Happiest of release days to Impossible Creatures by the incomparable Katherine Rundell! I had the most wonderful evening celebrating this outstanding book earlier this week - truly a launch to remember! It's destined to become a classic, & I'm delighted it's out in the world! 🐉

When we announced our exclusive sprayed edge edition of Iron Flame, things got very hot 🔥 LOTS of you asked if we would do the same for Fourth Wing. Well… arriving in Jan 2024, the book that started a phenomenon, now with sprayed edge. Secure yours here: bit.ly/3ticN8u

We are overjoyed to reveal Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell as Waterstones #BookOfTheYear 2023 🥳🐉 The first instalment of a thoroughly immersive epic fantasy series, that will enchant readers of all ages: bit.ly/WBOTY23

“paul isn’t her son, but ross is”

New year, new The Adrien Prize shortlist!! I hope people see this, despite my refusal to pay his nibs for a verified account. trust it's really me, telling you which incredible books with disabled main characters have made the 2024 shortlist. wow, this year was hard. so many greats!

Working on this prize is always the highlight of my year. I could not be prouder of our shortlist and the incredible talent it celebrates - booksellers have chosen so incredibly well! ❤️📚✨️

Hands up if you remember Ellie, Magda and Nadine?! Fans of Jacqueline Wilson's Girls series will be thrilled to hear that THINK AGAIN is the brand new adult novel following the trio as they navigate life in their late thirties. Signed Edition: bit.ly/43vwt6S

the MOST gorgeous night celebrating 20 years of Waterstones Children’s Book Prize! congrats to winners old and new and congrats to all the wonderful people involved in planning such a lovely eve, especially my Lucy Jakes 🌸 !!

It’s not lost on me that Isr*el is invading Rafah within 24 hours of the Met Gala. While our timelines are flooded by rich people parading around in unnecessary designs, Isr*el is using our distraction to enact their 10,000th war crime. First the Oscars, now the Met Gala.

I’ve been keeping a BIG Skandar secret but I can finally tell you the most magical news. The 4th book in the Skandar series will be released in October THIS YEAR! It’s a thank you to every fan who has made these unicorns soar 💚 Pre-orders are now live: linktr.ee/skandar4

I can't express how delighted I am that book 4 is coming this year - book 3 left me BREATHLESS and I'm absolutely dying to return to return to the island in October 🦄💚 Annabel you are a marvel!!

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang is not here has had me in a vice-like grip for over a week, and now I'm trying not to cry on my commute having just finished it. I am BEREFT. Please please please everyone read this when it's out in Oct - it's THE BEST academic fantasy and I'm OBSESSED

The trailer for ‘A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER’ starring Emma Myers and Zain Iqbal has been released. Premiering this July.

Just Announced: A NEW Hunger Games novel by Suzanne Collins coming March 18, 2025! Pre-Order today! #TheHungerGames I read YA 🏳️‍🌈📚

I may never recover from seeing this live. There is a several min video that now exists that's just me sobbing

🍃COVER REVEAL🍃 Unicorn riders face their greatest fears in SKANDAR AND THE SKELETON CURSE coming October 2024… Cover design by the earth-shatteringly brilliant Simon & Schuster Children's Books & illustrated by extraordinary Two Dots 💚 I hope you love it as much as I do! Pre-order now!

From Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner Elle McNicoll comes a heartwarming wintry YA romance as Jasper Montgomery unwittingly causes havoc and falls in love on her final visit to her hometown. Pre-order SOME LIKE IT COLD here: exyu.short.gy/oewDe9 Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚🩷💜💙

For over a year, I’ve run a middle-grade book club (for kids aged 10 to 12) at my local indie bookstore. Here are ten observations about their reading preferences that might be helpful to children’s book professionals in some small way. 🧵