-order: lnk.to/TheDecadence 💚
Introducing #TheDecadence, a gripping queer haunted house novel from Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells.
Out 25 September & available to pre-order: lnk.to/TheDecadence 💚
The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award are hosting an evening of readings and discussion with the shortlisted authors, chaired by author and former winner, Zadie Smith.
📍 The Barbican
🕖 7pm
📅 Monday 17 March 2025
Get your ticket here: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
📍 The Barbican
🕖 7pm
📅 Monday 17 March 2025
Get your ticket here: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
February 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award are hosting an evening of readings and discussion with the shortlisted authors, chaired by author and former winner, Zadie Smith.
📍 The Barbican
🕖 7pm
📅 Monday 17 March 2025
Get your ticket here: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
📍 The Barbican
🕖 7pm
📅 Monday 17 March 2025
Get your ticket here: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
We're absolutely delighted that THE LAND IN WINTER by Andrew Miller has been longlisted for the sixteenth #WalterScottPrize for Historical Fiction!
February 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We're absolutely delighted that THE LAND IN WINTER by Andrew Miller has been longlisted for the sixteenth #WalterScottPrize for Historical Fiction!
💘💜 Happy Valentine's Day! 💘💜
We got you something extra special this year.
Introducing a smart, funny and passion-filled new book from Ella Risbridger, celebrating the genre of romance & all things romantic fiction 💕
Publishing 6 Nov 2025
Treat your future self & pre-order:
lnk.to/InLoveWithLove
We got you something extra special this year.
Introducing a smart, funny and passion-filled new book from Ella Risbridger, celebrating the genre of romance & all things romantic fiction 💕
Publishing 6 Nov 2025
Treat your future self & pre-order:
lnk.to/InLoveWithLove
February 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
💘💜 Happy Valentine's Day! 💘💜
We got you something extra special this year.
Introducing a smart, funny and passion-filled new book from Ella Risbridger, celebrating the genre of romance & all things romantic fiction 💕
Publishing 6 Nov 2025
Treat your future self & pre-order:
lnk.to/InLoveWithLove
We got you something extra special this year.
Introducing a smart, funny and passion-filled new book from Ella Risbridger, celebrating the genre of romance & all things romantic fiction 💕
Publishing 6 Nov 2025
Treat your future self & pre-order:
lnk.to/InLoveWithLove
James Hamilton's classic biography reissued in a beautiful new edition to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Turner's birth.
Turner is the definitive biography of one of Britain's greatest artists.
Find out more: www.waterstones.com/book/turner/...
Turner is the definitive biography of one of Britain's greatest artists.
Find out more: www.waterstones.com/book/turner/...
February 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
James Hamilton's classic biography reissued in a beautiful new edition to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Turner's birth.
Turner is the definitive biography of one of Britain's greatest artists.
Find out more: www.waterstones.com/book/turner/...
Turner is the definitive biography of one of Britain's greatest artists.
Find out more: www.waterstones.com/book/turner/...
The Secret History meets Jonathan Safran Foer meets The Royal Tenenbaums in this unforgettable and gripping debut novel from Toby Lloyd
FERVOUR is out now in paperback
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'Intriguing, propulsive'
JONATHAN COE
'Magnificent, indelible'
NEW YORK TIMES
'Stylish, mystical'
FINANCIAL TIMES
FERVOUR is out now in paperback
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
'Intriguing, propulsive'
JONATHAN COE
'Magnificent, indelible'
NEW YORK TIMES
'Stylish, mystical'
FINANCIAL TIMES
February 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The Secret History meets Jonathan Safran Foer meets The Royal Tenenbaums in this unforgettable and gripping debut novel from Toby Lloyd
FERVOUR is out now in paperback
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
'Intriguing, propulsive'
JONATHAN COE
'Magnificent, indelible'
NEW YORK TIMES
'Stylish, mystical'
FINANCIAL TIMES
FERVOUR is out now in paperback
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
'Intriguing, propulsive'
JONATHAN COE
'Magnificent, indelible'
NEW YORK TIMES
'Stylish, mystical'
FINANCIAL TIMES
Part 2 of the sparkling #SceptreSalon25, with Wendy Erskine reading from THE BENEFACTORS, Clare Hunter crafting, James Cahill and Jenny Mustard talking second novels and Ella Risbridger on romantic fiction 💕
February 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Part 2 of the sparkling #SceptreSalon25, with Wendy Erskine reading from THE BENEFACTORS, Clare Hunter crafting, James Cahill and Jenny Mustard talking second novels and Ella Risbridger on romantic fiction 💕
Some #SceptreSalon25 early highlights, ft. David Nicholls talking about Howards End, debut novels with Gabriel Flynn and Leon Craig, Arifa Akbar leading us through the night and life writing with Jenn Ashworth and Tim MacGabhann. So many wonders!
