Taylor to manage Waterstones Piccadilly

Waterstones has appointed a new manager to run its Piccadilly store as part of a plan to... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]

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D J Taylor to write second Orwell biography for Constable

Constable has signed a fresh biography of George Orwell by D J Taylor, whose earlier book on the writer, published in 2003, won the Whitbread Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-04 09:52:59 UTC ]
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Margaret Atwood and Greta Thunberg battle it out for Waterstones Book of the Year

Margaret Atwood’s Booker-winning The Testaments (Vintage) is vying with offerings from Max Porter, Greta Thunberg and Candice Carty-Williams in a bumper shortlist for Waterstones Book of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-30 15:29:31 UTC ]
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Taylor sizes up Chapman's Another Life

Michael Joseph editorial director Jillian Taylor has acquired a story of "love, hope, and the extraordinary capacity of human beings to connect" in a "major deal" from a Curtis Brown Creative novel course graduate. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 20:34:51 UTC ]
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W&N scoops Taylor's narrative history of Nile in five-way auction

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has snapped up Liquid History by historian Dr Vanessa Taylor in a "significant five-figure" deal following a five-way UK auction, with bidding in the US still underway.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 13:28:56 UTC ]
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Waterstones to open two new bookshops in Sussex

Waterstones will open two new bookshops in Sussex later this year, with branches planned for Rustington and Hove. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 16:25:43 UTC ]
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Baker & Taylor Adds 12 New Clients

Baker & Taylor Publisher Services has signed 12 new sales and distribution partner agreements, including five Christian publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Meredith’s Time-Management Problem: The Largest Magazine Publisher Has Some Explaining To Do

Tom Harty sounds like a guy who thought he’d bought a shiny new car, only to find out the engine had been removed right before he wrote the check. And who then failed to report the theft to his insurance company in a timely manner. Earlier this month, the Meredith CEO made some revealing... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

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The Testaments smashes first day sales for Waterstones

Waterstones has celebrated its biggest first day of sales of 2019 with Margaret Atwood's Booker-shortlisted The Testaments (Chatto & Windus).  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-10 14:52:54 UTC ]
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Atwood greeted by cheers at Testaments midnight Waterstones launch

Margaret Atwood officially launched her follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments (Chatto & Windus), to cheers of delight at a packed-out Waterstones Piccadilly last night. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 17:45:08 UTC ]
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Ex-Waterstones bookseller shortlisted for 2019 National Short Story Award

Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement are some of the themes dominating the 20019 National Short Story Award shortlist, which features all-female writers for a sixth time. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 17:33:37 UTC ]
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Fire-struck Walthamstow Waterstones reopens

Walthamstow Waterstones has reopened almost six weeks after sustaining a "minimal amount of damage" in a huge blaze across an east London shopping centre. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-04 19:41:33 UTC ]
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An urbane attempt to offer belated autonomy to a small band of well-born, well-connected young womenThe scene with which DJ Taylor begins his 26th book, Lost Girls, in which a girl enters, with some trepidation, a literary party in a house in Bloomsbury, is striking for many reasons. It is, as... Continue reading at The Guardian

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On college campuses, managing the tension between inclusion and ideas

Michael S. Roth explores political correctness and free speech in a divisive age. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Bill Kenwright Films options C L Taylor thriller

C L Taylor’s latest thriller has been snapped up for screen and a possible stage adaptation by Bill Kenwright Films. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 20:58:41 UTC ]
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Mischief Managed: 12 YA Books for Fans of The Marauders From Harry Potter

Obsessed with James, Sirius, Remus and Peter? Categorized by each member, here are 12 YA books for Marauders fans and fans of the Harry Potter books. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Waterstones to open Brent Cross branch this weekend

Waterstones will open the doors of the new Brent Cross branch this weekend, with a day of celebrations.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Waterstones staff to be awarded 4% bonus

Waterstones owners Elliott Advisors have approved a company-wide 4% bonus, following a "pretty good" financial year "driven above all by better book sales", according to m.d. James Daunt.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Waterstones to open two new bookshops in London and Glasgow

Waterstones will open two new branches at London's Brent Cross and Glasgow's Silverburn shopping centres later this year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Walthamstow Waterstones remains closed after huge fire

The Walthamstow branch of Waterstones remains closed, a week on from a major fire at an east London shopping centre. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Waterstones staff 'safe' as major fire breaks out at Walthamstow shopping centre

More than 125 firefighters are tackling a blaze at an east London shopping centre, which includes the Walthamstow branch of Waterstones, as police declare a major incident.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-21 15:42:51 UTC ]
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