Florals for spring? Groundbreaking 🌸
Journey through legendary gardens from culture & history with Olivia Laing, or fall into dreamy folk horror in the English countryside with Adam Leslie 🌻

What are you watching? 👀

2024 has brought a host of fabulous TV and film adaptations, but for the full original experience you can’t beat reading the book that inspired them 📕📺

Meet the Barnes family 🐝 Hit hard by a financial crisis their lives are all over the place, their reps fraught, & they are publicly falling from grace. These are characters you’ll love, hate, & certainly not forget!

had the loveliest time in the world this evening, thanks to Nicola and Waterstones Glasgow Argyle St 🍑✨

“I don’t think people relate to perfection, they relate to fallibility.”
Picked up a copy of Nicola Dinan’s #Bellies at her paperback launch at Waterstones Glasgow Argyle St today - really enjoyed the fascinating chat between her and James Taylor!

Calling all book lovers in Glasgow! 📚There are a few tickets left for our #Bellies event with Nicola Dinan at Waterstones Glasgow Argyle St tonight! 🍑🏳️‍🌈

Michael Palin digs into the past to discover the story of his Grandfather’s brother who died in the First World War in this compelling mix of biography, travelogue and history.

A young governess in an eerie mansion in the deep woods of the Welsh borders is determined to discover what happened to her sister who came here before her in this exquisite gothic tale from Rosie Andrews 🥀

Sunday Staff Reads! 📖

This week Craig is racing through Dark Ride, the thrilling story of an unexpected hero who takes an interest in two hurt kids & ends up in over his head taking on a violent father & gang boss.

New releases & some familiar faces!

Including local legend Janey Godley who reflects on life’s ups & downs 🎭 a new installment in John Connolly Charlie Parker series 🕵🏻‍♂️ & a gloriously bookish sapphic fantasy adventure! ☕️

Have a heroic day out with the kids! They'll love this story of switching places, as Alex has to become a monster slayer & Axel has to face the scariest quest of all - maths class! 🐉
Then quench your thirst with a dragonfruit lemonade 🍹

One of the most talked about & thought-provoking reads of last year - a literary thriller, a social satire, and an expose of the publishing industry all in one!

A deliciously dark gothic journey into obsession, secrets, and magic, in this father’s search for silence, and a cure for his young daughter’s deafness.

There are signed copies of the 6th Rebecca Connolly thriller in Waterstones Glasgow Argyle St .
Go for it.
You know you want to.
Polygon Books Bell Lomax Moreton Jo Bell

The murder-mystery puzzle sensation returns!
Exercise your little grey cells and find out if you’re as sharp as Sherlock with these fiendish and addictive logic puzzles 🕵🏻‍♂️

another wee reminder I'll be chairing this incredible author next Tuesday, come along!! 🍑📚

The Thursday Murder club return in a paperback you’ll want to carry with you everywhere to discover how they detangle their most dangerous case yet! 🦊

Sunday Staff Reads! 📖
This week Lily is reading Anthony Bourdain’s riotous tales from behind the scenes at restaurants high & low 👨🏻‍🍳

Is tech causing a mental health crisis in kids? 📱
Are weight loss drugs as good as they appear? 💊
What would happen in a nuclear attack? ☢️
What really happens behind the scenes in Westminster? 🏫

The world is confusing but non-fiction books have (some of) the answers 🧠

I was let loose w/a sharpie in Glasgow, Braehead & East Kilbride-now they’re FULL of signed copies of EMBER SPARK! Waterstones Mearns @Wsilverburn @waterstonesbrae @waterstonesgla @wstonesArgyleST @waterstonesGFrt Thanku Craig Waterstones Mearns: brilliant, huge-hearted bookseller 💚