Waterstones Liverpool One

Nathan Carter has become Ireland's biggest country music star. He is heralded by many as reviving the country music genre and bringing it into the mainstream. He has sold out venues across the UK and Ireland, has landed his own primetime show, and is loved and respected by legions of fans across Ireland.
But how did a lad from Liverpool accomplish all this before the age of 27? In his revealing and inspirational autobiography, Nathan reminisces about his music filled childho...od, and growing up in Merseyside with his Liverpool-Irish family. From his first taste of showbiz at the tender age of four, to his success on the north of England club circuit and his subsequent relocation to Donegal, Nathan explores the twists of fate that took him to chart success and to become Ireland's adopted poster boy for country music.
Please note - we have a very limited amount of time with Nathan and we expect demand for tickets for this event to be high. Please get yours soon to avoid disappointment. Access to the signing queue to meet Nathan will only be available to ticket holders. Further details: 0151 709 9820
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We are delighted to host the launch event for this fascinating book by lifelong LFC supporter Peter Hooton (lead singer of The Farm, and co-editor of The End fanzine)which looks at the legendary Anfield Boot Room - a 12' by 12' room that Shankly transformed in to a space where so many deals were made, tactical decisions taken, strategies analysed and rejected - a tradition then continued by many managers who followed.
No fan with an interest in the history of the club wants ...to miss this special night - hosted by author and sports journalist for The Independent Simon Hughes, who is in conversation with Peter Hooton and former LFC manager Roy Evans.
Picture this: Saturday afternoons at Anfield, orange match balls, passionate terraces, a sea of red and Liverpool FC rules the world. The Boot Room story starts in 1959 when Bill Shankly arrived and converted a 12 x 12 storage room into a meeting place for him and his coaches, a move that had momentous consequences, both for the Club and British football. Fans on the Kop will remember the heart-stopping extra time of the 1965 FA Cup Final, and the jubilation of winning the treble in 1984. But what was the common thread during Liverpool's glory years? It was the Boot Room. Lifelong Liverpool supporter and editor of legendary fanzine The End, Peter Hooton takes us back into that old storage room, where first Shankly, then in succession Paisley, Fagan and Dalglish drank tea, analysed, strategised, selected and deselected, and built the most successful British club in Europe in the 20th Century. Illustrated throughout with over 100 powerful never-before-seen images from the Mirror's forgotten archives, The Boot Room Boys captures the story, as it unfolded, of Liverpool's conquering heroes. Further details: 0151 709 9820
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We are delighted to welcome journalist, writer, campaigner and activist Michael Segalov to Liverpool to discuss his book Resist! - How To Be An Activist in the Age of Defiance
An indispensable how-to guide for people looking to make a stand, the book contains solid pieces of advice, practical tips and inspirational stories from those who have already successfully stood up and made a difference.
Learn the principles of direct action, discover strategies for tackling social m...edia, unearth ideas for motivating others, and understand how to get access to the people in power and get your message across. It also includes paractical advice on what to do if you get arrested, knowing your rights and debriefing after a demonstration. Includes a foreword by columnist, campaigner and best-selling author Owen Jones which unravels the political world and underlines why now is the time to act.
Michael will be joined on the night by a panel of activists who will discuss what it means to be politically active in the current climate - panellists and guests to be announced soon. Further details: 0151 709 9820
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We are delighted to welcome to Liverpool the satirist and comedy writer John O'Farrell as he discusses his latest book "Things Can Only Get Worse".
In Liverpool for the Labour Party conference, he will be discussing the trials and tribulations and many highs and lows of being a lifelong Labour Party supporter. In this fast moving political climate, who knows what may have happened between us confirming this event in July and the event itself in September?!
... John will be in conversation with Prospect journalist Stephanie Boland. Further details: 0151 709 9820
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Join us in store with footballing legend, Kevin Keegan, as he signs copies of his new book, My Life in Football: The Autobiography.
Tickets are £20 (plus booking fee) which includes a copy of the book (RRP £20).

