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Waterstones-owner Elliott plots £700m takeover bid for high street giant Currys
Sky News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoElliott Advisors, the owner of Waterstones, is plotting a £700m takeover of Currys, the...
Social media helping young people read ‘proper’ books, says Waterstones chief
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWaterstones managing director James Daunt said social media is reinforcing the reading of “proper”...
Waterstones Book of the Year 2023: Katherine Rundell wins top prize with Impossible Creatures
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPowerhouse children's author Katherine Rundell has won the Waterstones 2023 Book of the Year for her...
Novel inspired by pandemic worry wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNadia Mikail has been named winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for her debut novel The...
5 new books to read this week
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFans of The Vegetarian by Han Kang will be keen to read her newly-translated offering… Fiction 1. Greek Lessons by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith...
Prince Harry's book becomes 'fastest-selling non-fiction book ever' with 400,000 recorded sales
Yahoo Life UK· 1 year agoPrince Harry's book Spare is the 'fastest-selling non-fiction book ever' with over 400,000 hardback,...
Titles incorporating mental health lead shortlist for Children’s Book Prize
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTitles incorporating themes of mental health lead the shortlist for the Waterstones Children’s Book...
'How I built £100m bathroom business Plumbworld'
Yahoo Finance UK· 1 week agoFounder James Hickman's strategy for success has been to provide high-quality products at a range of price points. Over the last 25 years since he...
Children’s Laureate ‘honoured’ to win Yoto Carnegie medal judged by librarians
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News· 1 week agoJoseph Coelho, who has become an advocate for libraries during his reign as Children’s Laureate, has...
Inside our Harry Potter wedding, with a Hedwig, ‘flying’ car and Gryffindor robes
Yahoo Life UK· 3 weeks agoIn true Harry Potter style, they arranged for two owls to fly into the grounds of the registry...