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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · 3h

It's time to pick a side with the new Bunny vs Monkey book Intergalactic Monkey Business, available in very cool, limited #TeamBunny🐰 and #TeamMonkey🐵 editions.
We don't know how we'll choose but we're very pleased to see that it's stuffed with space madness!
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 3d

💖Saturday 12pm I’m doing a great big gig at Union Chapel and if you want to join in,wherever you are, YOU CAN GET TICKETS FOR THE LIVESTREAM HERE www.waterstones.com/events/onlin... It’s going to be an hour long show drawing the most ridiculous comic ever, together, with special guests on stage too!

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · 2d

Out latest Waterstones #Wolverhampton best-sellers, with Richard Osman and SenLinYu again out in front, a good week for #Twilight fans, and weekend events for @emmapurshouse.bsky.social's Unsung and Jake Perry's Nights in Gold Satin help keep them in the Top 10!

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Emma Purshouse @emmapurshouse.bsky.social · 4d

Had a ball last night @waterstoneswton.bsky.social reading from my new poetry collection 'Unsung', then today I was writing 'poetry on demand' for children at Whitchurch Blackberry Fair. Tomorrow it's online Yes, We Cant. If you'd like to be in the Zoom Room for YWC shout up. Poetry filled weekend.

Poster for online Yes, We Cant. 7.30pm on 5th October 2025. Feature poets John Osbourne and Beth Hartley. To be in the Zoom Room email poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · 5d

Huge thanks to the fantastic @emmapurshouse.bsky.social for a wonderful performance in store yesterday, and to our lovely audience!
Do come and grab a copy of Emma's brilliant new collection, Unsung, and you'll see why we're so enthusiastic about this book and poet! #Wolverhampton #poetry

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · 7d

Spending tomorrow shouting 'Books! Books,' at anyone who walks through the door, and pointing at books.

Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 7d

I won’t lie, i shrieked a bit at the mention in this (very lovely) article by @seamas.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/columni...

‘My son’s pretend bookshop is not profitable, but it’s ex...

‘Books! Books’ he shouts out, in the manner of a carnival barker, while my daughter manically opens and closes a Fisher-Price cash register

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Emma Purshouse @emmapurshouse.bsky.social · 8d

If you're coming to @waterstoneswton.bsky.social on Friday night to hear me read it'll be great to see you. Here's a review of the new collection...
londongrip.co.uk/2025/09/lond... I am chuffed

London Grip Poetry Review – Emma Purshouse – londongrip.co.uk

londongrip.co.uk

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · 10d

The latest Waterstones #Wolverhampton Top 10. Huge first week for The Impossible Fortune & Alchemised, Jake Perry in table-climbing form with a great piece of #WWFC history in Nights in Gold Satin, & one of our region's finest poets @emmapurshouse.bsky.social is Top 10 again with Unsung. 📚

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · 12d

It's #NationalPoetryDay on Thursday and we'll be celebrating on Friday October 3rd with @emmapurshouse.bsky.social reading from her brilliant new collection of poems, Unsung. Tickets are available to buy in store or online at: www.waterstones.com/events/emma-... #Wolverhampton

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · 21d

Journeys of Empire is the second book about the British Empire for children by @sathnam.bsky.social and tells the story through ten journeys.
In stock at Waterstones #Wolverhampton. Available to Click & Collect here: www.waterstones.com/book/journey...

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Wolverhampton Arts Centre @wolverhamptonarts.bsky.social · 23d

#Standup Cally Beaton gets to #wolverhampton on her Namaste M******rs tour on Thursday - last few tickets on wolverhamptonartscentre.co.uk/events/cally...

Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers

Namaste Motherf*ckers is the new show from Cally Beaton (QI, Live at the Apollo) – a quick-witted, unexpected...

wolverhamptonartscentre.co.uk

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · 23d

We'll be celebrating #NationalPoetryDay with #Wolverhampton's brilliant @emmapurshouse.bsky.social, who will be performing poems from her great new collection, Unsung, in store on Friday October 3rd at 6pm.
Tickets can be purchased in store or from the link below.
www.waterstones.com/events/emma-...

Emma Purshouse: Unsung for National Poetry Day | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Emma Purshouse: Unsung for National Poetry Day today.

www.waterstones.com

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · 29d

How wonderful to have a new collection of poems from @emmapurshouse.bsky.social! #Unsung is in store now in #Wolverhampton, beautifully published by Offa's Press!
Look out for news of an event with Emma coming up very soon! #poetry #blackcountry

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Miranda Dickinson @wurdsmyth.bsky.social · Sep 6

Come and join the fun! @waterstoneswton.bsky.social

Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Sep 6

A very exciting day for us in #Wolverhampton today with Sarah the Makaton Tutor in store at 11am and @wurdsmyth.bsky.social signing new book #AndThenThereWasYou from 1pm! We would love to see you in the shop too!📚🖋😊
Info on all our upcoming events here:
www.waterstones.com/events/searc...