We are delighted to welcome John Niven to Liverpool to celebrate the publication of his new novel Kill 'Em All, the long awaited sequel to Kill Your Friends.
It is 2017 – the time of Trump, Brexit and fake news. And time for the return of Steven Stelfox, exactly twenty years on from his Britpop heyday. Now forty-seven and rich beyond the dreams of avarice, Stelfox works only occasionally as a music industry ‘consultant’. A fixer. A problem solver. He’s had a call from his ol...d friend James Trellick, now president of Unigram, one of the largest record companies in America. Trellick has a huge headache on his hands in the shape of...
Lucius Du Pre. The biggest pop star on earth. Well, once the biggest pop star on earth. Now he’s a helpless junkie and a prolific, unrepentant sexual predator. Through a programme of debt restructuring so complex even Trellick can barely understand it, Du Pre is massively in hock to the record company. The only way he can possibly pay it off is to embark on a worldwide comeback tour he’s in no shape to do. The picture is further complicated when the parents of one of Du Pre’s ‘special friends’ begin blackmailing him. If their video gets out, Du Pre’s brand will be utterly toxic and will take Unigram down with it.
Enter Stelfox stage right. Only he has the lack of morality to spin this one. With stealth and cunning he begins to chart a road out of the nightmare and to make a killing in the process. For this age of ‘American carnage’ – of populism, of the lowest common denominator, of the Big Lie – is truly Stelfox’s time to shine. But in this time of uncertainty, nothing is a given.
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Attention all David Walliams fans! We're having a David Walliam's themed activity day next Sat (11th Aug) more info here -https://bit.ly/2McGm0C Plus there's a chance to win a Family Ticket to see #AwfulAuntie at the LiverpoolEmpire too. PLEASE NOTE - sadly David will not be joining us! No ticket required - just come along and join in the fun!

Attention all teen/YA fans! We are delighted to be joined by Gayle Forman next Monday - July 30th - here in conversation with our good friend Rachael Lucas. Sure to be a fabulous and fascinating evening, tickets are a mere £3 and are available from waterstones.com/events or by calling 0151 709 9820 - JOIN US!

Balestier Press publishes award-winning literature in a globalising world, literature in translation, young-adult fiction, and picture books.
Roh-Suan Tung, publisher of Balestier Press, will lead a discussion on #MeToo Moments. Balestier author Yan Ge will talk with her translator Nicky Harman about men behaving badly in China.

We are thrilled to welcome Kate Atkinson to Liverpool to celebrate the publication of her new novel, Transcription.
One of our finest novelists, Kate won the Whitbread Book of the Year Prize for her debut, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her four bestselling novels featuring Jackson Brodie became the BBC television series Case Histories. Her most recent novels, Life After Life and A God In Ruins, both won the Costa Novel Award and were critically acclaimed on both sides of t...he Atlantic.
In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever. Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence.
Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this country's most exceptional writers. Don't miss the chance to hear Kate discuss this, and her other work, with Liverpool novelist Caroline Smailes. Further details: 0151 709 9820
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We are delighted to welcome New York Times best selling US teen/YA author Gayle Forman to Liverpool as she joins us to read from and discuss her latest novel "I Have Lost My Way".
Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from home to find the boy that he loves, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City after a family tragedy leaves him isolated on the outskirts of Washington state.
... After the three of them collide in Central Park, they slowly reveal the parts of their past that they haven't been able to confront,and together, they find their way back to who they're supposed to be.

Told over the course of a single day from three different perspectives, this is a story about the power of friendship and being true to who you are.
"I Have Lost My Way" is the brand-new, heart-wrenching novel from the bestselling author of If I Stay and I Was Here. Gayle will be in conversation with another of our favourite teen/YA authors Rachael Lucas (State of Grace, My Box-Shaped Heart)

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This evening! Twisty crime thrillers chat with Shari Lapena, Mary Torjussen and Sarah Ward AND a glass of wine - join us! Full details below.

Come and meet June Bernicoff from tv's "Gogglebox" fame as she signs copies of her book "Leon and June - Our Story". Telling the touching tale of their first meeting at teacher training college in Liverpool in 1955 to spending the next 62 years together and finding fame late in life as the nation's favourite pensioners, this is a very endearing look at two much loved characters, and is a very touching tribute to Leon, as well as to June, his devoted widow.
This is a free event - no ticket required. Just come along and buy the book from us, then join the queue to get your copy signed.

Join us for an evening with The Trouble With Goats and Sheep author Joanna Cannon, to celebrate the paperback release of her new book, Three Things About Elsie. One of our very favourite authors, Joanna will be talking about her incredibly popular and best-selling second novel and the inspirations behind it. Jo will be in conversation with Chris Savidge.

This Wednesday, folks! See you there, sci-fi & fantasy fans.

