Waterstones Deansgate

We're utterly delighted to annouce that we are part of the Book Blast 10/10 tour, a showcase of events promoting independant publishers and new work. For us? We've partnered with Carcanet for discussion of poetry and verse. Tickets are available NOW! https://www.waterstones.com/…/the-bookâ €¦/manchester-deansgate https://www.facebook.com/events/522707541 490181/

Come and join us as we celebrate the launch of this new anthology, with readings from 4 contributing authors.
We Were Strangers is an anthology of ten original short stories inspired by Joy Division’s debut album, Unknown Pleasures. The collection includes new fiction from the award-winning authors Toby Litt (shortlisted for the 2015 Edge Hill Short Story Prize and the 2013 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award), Jenn Ashworth (winner of the 2010 Betty Trask Award),... Nicholas Royle (shortlisted for the inaugural Edge Hill Prize, 2006), Sophie Mackintosh (winner of the 2016 White Review Short Story Prize and the 2016 Stylist/Virago Short Story competition) and Eley Williams (shortlisted for the 2018 James Tait Black Memorial Prize).
David Gaffney lives in Manchester. He is the author of several books including Sawn-Off Tales, Aromabingo, Never Never, The Half-Life of Songs, More Sawn-Off Tales, All The Places I’ve Ever Lived and the graphic novel The Three Rooms in Valerie’s Head.
Zoe Lambert’s first collection, The War Tour, was published by Comma Press in 2012. She lectures in creative writing at Lancaster University.
Sophie Mackintosh is originally from Wales, and is currently based in London. Her fiction has appeared in Granta and TANK, amongst others. She was the winner of the 2016 White Review Short Story Prize and the 2016 Stylist X Virago Short Story Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2017 Berlin Writing Prize. Her debut novel, The Water Cure, was published by Hamish Hamilton in 2018.
Nicholas Royle is the author of three short story collections – Mortality, Ornithology, The Dummy and Other Uncanny Stories – and seven novels, most recently First Novel. He has edited more than twenty anthologies and is series editor of Best British Short Stories for Salt Publishing. Reader in Creative Writing at the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University, he also runs Nightjar Press and is head judge of the Manchester Fiction Prize.
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Join us for an evening with Patrick deWitt as he discusses his new, fourth novel, French Exit.
'Dizzyingly good, the world so weird and fresh. A triumph from a writer truly in the zone.' -Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go Bernadette
... Patrick deWitt was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize with The Sisters Brothers which went on to win Canada's Governor General's Award. The comedy and pain deWitt brings into his novels have marked him out as a writer with a difference. In his latest, French Exit, deWitt navigates the relationship between a mother and son in a way only he knows how.
This event will be chaired by Luke Brown. Luke Brown is a novelist, editor and lecturer in creative writing at University of Manchester. His debut novel is My Biggest Lie, published by Canongate.
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Waiting for new work by an author you love can be HARD. Luckily for us, Sally Rooney's Normal People is so close to publication AND, on September 10th, she'll be treating us in-store to a discussion of her writing. How's that for a fix?! Tickets on sale now! https://www.facebook.com/events/174081990 9369998/

Waterstones Deansgate is delighted to present An Evening with Sally Rooney to celebrate the publication of her Man Booker Prize longlisted novel Normal People.
Join Sally Rooney, author of the critically-acclaimed Conversations with Friends, on September 10th as she discusses Normal People, an exquisite love story about how one person can change another person’s life and how difficult it can be to talk about how we feel.
The event will be chaired by Luke Brown. Luke Brown is a novelist, editor and lecturer in creative writing at University of Manchester. His debut novel is My Biggest Lie, published by Canongate.

Join Beck Dorey-Stein to discuss the topics in her new book, From the Corner of the Oval Office, following a career in the Obama White House.
In 2012, a sudden job posting prompted Beck Dorey-Stein to apply for a position as one of Barack Obama's stenographers. After succeeding, Beck found herself flung into life within an elite team, accompanying the president wherever he went. This book is a retelling of that adventure, documenting the story of a young woman who, having spent her 28th birthday sat opposite the President on Marine One, discovered her own voice through a series of political and personal events.
Tickets will be redeemable against a book purchase on the night.

