Welcome to this week’s news, reviews, and ‘all-things-books’ latest from the team at Waterstone’s Ballymena!
This week’s Top 10 bestselling books…
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
2. Super Sleuth by David Walliams
3. Obsessed by Johnny Sexton
4. Guinness World Records 2025
5. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
6. Maybe Next Christmas by Emma Heatherington
7. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
8. In Good Time by Harold Good
9. Oor Wullie Annual
10. All That Matters by Sir Chris Hoy
Half Price…
Our Black Friday sale is jam-packed with half price offers. Included in the sale, and newly published are
• Cher: The Memoir Part One
Tracing the life and career of the iconic singer and actor from childhood to the break-up of her marriage to Sonny Bono, the first instalment of Cher's memoirs abounds in unforgettable memories and matchless insights into the music and entertainment industries.
• Pinch Of Nom All In One by Kay Allinson
From cheesy butternut bacon orzo to chicken tikka, the beloved Pinch of Nom serves up one hundred brand-new recipes that can be made in one pot, one pan or one roasting dish and are high on flavour and low on calories.
Look out for special offers on selected games in our Black Friday sale!
The Booker Prize 2024…
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
This week The Booker Prize 2024 winner was the fantastic Orbital by Samantha Harvey.
Six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft contemplating the world below. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons.
Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home. They look on as a typhoon gathers over an island and people they love, in awe of its magnificence and fearful of its destruction.
The fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams. So far from earth, they have never felt more part - or protective - of it. They begin to ask, what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity?
Waterstone’s Irish Book Of The Year…
Long Island by Colm Toibin
The sublime, long-awaited sequel to Tóibín's modern masterpiece Brooklyn finds Eilis Fiorello driven back to Ireland in the wake of shattering news.
Saturday Storytime…
Our next Saturday Storytime session takes place on Saturday 30th November at 12pm. We will be reading Where Snow Angels Go by Maggie O'Farrell.
'Have you ever woken up suddenly, in the middle of the night, without knowing why?'
From the best-selling and award-winning author of Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, weaves an extraordinary and compelling modern fairy tale about the bravery of a little girl and the miracle of a snowy day.
Young Adult Bookclub…
Unfortunately the next meeting, due to be held on 28th Novemeber, has been cancelled due to staff illness. Please check our socials for further updates!