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Sep 6

A very exciting day for us in #Wolverhampton today with Sarah the Makaton Tutor in store at 11am and @wurdsmyth.bsky.social signing new book #AndThenThereWasYou from 1pm! We would love to see you in the shop too!📚🖋😊
Info on all our upcoming events here:
www.waterstones.com/events/searc...

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Sep 3

This Saturday (September 6th 2025) we're excited to welcome the brilliant Miranda Dickinson to Waterstones #Wolverhampton once again, to sign copies of her brand new love story #AndThenThereWasYou! Come along and say hello from 1pm!
@wurdsmyth.bsky.social

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Aug 30

Good morning #Wolverhampton! We're open on Victoria Street until 5.30pm today. Lovely atmosphere yesterday out on the street for #SeasideInTheCity yesterday so we're looking forward to a lively Saturday. We're just up the street from the helter skelter.😊📚

Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Jul 31

Happy Publication Day to @markedwardsauthor.bsky.social!
#TheWaspTrap is available now at Waterstones #Wolverhampton!
If you'd like to meet Mark and get a special signed copy of one of the summer's best new thrillers, he will be in store this Saturday at 1pm!

Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Jul 25

Great to see that The Artist by Lucy Steeds has won the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize.

One of our favourites from a brilliant shortlist.

Our lovely exclusive edition is now available in store!

Pick up a copy & help us support brilliant new writing.
#WDFP www.waterstones.com/category/cul...

Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Jul 22

There are still tickets available for tomorrow's evening with Dexys' great Kevin Rowland at The Robin 2 in Bilston! Book your places here: therobin.co.uk/js_events/ke...

Kevin Rowland

Join Dexys’ iconic frontman Kevin Rowland, one of the great mavericks and creative geniuses of British music, for a truly special evening discussing his astonishing and subversive new memoir, ‘Bless Me Father’.

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Jul 16

***Please note*** that venue change!
Kevin Rowland will now be appearing at Bilston's brilliant Robin 2, and not at the Wulfrun Hall as originally advertised. Get your tickets below! 🎟

Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Jul 16

This is what he's like ... Dexys legend Kevin Rowland tells all in his new book 'Bless Me Father', now in stock in #Wolverhampton. We'll be on hand with copies as he talks to @nightingalesuk.bsky.social cult hero Robert Lloyd at the Robin 2 in Bilston next week.
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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Jul 16

This is what he's like ... Dexys legend Kevin Rowland tells all in his new book 'Bless Me Father', now in stock in #Wolverhampton. We'll be on hand with copies as he talks to @nightingalesuk.bsky.social cult hero Robert Lloyd at the Robin 2 in Bilston next week.
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therobin.co.uk/js_events/ke...

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Jul 8

Writer and illustrator Chanté Timothy visits #Wolverhampton schools this week with brilliant new book Supa Nova!
Copies are available in store at Waterstones on Victoria Street.📚
Click & Collect here: waterstones.com/book/supa-nova…
@heychante.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Jul 6

We're open until 4.30pm today on Victoria Street. A strong week for Scarlett Thomas's mysterious and unsettling Waterstones Thriller of the Month, The Sleepwalkers, our #1 best-seller this week. Need to show off that Shield of Sparrows sprayed edge too, in our #Wolverhampton Top 10!

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Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · Jul 3

For #BlackCountryDay this month, we have 2 great book signings in store on July 12th!
At 12pm, Richard O'Connor signs copies of 'Paranormal Black Country', and at 1.30pm, local legend Tom @bctype Hicks will be here with copies of latest photo collection, 'Ay It'. #Wolverhampton #BlackCountry

Events at Waterstones Wolverhampton.
Black Country Day Book Signing: Meet paranormal investigator and author Richard O'Connor.

Saturday July 12th at 12PM.

Seasoned paranormal investigator and history writer Richard O'Connor will be in store to chat about and sign copies of his fascinating new book Paranormal Black Country in which he travels the breadth and depth of the Black Country to uncover the region's darkest and most mysterious ghost stories.

Free event: no ticket required.

Waterstones, 13-15
Victoria Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 3NP.

Events at Waterstones Wolverhampton.
Black Country Day Book Signing: Meet artist and photographer Tom Hicks, aka Black Country Type.

Saturday July 12th at 1.30PM.

Black Country Type is an ongoing project by artist Tom Hicks. Tom will be joining us in store this Black Country Day to chat about and sign copies of his latest collection of clever, droll and distinctive photographs of the region, Ay It.

Free event: no ticket required.

Waterstones, 13-15 Victoria Street, Wolverhampton,
WV1 3NP.

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