Weekends are meant to impress. Right? With that in mind, we’ve released something EXCEPTIONAL. Award-winning Markus Zusak will join us on October 29th for a rare talk on his forthcoming book, Bridge of Clay. We can’t believe it, either!

Join us in-store to celebrate internationally acclaimed, prize-winning author Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief, the biggest selling literary debut hardback of 2007, here with his new, anticipated novel, Bridge of Clay.
Lovingly narrated by the eldest of five sons, this ambitious and marked novel is a story about finding beauty in grit, defying odds and letting determination usurp feelings of defeat. Unsurprisingly poetic, Bridge of Clay is an epic portrait of a ramshackle family and the unburying of one boy's tragic secret.

New event alert! Poet Charly Cox will be with us at the end of the month, talking writing, online presence and the relationship between mental health and creativity. Please tell us you're coming?!

Join us for an evening with Elle's 2018 Power Player Charly Cox on the release of her debut poetry collection, She Must Be Mad.
A writer, influencer and strong mental health campaigner, Charly will discuss how poetry has helped her deal with other angles of personal expression, showcasing a powerful exploration of one woman's coming-of-age via the form of poetry.

Theatre go-ers! Mancs! We've teamed with HOME, Manchester, to give our fans and loyal customers 2 for 1 tickets to the dazzling stage adaptation of The Fishermen. To redeem, use the code WATERSTONES at checkout and have your Waterstones loyalty card handy on collection. It's subject to availability, so be quick! https://homemcr.org/production/the-fisher men/

Deborah Frances-White has turned her hit comedy podcast The Guilty Feminist into a funny, joyful, frank and inspiring book about embracing both our feminism and our imperfections. We're thrilled to welcome Deborah to Manchester Central Library, where she'll explore live what it means to be a 21st Century Feminist.

We LOVE Sophie Mackintosh's The Water Cure so much we'd like you all to be able to come to our event with her on July 2nd, which is why we're offering the first 5 of you to email us saying why you'd like to come free tickets! Send all your glee to events.manchester@waterstones.com

Thank you to all of those who entered our competition with The Lowry. This competition is now closed, and the winners have been contacted. Keep an eye peeled for more goodies coming your way soon!

Debut novelists Sophie Mackintosh and Emma Glass discuss their first book, considering how the form of the novel is changing with the release of new, linguistically-playful work.
Sophie Mackintosh won the 2016 White Review short-story prize and the 2016 Virago/Stylist short-story competition, and has been published in Granta magazine and The Stinging Fly. Her debut novel, The Water Cure, is published by Hamish Hamilton in the UK and forthcoming from Doubleday in the US.
Imagi...ne a world very close to our own: where women are not safe in their bodies, where desperate measures are required to raise a daughter. This is the story of Grace, Lia and Sky, kept apart from the world for their own good and taught the terrible things that every woman must learn about love. And it is the story of the men who come to find them – three strangers washed up by the sea, their gazes hungry and insistent, trailing desire and destruction in their wake.
Emma Glass was born in Swansea. She studied English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Kent, then decided to become a nurse and studied Children's Nursing at Swansea University. Peach is her first book.
Something has happened to Peach. Blood runs down her legs and the scent of charred meat lingers on her flesh. It hurts to walk, but she staggers home to parents that don’t seem to notice. They can’t keep their hands off each other and besides, they have a new infant, sweet and wobbly as a jelly baby. In this dazzling debut, Emma Glass articulates the unspeakable with breath-taking clarity and verve. Intensely physical, with rhythmic, visceral prose, Peach marks the arrival of a visionary new voice.
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It may be the weekend talking but we're feeling generous! In lieu of Sophie Mackintosh’s new novel, The Water Cure, we're giving away FOUR pairs of tickets to our event, in collaboration with Emma Glass, on July 2nd. This is a lucid, first-class debut, with a plot so intense it won’t leave your mind for days. To enter, quote any other water-themed book title in the comments. *Water* you waiting for?!