Join us as we welcome Andy Grant who will be in conversation with Jamie Carragher as they discuss his autobiography 'You'll Never Walk'.
When Andy Grant's eyes blinked open from a 10-day coma in February 2009, he was alone in a hospital bed in Birmingham. He had a broken sternum, a broken leg, a broken elbow and shrapnel lodged in both forearms. He had a severed femoral artery, nerve damage to his hands and feet as well as deep gaping wounds in both of his cheeks. He had bee...n blown up during a routine foot patrol in Afghanistan. Within days of coming to his senses, a doctor told Andy that because of the blast he would no longer be able to have children. You'll Never Walk is his story.
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Writing on the Wall’s acclaimed Pulp Idol novel writing competition has had many successes, but few so quickly as when runner-up Ariel Kahn’s debut novel, Raising Sparks, was snapped up almost immediately after the final held in May during WoWFest 2017 by Yorkshire based award-winning independent publisher Bluemoose Books.
Now only 12 months later, we are delighted to be hosting the launch event for this beautiful book which follows Malka from her upbringing in the confines o...f the Ultra-orthodox Jewish community in the Old City of Jerusalem to sleeping rough on the beaches of the mixed Arab and Jewish city of Jaffa, meeting a myriad of characters along the way.
Join us for what promises to be a magical evening of storytelling. This event is in conjunction with the Writing on the Wall festival and their Pulp Idol competition, and is supported by the Hope Street Hotel.
Ariel will be in conversation with Mike Morris, co-director of Writing on the Wall.
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Waterstones Liverpool are delighted to welcome a trio of fabulous authors as they discuss their new novels. Join us on Thursday 31st July as we welcome Giovanna Fletcher, Lindsey Kelk & Paige Toon to Liverpool!
Some Kind of Wonderful by Giovanna Fletcher Lizzy and Ian have been a couple since their first day at university. Now, after celebrating a decade together, everyone thinks they're about to get engaged.
... A romantic escape to Dubai is the perfect moment, but instead of the proposal Lizzy hopes for, Ian reveals he's not sure he even wants her anymore. Lizzy is heartbroken. But through the tears, she realises this is her chance to seize the opportunities she missed as Ian's other half. But what does she want? How much of her is really Lizzy, and how much was Ian's influence?
Determined to discover who she is at heart, Lizzy sets out to rediscover the girl she was before - and in the meantime, have a little fun . . .

One in a Million by Lindsey Kelk
Annie Higgins has given up on love: she's too busy trying to get her own business off the ground. Infuriated by the advertising agency across the hall making fun of her job, Annie accepts their crazy challenge - to make a random stranger Instagram-famous in just 30 days.
And even when they choose Dr Samuel Page PhD, historian and hater of social media, as her target, Annie's determined to win the bet - whether Sam likes it or not.
But getting to know Sam means getting to know more about herself. And before the 30 days are out, Annie has to make a decision about what's really important...
Five Years From Now by Paige Toon What happens if you meet the RIGHT person at the WRONG time?
Nell and Van meet as children when their parents fall in love, but soon they are forced worlds apart. Five years later, they find each other. Their bond is rekindled and new feelings take hold, but once again they have to separate.
For the next two decades, fate brings Nell and Van together every five years, as life and circumstance continue to divide them. Will they ever find true happiness? And will it be together?
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Waterstones Liverpool are excited beyond words to welcome acclaimed actor, comedian and writer Michael Palin who will be talking about his latest book Erebus: the Story of a Ship.
In this major new work, Michael Palin - former Monty Python stalwart and much-loved television globe-trotter - brings to life the world and voyages of HMS Erebus, from its construction in the naval dockyards of Pembroke, to the part it played in Ross's Antarctic expedition of 1839-43, to its abando...nment during Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition, and to its final rediscovery on the seabed in Queen Maud Gulf in 2014.
Illustrated with maps, paintings and engravings, this is a wonderfully evocative and epic account, written by a master explorer and storyteller.
To avoid disappointment, we would advise getting your tickets early for this event as we expect demand to be high.
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We always take a trip into Waterstones whenever we visit Liverpool One. Today's visit was great! My daughter and I were served by a very friendly chap and recommended a Nora Ephron book on the counter after over-hearing our conversation about how much I loved her films - I bought the book! � Another young man checked an author's name for us and offered to come and help us find the book we were looking for; we declined, but he took the time to seek us out to tell us that, after having checked the system, they had just sold the last copy earlier in the day. We also visited the coffee shop and were served by an exceedingly cheerful and polite member of staff. A really positive visit, as always. Thank you.

Lovely place to read, drink coffee and eat cake, three of my favourite pastimes. Staff are helpful and it's pretty chilled out. Would recommend

I took my daughter along to Jasper Fforde signing we killed some time in the cafe upstairs first and the all the staff were fantastic, really friendly and helpful as was the wonderful Jasper :D

Fabulous evening watching Jonathan Harvey (along with Sally Lindsay) reading from his new Book.

The staff at this Waterstones are always helpful and friendly and put a lot of work into the promotional side of things too. Special mention to Sarah who organises evenings regularly and is so professional. Lovely store in a great City.