Waterstones Milton Keynes

25/10/2024

We have a very exciting event just around the corner with bestselling author Hazel Prior, and Ursula Franklin!

We’ll be celebrating the release of Hazel’s latest book, Gone with the Penguins, the heart-warming finale of Veronica McCreedy’s story, and the release of Ursula’s gorgeous coffee table book which tracks her journey around the world to photograph all the different species of penguin. This is a wonderful opportunity for fans of Hazel Prior’s work and penguin lovers everywhere to come together!

Follow the link in our bio to get tickets (£5), and each ticket holder will get a complimentary beverage. Both Hazel and Ursula will be signing and dedicating copies of their books which will be available to purchase on the night.

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14/10/2024

Perfect for Ken Follett fans, Samuel Sergeant's debut novel tells the story of Arinbjorn, a young pagan farmer in 11th century Iceland, tracking down the killer whose murders will change Icelandic society forever. Tickets include a complimentary beverage, and Samuel will be signing copies of his boo...

06/09/2024

We had a wonderful evening yesterday with Jack Sheffield. He discussed his latest book, University Challenges which is out now in hardback! We loved hearing all about his writing process and many wonderful anecdotes. Thank you Jack and thank you to everyone who came along!

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01/08/2024

We had such an amazing evening last night with A.J.West and Sarah Pinborough in collaboration with MK Lit Fest!! It was such a delight to hear them chat about their books and writing process. Many thanks to everyone who attended!!

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11/07/2024

We have both a games night and a book club this month and we couldn’t be more excited! Fancy joining us? Check out the link in our bio!

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10/07/2024

✨Kala by Colin Walsh ✨

Let’s take a closer look at our fiction book of the month for July! It’s a page turning, sun-drenched literary thriller that you won’t be able to put down!!

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A gripping literary page-turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for fifteen years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that changed their lives.

In the seaside town of Kinlough, on Ireland’s west coast, three old friends are thrown together for the first time in years. They - Helen, Joe and Mush - were part of an original group of six inseparable teenagers in the summer of 2003, with motherless, reckless Kala Lanann as their group’s white-hot centre. Soon after that summer’s peak, Kala disappeared without a trace.

Now it’s fifteen years later: Helen has reluctantly returned to Ireland for her father’s wedding; Joe is a world-famous musician, newly back in town; and Mush has never left, too scared to venture beyond the counter of his mother’s cafe. But human remains have been discovered in the woods. Two more girls have gone missing. And as past and present begin to collide, the estranged friends are forced to confront their own complicity in the events that led to Kala’s disappearance, and to try to stop Kinlough’s violent patterns repeating themselves once again...

Against the backdrop of a town suffocating on its own secrets, in a story that builds from a smoulder to a stunning climax, Kala brilliantly examines the sometimes brutal costs of belonging, as well as the battle in the human heart between vengeance and forgiveness, despair and redemption.

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08/07/2024

✨ Caro Carver Event ✨

Join us on Wednesday 17th July as we welcome the bestselling author of The Lighthouse Witches to Waterstones Milton Keynes. We can’t wait to hear all about her new book, Bad Tourists!

This is the second of our ‘Bookshop Series’ events, which are hosted in conjunction with MK Lit Fest. Get your tickets by visiting Waterstones.com/events or by clicking on the link in our bio.

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MK Lit Fest Caro Carver (aka CJ Cooke): Bad Tourists (The Bookshop Series at Waterstones MK) Caro Carver

07/07/2024

We can’t wait!!

Still a few tickets left for Wednesday - if you want to come and haven’t yet booked get on it asap otherwise we won’t have any idea how many early copies of Hot Mother to order from the suppliers and we might run out altogether and there might be a stampede or riot or similar.

£3 gets you a glass of wine, a discount on a paperback copy of Hot Mother, two weeks ahead of publication date, and the chance to hear me and my lovely editor in conversation. And if that’s not enough, it also gets you exclusive access to a massive bookstore after hours (which always feels like a real treat as far as I’m concerned).

(And if anyone is concerned about missing the England match, I promise I’ll be done before kick-off.)