Guess what?! It's competition time! We've teamed up with Lowry Theatre Manchester to give five lucky winners a pair of tickets to their dazzling upcoming stage adaptation of Maeve Binchy's 'Finding Frankie'. To enter, answer the following question in the comments below. Names will be chosen at random!
Q: Can you name another novel by Maeve Binchy?

University of Manchester MA Creative Writing graduate Holly Ringland discusses her new novel, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, touching on the process of writing, resources in nature and the inspiration behind her focus on environment, landscape and words.
Holly Ringland grew up wild and barefoot in her mother's tropical garden in Australia. Travelling in a camper van from one national park to another, Holly's interest in culture and stories was sparked early. In 2009, she mov...ed to England, where she has taught creative writing and, for five years, volunteered as a leader of a Greater Manchester storytelling project called International 16, bringing together students from 16 different countries to promote global friendship through storytelling.
Flowers can say things that are too hard to put into words.
Flowers, fire and fairy tales are the elements that will forever shape nine year old Alice Hart's life, as she lives in isolation by the sea amongst wild nature. Until, that is, tragedy changes her life, and she is sent to live with the Grandmother she never knew existed, on a native flower farm. There, Alice learns to use the language of flowers to say things that are too hard to speak, regaining her courage as she realises there ARE some stories flowers just can't tell.
Kate Leaver is an author, journalist and speaker. She has written for the Guardian, Glamour, the Independent, the Evening Standard, Vogue, Refinery29 and The Pool. She has appeared as a commentator on BBC Woman's Hour, Badass Woman's Hour and Channel 4 News. Kate has published her first book, The Friendship Cure.
This is a free event. To register your interest, please e-mail events.manchester@waterstones.com
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A rare, special opportunity to hear master-storyteller A.M. Homes in conversation, discussing her new novel, Days of Awe.
Composed of thirteen stories exposing the heart of an uneasy 21st-century America, these new works flag the humour and psychological accuracy for which Homes is acclaimed. With a fearless, funny approach, she digs deep into the past and shows how no one’s life is truly their own. From academics at a genocide conference to a shopper who suddenly finds hims...elf nominated to run for President, she explores our attachments to each other through characters who aren't quite who they hoped to become, though there is no one else they can be.
A.M. Homes lives in New York City and teaches at Princeton University. She is the author of the novels May We Be Forgiven, which won the Women's Prize 2013, This Book Will Save Your Life, a Richard and Judy pick in 2007, Music for Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers and Jack; two collections of short stories, Things You Should Know and The Safety of Objects; and the highly acclaimed memoir The Mistress's Daughter, as well as the travel memoir Los Angeles: People, Places and the Castle on the Hill. She is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and writes frequently on arts and culture for numerous magazines and newspapers.
The Q&A will be chaired by Kate Feld, writer, director of The Real Story and lecturer at Salford University.
http://katefeld.com/
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Wonderful shop but I could have spent hours in yesterday. Was a huge treat to meet #FabulousFinn at the book signing yesterday. Such lovely staff -So helpful and friendly, and a great coffee shop I shall visit again 😊

Went for a book signing by Jenson Button found the location very easily and when I arrived I was met by a member of staff who showed me where to go very helpful after buying the book it was very well explained of the procedure brilliant all the staff was friendly and very helpful the event it self was very well organised and would attend another

Well looked after, and a great book signing by Nisha Katona, an articulate and compelling advocate for Indian Street Food.

Was there for 'An Evening with Emily Morris', author of 'My Shitty Twenties'. Great organisation by staff, brilliant choice of host in Kate O'Donnell, and very entertaining evening with the author.

Thanks for putting on a great day. Came yesterday for Eric Cantona and Andrei Kanchelskis signings. Very well organised. Staff were very friendly and went out of their way taking photos of us with Cantona and Kanchelskis. Many thanks!