February 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Some #SceptreSalon25 early highlights, ft. David Nicholls talking about Howards End, debut novels with Gabriel Flynn and Leon Craig, Arifa Akbar leading us through the night and life writing with Jenn Ashworth and Tim MacGabhann. So many wonders!
Kicking off our #SceptreSalon25 by remembering our amazing 2024 publishing with @mrfeditor.bsky.social, before looking ahead at some of the fantastic books ahead 📚
February 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Kicking off our #SceptreSalon25 by remembering our amazing 2024 publishing with @mrfeditor.bsky.social, before looking ahead at some of the fantastic books ahead 📚
Happy early Valentine's! 💘
It's finally time to meet Bob the Blob. Could you shape him into your perfect man...? 👀
There's only one way to find out.
BLOB: A Love Story by @litmagreject.bsky.social is out now!
💛 lnk.to/Blob-HB
It's finally time to meet Bob the Blob. Could you shape him into your perfect man...? 👀
There's only one way to find out.
BLOB: A Love Story by @litmagreject.bsky.social is out now!
💛 lnk.to/Blob-HB
February 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Happy early Valentine's! 💘
It's finally time to meet Bob the Blob. Could you shape him into your perfect man...? 👀
There's only one way to find out.
BLOB: A Love Story by @litmagreject.bsky.social is out now!
💛 lnk.to/Blob-HB
It's finally time to meet Bob the Blob. Could you shape him into your perfect man...? 👀
There's only one way to find out.
BLOB: A Love Story by @litmagreject.bsky.social is out now!
💛 lnk.to/Blob-HB
A love triangle.
A family story told over fifty years.
A book about the magnetic pull of friendship.
Prepare to be swept away by DREAM STATE – the new novel from Eric Puchner.
www.waterstones.com/book/dream-state/eric-puchner/9781399744126
🎨 Illustration: Ariel Lee
📘 Cover design: Lucy Scholes
A family story told over fifty years.
A book about the magnetic pull of friendship.
Prepare to be swept away by DREAM STATE – the new novel from Eric Puchner.
www.waterstones.com/book/dream-state/eric-puchner/9781399744126
🎨 Illustration: Ariel Lee
📘 Cover design: Lucy Scholes
January 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A love triangle.
A family story told over fifty years.
A book about the magnetic pull of friendship.
Prepare to be swept away by DREAM STATE – the new novel from Eric Puchner.
www.waterstones.com/book/dream-state/eric-puchner/9781399744126
🎨 Illustration: Ariel Lee
📘 Cover design: Lucy Scholes
A family story told over fifty years.
A book about the magnetic pull of friendship.
Prepare to be swept away by DREAM STATE – the new novel from Eric Puchner.
www.waterstones.com/book/dream-state/eric-puchner/9781399744126
🎨 Illustration: Ariel Lee
📘 Cover design: Lucy Scholes
A beautiful new edition of bestseller The Art of Creative Thinking by Rod Judkins is out today.
Now with 13 new chapters to unlock your creativity 💫
Find out more: www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Creative...
Now with 13 new chapters to unlock your creativity 💫
Find out more: www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Creative...
January 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A beautiful new edition of bestseller The Art of Creative Thinking by Rod Judkins is out today.
Now with 13 new chapters to unlock your creativity 💫
Find out more: www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Creative...
Now with 13 new chapters to unlock your creativity 💫
Find out more: www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Creative...
'It enthralled me' Jessie Burton
'A scorching vision of a book' Charlotte Wood
'A fierce, sexy, heady maelstrom' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
'Incredible' Evie Wyld
RAPTURE by Emily Maguire is coming 27 March. Find out more: www.waterstones.com/book/rapture...
'A scorching vision of a book' Charlotte Wood
'A fierce, sexy, heady maelstrom' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
'Incredible' Evie Wyld
RAPTURE by Emily Maguire is coming 27 March. Find out more: www.waterstones.com/book/rapture...
January 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
'It enthralled me' Jessie Burton
'A scorching vision of a book' Charlotte Wood
'A fierce, sexy, heady maelstrom' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
'Incredible' Evie Wyld
RAPTURE by Emily Maguire is coming 27 March. Find out more: www.waterstones.com/book/rapture...
'A scorching vision of a book' Charlotte Wood
'A fierce, sexy, heady maelstrom' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
'Incredible' Evie Wyld
RAPTURE by Emily Maguire is coming 27 March. Find out more: www.waterstones.com/book/rapture...
#FireWeather author John Vaillant spoke to Emma Barnett on the Today programme this morning about the devastating impact of urban wild fires.
Listen in from the 02:35:30 mark: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen in from the 02:35:30 mark: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
January 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
#FireWeather author John Vaillant spoke to Emma Barnett on the Today programme this morning about the devastating impact of urban wild fires.
Listen in from the 02:35:30 mark: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen in from the 02:35:30 mark: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...