Waterstones Bishop's Stortford

Today is the day!💥

From the author of the bestselling series “The Thursday Murder Club” comes the first book in the new thrilling series featuring retired Steve Wheeler and his impulsive daughter-in-law Amy!

We also have a limited amount of exclusive tote bags🔥

New Game of the Month alert! Alert 🚨
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The internationally best-selling Murdle books have captured the imaginations of countless armchair sleuths - and now you can enjoy a terrific board game twist on G.T. Karber's additive puzzles!
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When a secret agent is killed in action, it's up to you to cut through the cover up and find the perpetrator. Piece together the clues with the help of your fellow players but be careful - if you give too much away, they might crack the case before you 🔍
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And the winner is...🥁
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'Glorious Exploits' by Ferdia Lennon has won the 2024 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize ✨
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Set in the Sicily of 412 BC, Lennon's at once riotously funny and incredibly moving novel finds two locals and a bunch of captured Athenian soldiers staging two of Euripides' greatest tragedies of a quarry.
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Get your copy in-store now!
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It's DOUBLE STAMPS this Bank Holiday Weekend 🎉
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Now is the perfect time to sign up to the Waterstones Plus Card if you haven't already! 📚

We are hiring! 📢
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Check out the details for our latest vacancy!
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'The Ministry of Time' by Kaliane Bradley ✨
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"A boy meets a girl. The past meets the future. A finger meets a trigger. The beginning meets the end. England is forever. England must fall."
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Revolving around the titular establishment set up to bring expatriates from the last to the near-future London, this extraordinary assured debut blends love story, time-travelling tale and state-of-the-nation commentary to terrifyingly clever and ferociously funny effect.

'Table For Two' by Amor Towles ✨
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Comprising six New York-set short stories and a novella rooted in Golden Age Hollywood, this mesmerising collection from the pen of the 'A Gentleman in Moscow' author centres on the fateful consequences of brief encounters.
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We have a few signed copies, so make sure you get yours!
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May Books of the Month ✨
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May has finally arrived and with it is a mixed bag of weather and brand new Books of the Month! 📚
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Were they carefully chosen by the Waterstones powers that be? Yes. Were they chosen to fit a blue and yellow spine pattern? Maybe. 🔵🟡
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In store now, brand new from, author of 'One Day', David Nicholls' 'You Are Here's 📍
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Written with Nicholls' trademark wit and empathy, this affecting love story finds two souls thrown together on an epic coast to coast walk 🗺️
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Our Exclusive Edition includes alternate endpapers, ribbon, and a bonus chapter 'Top Ten Worst Walks' 🥾

In stock now, 'Knife' by Salman Rushdie.
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The Boiler Prize winner and internationally acclaimed author of 'Midnight's Children' and 'The Satanic Verses' delivers a powerful account of the attempt on his life on August 12th 2022.
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Thank you to everyone that applied for the vacancies in Harlow. Applications are now closed

🚨🚨NEW SHOP ALERT🚨🚨
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Waterstones is opening a brand new store in HARLOW!
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If you or someone you know lives in the Harlow area and happens to be a book lover, check out the details above on how you can apply! ☝️
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The shop will be looking for full-time, part-time, and weekend staff!
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Did we post this yesterday? Yes, but this is updated to let you all know that it is a FULL TIME bookseller we are looking for!📚 ✨
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We are hiring! Check out the details above ☝️
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The 1st of February means new Books of the Month 📚
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Eleanor Catton's 'Birnham Wood' is our Fiction choice. A novel that reads a thriller with twists and turns up until the very last page 🌲🌲🌲
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'The Cloisters' by Katy Hays takes the Thriller spot. A modern Gothic masterpiece set in an art museum in New York City that's full of dark secrets 🏛️
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Martin MacInnes' 'In Ascension' is the Science-Fiction and Fantasy book this month. Longlisted for the Booker Prize last year, a novel that reminds us of how big our world truly is 🌍
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Dive into Siobhan McDermott's 'Paper Dragons: The Fighter for the Hidden Realm'. Set in a secret invite-only underwater school that offers the chance of immortality 🐉🌊
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'Steeple Chasing' by Peter Ross is a road trip around the British Isles looking at the beauty and significance of churches ⛪
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What will be your pick this month? 🤔
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Take on the role of a Faithful as you try to make your way to the final. Will you survive long enough to win the prize, or will you meet your end by the hands on the Traitors? 🔪
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An addictive interactive 'choose your own adventure' style book based on the hit BBC series 'The Traitors'. A must have for any fan!*
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*Claudia Winkleman not included
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Introducing the Waterstones Books of the Year 📚✨
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Katherine Rundell's 'Impossible Creatures' is the winner of Waterstones Book of the Year 🐉🧭
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'In Memoriam' by Alice Winn is our Novel of the Year, following Winn's win as Waterstones' Debut Fiction Prize earlier this year 📕🖋️
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And finally the brain-teasing 'Murdle' by G. T. Karber is Gift of the Year. Perfect for armchair detectives and puzzle lovers 🔎
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Another successful year in the books! 📚 (if anyone from Waterstones Head Office wants to use this slogan, please DM me and I'll give you my payroll number)
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'The Year of the Locust' is finally here! ✨
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The highly anticipated sequel to 'I Am Pilgrim' is out today! 📚•
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This is sure to be one of the books of the year, so get yours today!
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Storytime with Catherine Emmett! ✨
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Join us Friday 17th at 11am, when we'll be having an extra special storytime with children's author Catherine Emmett!
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Catherine will be reading her stories including 'The Dodo Who Dreamed She Could Fly' and 'Sammy Striker and the Football Cup'! 📚
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While the books are aimed at 3 to 5 year olds, all are welcome to this event!
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We hope to see you there!
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Join us this Christmas! 🎄
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We're looking for someone to join our team this festive season 📚🎁
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The position is 22.5 hours (3 days a week), with potential to go to 37.5 hours (5 days a week) were required. 🕒
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The contract will last from December 1st until December 24th. 🗓️
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We're looking for a fellow book lover with good customer service 🗣️
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To apply, please send a CV and cover letter, telling us about the best book you've read this year and why you think we should read it to:
[email protected] ✉️
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Hope to hear from you soon! ✨

Event news! ✨
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Join us on October 31st as we welcome Clare Balding in store, who will be signing copies of her new book 'Isles of Dogs' 📚🐶
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Clare will be signing from 4pm until 5pm 🖋️
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This is a free event, so we hope to see you there!
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In stock now! ✨
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We have limited stock of the brand new trading game Disney Lorcana!
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We have booster packs, starter decks, and ONE Illumineer's Trove (sold out in most places!)
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Get yours now to avoid missing out!
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We have a Winn-er! 🎉
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Many congratulations to Alice Winn () who last night one the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize with her astounding book 'In Memoriam' 📚
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We have plenty in stock, so make sure you come and pick up this new award winner!
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It is our enormous pleasure to reveal Alice Winn’s In Memoriam as the winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2023. From the moment early reading copies arrived, our booksellers were captivated by the assured storytelling that permeates every page of Alice Winn’s enthralling story of forbidden love that blooms in the shadow of the First World War. Discover more here: https://bit.ly/WDFP23

Hello schools, teachers, pupils and parents! Join us (free of charge) online for a very special virtual event with SF Said as he presents his award-winning novel Tyger. Details here: https://bit.ly/3DNze7q