February 28, 2020 » MobyLives! Archives

Waterstones’ 6.2% pay rise still means many booksellers do not earn a living wage

Nikki Griffiths

Last year we wrote about booksellers petitioning Waterstones, the UK’s biggest book chain, to pay them a living wage. It has just be announced that as of April 1, 2020, Waterstones… Read more »

Booksellers & bookselling

Oxford University Press pull Biff & Chip book over "scary" country pages — Tom Clayton
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
"Old Books Discussed"—ancient article animates attention — Mike Lindgren
End of an era: Waterstones to extend high street domination after acquiring bookshop chain Blackwell's — Nikki Griffiths

Early verdicts heap praise on Hilary Mantel’s 900-page “masterpiece,” The Mirror and the Light

Tom Clayton

So now, get up to your local book store next week, for the release of The Mirror and the Light—the third in Hilary Mantel’s extraordinary trilogy chronicling the life of Thomas… Read more »