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Matalan founder in talks with Waterstones owner to fund takeover bid

Matalan was founded by John Hargreaves in 1985 and put itself up for sale towards the end of last month

Liverpool Echo

Waterstones owner in talks to back Matalan takeover bid by John Hargreaves

Matalan was founded by Mr Hargreaves in 1985

Birmingham Post

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of House Of Hunger by Alexis Henderson and The Romantic by William Boyd.

The Independent UK

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Tattoo Murder by Akimitsu Takagi and Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Best Of Friends by Kamila Shamsie and A Sliver Of Darkness by C. J. Tudor.

The Independent UK

Rylan Clark pulls out of meet and greets after heart-breaking book revelations

Rylan Clark has cancelled his planned book signings at Waterstones following the heart-breaking admission he made about the reason his marriage to Dan Neal broke down

Daily Mirror

Closures and cancellations in Liverpool for the Queen's funeral

A number of shops, venues and more will be closing for the Queen's funeral next week

Liverpool Echo

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Lessons by Ian McEwan and The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman.

The Independent UK

Truss urged to invest in libraries and abolish tax on audiobooks

Authors and publishers’ organisations have also called on the new government to support author visits to schools and to introduce an online sales tax

The Guardian - UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Fairy Tale by Stephen King and Act Of Oblivion by Robert Harris.

The Independent UK

Now NI's high street shops are going dog friendly

Books shops, sofa stores and even chemists, we list 62 local shops in Belfast City Centre and beyond who welcome pets and their people

Belfast Live

‘Fiercely original’ novel The Rabbit Hutch wins Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize

The inaugural winner was chosen by a panel of booksellers from the company’s stores.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Long Knives by Irvine Welsh and Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Change by Kirsten Miller and The Queen Of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Reader, I followed them: TikTok expands its content to tap into the BookTok phenomenon

New retailer partnerships, live events and book clubs are all planned to capitalise on the platform’s vibrant community of literature lovers

The Independent UK

Waterstones staff ‘abused by customers’ amid book shortages due to delivery delays

Booksellers have reportedly had titles thrown at them and faced aggressive behaviour from customers

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Dark Music by David Lagercrantz and Peter Rabbit: Hide And Seek! by Rachel Bright.

The Guardian - UK

Waterstones hit by ‘nightmare’ stock issues after warehouse system upgrade

Technical difficulties have led to backlog of unfulfilled orders and stock shortages in store for the bookshop chain

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The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Trust by Hernan Diaz and The Last Gift Of The Master Artists by Ben Okri.

The Independent UK

Why we’re obsessed with debut novels

The energy in the world of publishing is decisively behind first-time fiction writers. There’s a reason why we’re so hungry for new voices, writes Jessie Thompson

The Guardian - UK

Shortlist announced for Waterstones debut fiction prize

The ‘dazzling’ finalists include Sequoia Nagamatsu, Eloghosa Osunde, Tara M Stringfellow, Tess Gunty and Louise Kennedy

The Guardian - UK

Children’s books world reacts to ‘horrible loss’ of Blue Peter book awards

BookTrust which ran the awards said its limited resources would now be directed to disadvantaged families

The Guardian - UK

Joseph Coelho chosen as Britain’s new children’s laureate

The poet and children’s author, who takes over from Cressida Cowell, was praised as an ‘extraordinary advocate for making poetry accessible to all’

The Guardian - UK

Shock ending: how the Costa book awards changed reading – and pitted husband against wife

After 50 years, the prize has been scrapped. How did it change Britain’s literary landscape? And what happened at the awards when Margaret Drabble was seated next to Theresa May?

The National (Scotland)

Scotland’s best crime writers vie for McIlvanney Prize

The longlist for this year’s McIlvanney Prize has been announced by the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival

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