Superb Harry Potter birthday party!! Well organised, great games, plenty of party food, lovely, enthusiastic staff and fabulous value for money - the knitted HP gifts were incredible. Thank you for such a fun-filled day.

Staff are always helpful. Love the café - red velvet cheesecake was excellent.

Plenty of choice, a lovely cafe and we always end up here on a day out. Enjoy browsing the art collections, and usually end up buying a novel on a recommendation when I wasn't planning to!

I was recently in your store on Saturday and Sunday and the saff i get to talk to are amazing and informative. Always a pleasure to visit !!!! see you in a few weeks though. The children i look after are all on Holiday and im looking for some creative inspiration in a couple of places abroad, but i will see what i can find then im sure you will be able to order some books for me about what i learn whilst away. Many Thanks!!! Martin Fitzpatrick.

Excellent story time today at Waterstones! Came across it by chance and all had a great time. Jenny the story teller was very natural, remembered all the children's names and managed it all really well. Runs every Sunday at 3pm and we'll definitely be returning!

Attended the signing for Ben Aaronovitch, staff were great as always - getting us into the room at the last minute as our train had been delayed, and not rushing us out afterwards

Queued for an hour for Johnny Marr's book signing. Overall well organised, staff lovely but.... make it clearer that you have to buy book first downstairs before going up to top floor getting in queue to then be told need to go back down , buy book and lose place to rejoin after queuing to buy the book!!

Johnny Marr thanked everyone for waiting patiently.... lovely guy , pleased to have met him .

Love Waterstones 💕😃

Lovely place to wander browse and a nice cafe in the top floor , staff ignored us in the cafe which was a little off putting this was due to a hot water issue ! After the initial being ignored situation we had a lovely couple of hours ...great selection of books and book shop staff very friendly

Had a great time meeting Johnny Marr with my son. Excellent shop too.



The security people however were a joke. I understand they have a job to do. But they kept asking people to move here and there by a couple of centimetres at most. Talk about jobsworths! And the really funny thing is that none of them could fight their way out of a wet paper bag from what I saw.



But well done Waterstones. Lovely shop and staff.

Great hidden jem to have a glass of wine or lunch with friends

Big bookshop. Many, many books. Lovely staff and cafe that sells damn fine coffee

The selections were fine. Fiction. Non -fiction. What more do you want. I was a bit disappointed with your DVD section. Which is practically non-existent. And my mate who can't read. Because he's blind. Couldn't find what he was looking for. It was a very embarrassing situation. Luckily one of your sales associates, Rupert, helped us out. Despite him being a bear. So all in all a very below par experience. We don't like bears or getting lost. My mates still in there. I think Rupert ate him.





Can I have a voucher?

Great to see such a huge spread of books about women's history, especially the suffrage struggle. Quite right too, at last!

And yet in the rest of the shop (ie in subject sections, such as miltary history) there no books about women facing outward. Waterstones could be more widely celebrating women's contribution. That would be helpful and respectful.

Came to see jenson Button on Wednesday with my friend she is a big big fan of F1,stood in the line for about 20 mins wasn't going to stand there for 2 hours specially he wasn't coming till 12.30 went for coffee.when we went back down to get into line we was turned away because we hadn't got a ticket,there where no mention on your site about any tickets, and we stood in the line before and wasn't asked,the guy said he was only signing 300 copies no way there where 300 people in the line� a bit later we went back to see if there any chance to sign my friends book she all ready bought one before the signing started,we got out of lift where there were a member of your staff who was very sharp with us and wouldn't even let us on that floor we explained about my friend wanting her book signed and said no ticket no book signed and she then pressed the button on the lift and told us you will have to leave we was discussed the way she was with us, my friend was upset because she only wanted the book signed just to see Jenson Button.we understand he has a time limit on his day but whats one more book.couple of your staff told us to wait till after and we mite get it signed but no good we waited all after noon outside in the cold till he was finish we asked again when he came out but he was pushed into his car my friend went home disappointed.