Waterstones Leeds

Dear customers, our store is undergoing a major refurbishment and the floors will go through some considerable changes.
Fear not, though! The Café is up and running, you can still sit in peace and quiet as the works will take place in the evening.
During the day, our staff are always ready to point you to the right direction or find the book you are looking for.
... We expect no changes whatsoever in our service and with your patience this upgrade will go smoothly and our store will be ready soon, more beautiful than ever! Thank you for your cooperation💕😍
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Don't forget THIS SATURDAY we celebrate Roald Dahl's birthday (13.09.1916) 💕 EVERYBODY welcome from 12pm to 2.30pm🎉🎂 it is going to be a gloriumptious party! 😍

At Waterstones we have got you covered for the beginning of Autumn Term 🍁📚☕
Our Education section, on 2nd floor, has a vast range of CGP, Bond, GL Assessment, Collins, Letts, Pearson revision and study books to choose from. Not only they are all on a Buy One Get One Half Price offer, but also remember Waterstones Plus Student Card gives you 5% discount on every purchase!
After you got what you need, what better place to start revising than sat down in our café, enjoying a hot... drink and a treat? 🥪🥧☕ Get ready for the new school year with Waterstones!
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Comma Press is a non-profit independent publisher based in Manchester, whose mission is to put the short story at the heart of contemporary narrative culture. Comma’s award-winning publications include collections by new and established authors, interdisciplinary collaborations between authors and scientists, and translation commissions devised to identify cutting-edge (often marginalized) voices from across the world. Comma delivers masterclasses and creative writing courses throughout the year, and hosts the National Creative Writing Graduate Fair.
Sarah Cleave, publishing manager of Comma Press, will be leading a discussing on gentrification in Leeds and Birmingham with Comma Press authors C.D. Rose and Ian Duhig.

Did you hear..? We're hosting an evening with Sally Rooney in September to talk about her fantastic upcoming novel, Normal People.
Rooney has been described as one of the freshest and most experimental voices in fiction of the past few years.
Make sure you don't miss out on what is going to be an absolutely excellent discussion of all things fiction in 2018.
... Tickets are from £3 and available at this link: https://www.waterstones.com/…/an-evenin g-with-sally-r…/leeds
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Good luck with GCSE results today. 😊

Happy Birthday Dick Bruna (23 Aug 1927 – 16 Feb 2017) author, artist, illustrator and graphic designer.

Happy Birthday H.P. Lovecraft, creator of Cthulhu and other classic figures of horror.

Today is the day - get your new Waterstones Plus reward card FREE from our shop today! It's like the old rewards scheme but better. Even your pets will want one.

Join us for an extra special afternoon of Oi! activities to celebrate the release of Oi Duck-billed Platypus! From 12pm we'll have a host of Oi! activities, with a story time at 2.

Join us for a FROTHBUGGLING day of Roald Dahl activities to celebrate Roald Dahl Day 2018! We'll be making grasshoppers to help James in his Giant Peach, joining the Enormous Crocodile for tea and getting bookish with Matilda... maybe you'll even catch sight of Mrs Sliver's tortoise, Alfie. We're staring the fun at 12pm, making party hats, and finishing with a special Dahl story time at 2.
Please note: Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Come and meet the star of Comedy Central's hit show Impractical Jokers James Murray -alongside veteran sci-fi and horror writer Darren Wearmouth- as they sign copies of their new novel "Awakened" in which a beautiful new subway line in New York City unearths an ancient dark horror that threatens the city's utter destruction and the balance of civilization itself.
After years of waiting, New York's newest subway line is finally ready, an express train that connects the city w...ith the burgeoning communities across the Hudson River. The shining jewel of this state-of-the-art line is a breathtaking visitors' pavilion beneath the river. Major dignitaries, including New York City's Mayor and the President of the United States, are in attendance for the inaugural run, as the first train slowly pulls in.
Under the station's bright ceiling lights, the shiny silver cars gleam. But as the train comes closer into view, a far different scene becomes visible.
All the train's cars are empty.
All the cars' interiors are drenched in blood.
As chaos descends, all those in the pavilion scramble to get out. But the horror is only beginning. High levels of deadly methane fill the tunnels. The structure begins to flood. For those who don't drown, choke or spark an explosion, another terrifying danger awaits-the thing that killed all those people on the train. It's out there...and it's coming.
There's something living beneath New York City, and it's not happy we've woken it up.
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Summer holidays deal - save 50% on The World's Worst Children 3 by David Walliams. A great book of highly amusing short stories. This is a limited time offer, see in store for details.

