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Where Were All The BAME Writers?

In an exclusive extra chapter for Waterstones, The Book of Forgotten Authors' Christopher Fowler goes in search of the past's lost BAME writers.

Chris Riddell is the new Waterstones Children's Laureate!

And also introducing the Fantastic 8, superheroes fighting for the cause of literacy! Children's Laureates, assemble!

Behind the Scenes at The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

We know the winners but what's it like going behind the scenes at the Waterstones Children's Book Prize? Bookseller Isabel Popple reveals all.

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Judges Q&A: Laura Bates

We continue our Q&As with the judges of theBaileys Women's Prize for Fiction with Laura Bates. Here she discusses the best book she's ever been given and the author that inspired her to read.

"I just love this book so much, with all my heart."

Darran Stobbart, children's bookseller at Waterstones Durham, tells us why everyone should read Lisa Williamson's The Art of Being Normal.

Book Clinic: Books to make your toes curl

Want to get in the mood for Halloween? Are the ghosts and ghouls queuing up outside your front door? This is the perfect time of year to keep your younger readers entertained with some witchy goings on or send a chill down an older child’s spine with a creepy tale or two…

The YA Buzz

Want to know some of things that were discussed at YALC and what is at the heart of YA? Here’s Isabel Popple's personal pick of some of the most crucial comments made across last weekend's events.

You do remember the first time: my YALC experience

We packed Isabel Popple off to the UK's first ever Young Adult Literature Convention last weekend - and it's fair to say she enjoyed herself.

First glimpse at Cheltenham Festival 2014 line-up

Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel are among the first big names announced for this year's The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival.

Review of the year: April - June

Here's the second part of our look back at the biggest booky events of 2013...

Book Clinic: Still Hungry after The Hunger Games?

Have you read the books, seen the movie (and the new movie), bought the Mockingjay pin? Well, if there’s a big Hunger Games shaped hole in your life right now, try chowing down on one of these…