Waterstones Bath

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Gianrico Carofiglio is the author of the popular Guido Guerrieri series that merge the detective story with the legal thriller sub genre. His new book, ‘The Cold Summer’ is the first of a new series focusing on the struggles of the carabinieri and anti mafia judges in Puglia in the 1990’s.

Waterstone’s Bath is proud to be hosting this years’ daily readings from ‘Persuasion’, the focus of this years Jane Austen festival.
Readings from actors and Austen enthusiasts will be given daily on our first floor from 2-3:30 pm.
Admission is free - period costume encouraged but not obligatory.

Our international crime reading group returns for a summer season of murder, mayhem and suspense. Join us with our special guest Christopher Wakling, whose twisty tale ‘Escape and Evasion’ tells of a banker who steals over one billion pounds from his employers.
Either read the book beforehand or feel free to just join us on the night.
Free entry - please click the link for more information.

Due to new telecoms being fitted our phone lines will be temporarily unavailable tomorrow morning. Please feel free to contact us via email on bath@waterstones.com for any enquiries.

Join the bestselling author of Skellig, David Almond, in store as he talks to us about his latest novel, The Colour of the Sun.
Free event, all welcome. For details please ask a bookseller or visit waterstones.com/events

We are DELIGHTED to announce that Jamie Oliver will be in store signing copies of his new book "5 Ingredients" from 6.30pm on Wednesday the 1st of November!! For more information please feel free to pop into or call the shop!!

We're delighted to be launching 'Hardwired', our monthly SF Bookclub with special guest author Tom Toner and senior bookseller/curator author Stephen E Andrews on Weds 12th. They'll be talking about their works and discussing the difference between Science Fiction and Fantasy. Admission is free, but places are limited so do drop into the store to signup for a seat -or ring us- and please note that the format and content is not suitable for preteens. Please arrive promptly before 6.30.

Thursday 20th April, 6 for 6.30 free admission, we're very pleased to be welcoming Lindsey Davis back to Bath for an evening of Roman Historical Crime (it's turning out to be quite a classically themed spring at Bath Waterstones, with Ben Kane and Anthony Riches visitng us on Wednesday 5th April too for some martial action). SPQR!

So looking forward to our evening of Nordic Noir on tuesday 14th (6 for 6.30) with top crime fiction/TV/Film critic Barry Forshaw - come armed with all your Scandicrime questions!

Don't miss Jake Arnott tonight - 6 for 6.30pm, free admission and there will be Gin!...and as David Bowie said, "When he has a new book out, I drop everything,". Why not drop everything too and join us?

We're very excited about our author event with Jake Arnott tonight....and yes, there will be complimentary Gin for early birds!

Very sorry to announce that our event with Kate Garraway next week has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances - any customers who have purchased tickets will be contacted directly regarding refunds. Our sincere apologies for any disappointment this cancellation may cause.

We're really pleased to announce that tomorrow night Claire Fuller will be interviewed by local actor and novelist Jason Hewitt, whose excellent novels are well worth a look. Claire's event kicks of at 6.30 sharp and admission is free. be there!

Although at the event on thursday night with Jake Arnott we'll be focusing on his new book 'The Fatal Tree', we can't wait to ask him about his last amazing novel 'House of Rumour', which features 1930s SF writers and fans, Scientology, Rocket Pioneers, Occultism, Ian Fleming and Rudolf Hess in a fascinating secret history of the middle of the 20th century. Don't miss it! 6 for 6.30, free admission.

"Moll Flanders meets A Clockwork Orange." is how author Jake Arnott describes his new novel 'The Fatal Tree', a dazzling recreation of the underworld of 1720s London. To hear Jake - who is most famous for the contemporary classic 'The Long Firm' - discuss his work and to obtain a signed copy of this stunning new historical novel, come along to our bookshop at 6 for 6.30 next thursday (2nd March). As David Bowie said "When he has a new book out, I drop everything,". Admission Free.

Howard Cunnell, author of 'The Sea On Fire' and 'Fathers & Sons' gave a tremendous reading and spoke in the most inspiring way last night about his incredible work. Howard's sterling prose will soon become familiar to many more readers when his new book 'Fathers & Sons' is serialised as Radio 4 Book of the Week in late March. A talk at Bath Litfest will follow in May. Signed copies of 'The Sea On Fire' are currently in stock.

The Hot Seat: this is out author events area on our first floor, where we put those important literary questions to the most exciting writers in Britain - in the last few months cult figures such as Christopher Priest, Mick Herron and Jessie Greengrass are just a few of the writers who have come up with fascinating answers...

Wonderful place - children's section is beautiful!

We came up from Plymouth on a day trip

We called in Waterstones for a light luñch break and staff were frièndly and thè cafe was nicely set out too

Now I like our local Waterstones. I know it's a chain and we have some lovely independents in Bath which I also frequent but it does have an independent feel to it. The staff are very helpful and usually knowledgeable - particularly good re graphic novels and sci fi/fantasy stuff. I quite like the cafe - bit disturbed by the alarming number of mirrors, but that's my problem with body image - good cake and I like their coffee blend (mine's a double espresso if you're interested before noon only mind). All in all a good place to hang out and I like some of their deals as it encourages me to pick up a book I wouldn't normally as it's half price or free. Didn't realise how much I enjoyed writing about the countryside until I picked up Landmarks on a buy one get one half price deal. So I am very happy with Bath Waterstones. Spend too much time and too much money there!

Like a dreamland for booklovers like me :)

I love browsing book stores in my spare time and love the relaxed atmosphere at Waterstone's Bath. They have an amazing selection of books. I never feel rushed there and love that I could bring my dogs with me, while I shop.

I love Waterstones being surrounded by all those books always calms me down.

I just want to say a huge thankyou to the staff at Bath Waterstones for making our visit yesterday so comfortable. My daughter had a ticket for the Lucy Sutcliffe event in the evening & my Dad drove us up from Devon for the day so she could attend. We got to the store around 4.30 & sat in the coffee shop till 7.30 when the event finished. We were made to feel totally welcome while waiting for my daughter & they even kept a coffee machine on for us after the cafe closed & the lovely blonde lady whose name I'm afraid I didn't find out made us drinks. Many thanks for a wonderful service & a fantastic event, my daughter was thrilled to bits to be able to go.

Although it was incredibly busy yesterday due to the Bath Christmas market, all the staff at Waterstones were very helpful and friendly. The cafe was very calm and comfortable, with delicious food and snacks.

Staff are great in the bookshop and the cafe but not many vegetarian options on the sandwich menu!

Mainly go there for the cafe: they have papers and do a decent latte. Much better than the "embedded Costa" they used to have. A perfect way to spend the morning sitting by the window people watching.

Lovely little cafe, but choice of paninis all had red pesto in them which I hate. Not much of a selection in the sandwiches either, they all had hummus which I ended up choosing.