Happy Birthday Georgette Heyer (16 Aug 1902 – 4 Jul 1974) historical romance and detective fiction novelist.

It’s a rainy British Sunday but we’ve got something to brighten up your day.⠀ ⠀ We’re giving away 3 tickets to our Lucy Watson event on Wednesday 12th September at 6:30pm. Lucy will be talking about her new vegan cookbook ‘Feed Me Vegan For All Occasions’, followed by a signing.⠀ ⠀ To enter, simply make sure you’re following us @waterstonesleeds and tag two friends in the comments.⠀... ⠀ EXTRA: For an extra entry, post this on your stories for 24hrs and tag us in it⠀ ⠀ We’ll be picking the winner on Monday 20th August⠀ ⠀ Good luck!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #waterstones #waterstonesleeds #bookstagram #vegan #booklover #books #shelfie #bookshelf #bookshop #bookaholic #bookseller #feedmevegan #lucywatson #veganfood #veganporn #instavegan #veganrecipes #veganlife #veganism #vegan #giveaway #veganfoodie #veganfoodporn
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Happy World Elephant Day!

Happy Birthday Suzanne Collins (born 10 Aug 1962) television writer, and author, best known for The Hunger Games. #HungerGames

Happy International Lion Day.

Happy Birthday Tove Jannson, creator of the Moomins. <3

Went to Waterstones in Leeds for Bruce Dickinson's book signing. The queue was already down the street and round the block when I got there an hour and a half before it was due to start! Staff were great though, kept everyone informed and were efficient and friendly throughout. Must have been hard to organise but I got to meet one of my heroes so thanks to all involved.

Well managed book signing for Bruce Dickinson staff kept you informed of what was going on. Despite the queues they enter down without too much waiting.

The café has a good range of drinks and a great selection of cakes

So cozy!................................

My favourite place in Leeds. Cosy, coffee available inside, lots of snugly places to explore the books and the staff is always friendly and helpful.

Lovely shop which has a very large selection of books yet feels very quiet and cosy. I went to see a discussion with Ruby Wax there and it was a brilliant experience. Staff were lovely and the little cafe on the middle floor serves lovely coffee :)

Love this Waterstones. Well stocked and runs some nice little events. Been to a quiz and a signing now, both of which were enjoyable. Hope it continues!

It's great shop friendly staff love that you can have a drink while reading a book in relaxing chairs

It is a really lovely place. I loved the staff. It has a cafe inside. Good prices.

I had a joint event there with Louise Beech, organised by Saad there. Everything went really well! Beautiful store and great staff

Great staff, excellent events

Great for a book mooch, and the coffee shop on the second floor is excellent. It's a quiet oasis away from the hustle of Leeds.

Great bookshop, great staff

Everything you would need to be in heaven books and great coffee

Even though I arrived quarter of an hour after the Bruce Dickinson event started I was glad that I managed to get in. The staff were all professional at their jobs, from the security staff making sure everyone had copies of the book, sorting out the dedications, keeping people informed about not blocking the entrance to the store, but what really won it for me was when my book had been signed I went away to see the photo of the moment to find... nothing! I checked through my album, but there was nothing. So I raised it with the staff and they were so good at making sure I didn't leave empty handed that I almost felt guilty for breaking the "no posed photo" rule, but I can't thank the staff enough for making sure that I was able to have a photo after the first effort didn't save.

Book heaven! Definitely not my last visit.

Had a very pleasant ('tho a little tepid) coffee with my daughter today; I love Waterstones 'thing'......and always a relaxed and considerate environment with an eclectic mix. Thank you, sure we'll be back (might send the coffee back tho 😮). x

Only been in there a few times nearly always busy

Food poor, sausage sandwich cold and chicken fajita wrap cold in middle.