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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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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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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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

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 02:17:02 UTC ]
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Authors ask Waterstones to rehire worker fired after tweet about gender-critical writer

Over 500 industry professionals sign open letter to bookseller after employee’s post about ‘tearing up books’ by Christina DalcherMore than 500 authors and book industry professionals have signed an open letter calling on Waterstones to reverse a decision to dismiss an employee who said she... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-07-11 10:31:48 UTC ]
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Author Events Programming at Free Library of Philadelphia 'a Hot Mess' After Staff Firings

After the author events planning team at the Free Library of Philadelphia was fired on June 3, some of the authors scheduled to appear there this month are expressing their support for the former employees—some quietly, others publicly. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette undergoes 'major overhaul' of recruitment after staff and author census

Hachette is undergoing a "major overhaul" of its recruitment and outreach practices to improve diversity in the workplace, after publishing the results for its first staff and author censuses. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-25 00:35:55 UTC ]
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Waterstones shuts Milton Keynes centre branch

Waterstones has announced the permanent closure of its bookshop in the Centre MK Shopping Centre, Milton Keynes, over “excessive” rent demanded from its landlord. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 18:17:36 UTC ]
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Staff Union, Lifehacker EIC Rebuke G/O Media Over Firing of Travel Writer

The editor-in-chief of Lifehacker and a union representing staffers at the site each blasted parent company G/O Media on Friday for firing the site's travel writer, Imani Bashir, without severance pay after finding that it was unable to continue employing her as a non-U.S. resident. In a... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-20 16:06:59 UTC ]
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Staff Union, Lifehacker EIC Rebuke G/O Media Over Firing of Travel Writer

The editor-in-chief of Lifehacker and a union representing staffers at the site each blasted parent company G/O Media on Friday over the abrupt firing of the site's travel writer—the latest in a long string of public disputes between management and staff at the one-year-old digital media... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-20 16:06:59 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s staff have lost our shops - but we leave with heads held high

On the 1st of June, the day thousands of pupils returned to school as part of the government’s plan to end lockdown, I received a call from my manager. As a bookseller with Blackwell’s, I had been glad when we shut our doors in March to protect the health of our staff and customers. I imagined... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 02:42:56 UTC ]
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Landlord locks out Waterstones Camden branch staff

Staff at Waterstones’ Camden branch were locked out of the store last week in an “unprecedented” action by its landlord during lease negotiations. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-13 15:18:24 UTC ]
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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

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-31 02:35:31 UTC ]
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Waterstones says it can't pay living wage, as 1,300 authors support staff appeal

Managing director says book chain ‘simply not profitable enough’, as Sally Rooney, Val McDermid and other authors write to protestMore than 1,300 writers including Kerry Hudson, David Nicholls, Sally Rooney, Michael Rosen and Val McDermid have backed a campaign for Waterstones booksellers to be... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fire rips through Waterstones Southampton store

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire ripped through a Waterstones Southampton store yesterday. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fire and Fury demand soars as Waterstones sells out

Waterstones sold out of Michael Wolff's controversial exposé of Donald Trump's presidency Fire and Fury (Little, Brown) over the weekend following the media storm that prompted its early release. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Explosive Michael Wolff book Fire and Fury in NZ shops tomorrow

The publisher of Michael Wolff's tell-all Trump tale Fire and Fury is scrambling to get the book into New Zealand bookstores. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones' early Fire and Fury stock sells out 'within minutes'

UK booksellers are scrambling for stock of Michael Wolff’s sensational Fire and Fury exposé of Donald Trump’s presidency, with the title already out of stock at major retailers in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones Norwich dedicates Staff Recommendation bay to women writers in 2018

A Waterstones branch is dedicating its ‘Staff Recommends’ bay to female writers to celebrate the 'Year of Publishing Women'.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones to open five shops before Christmas

Waterstones is to open five new bookshops before Christmas – with three named after the area they are based in the spirit of an independent bookshop. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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