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Three storeys of books to discover in the heart of Glasgow 📚 with a charming cafe and exciting programme of events.

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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Witches, goblins, supernatural spooks & ancient crafts 🎃🪓🪾 Our October Books of the Month are bursting with autumnal atmosphere 🍂
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Deep in the Welsh mountains something ancient is waiting beneath the soil 🐏 Folklore and superstition mix into an obsessive blend that pulls a curious sheep farmer into the darkness 🌘
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Joins us, if you dare, for this perfectly spooky evening of Gothic fiction to discover three brilliantly unsettling novels that delve into the chilling mysteries of the past and the darkest corners of the psyche 🫠🏚️💀 www.waterstones.com/events/haunt...
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Scottish crime maestro Ian Rankin returns with his first standalone thriller in two decades, and an unforgettable new inspector is on the case! 🌇 Join us at Drygate Brewing Co - Ian will be in conversation with Abir Mukherjee, answering questions & signing books. Tickets at Waterstones.com/events
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We want more! 🍋Gillian Anderson’s second collection of anonymous letters details the desires and fantasies of real women around the world 😮‍💨
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A Yale student freshly arrived in Taiwan learns a heartbreaking truth about her late grandfather in this moving story of identity & language, love & grief from the author of Babel, Katabasis & Yellowface 🍲🍵
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The holidays might be over but the fun continues with DOUBLE PLUS STAMPS! 😍📚 If you’re not already a Waterstones Plus member you’re missing out on exclusive deals & money off your books, join today on the app, website, or in store.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We’re returning to the world of Fourth Wing with an evening of pottery painting in the bookshop cafe! ✨🖌️ We have a range of tickets - all include one piece of pottery as well as paint, glazes & firing costs, the option to preorder your copy of Threshing Day, and exclusive free goodies too! ❤️‍🔥
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Sunday Staff Reads! 📖 This week our resident classicist Aoife started Amazons, a groundbreaking book that sets the record straight about the legendary warrior women that were mythologised throughout the ancient world & are still a byword for female power today 💪
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Legendary Scottish Cup winning manager Bobby Williamson makes a rare return to Glasgow to launch his new autobiography 🏆 He’ll be talking to sports journalist John Greechan about his remarkable life in and out of football, before answering your questions and signing copies of his new book.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Join us to launch The Haunting of Avis Lovelock, a ghostly murder mystery on a high society ocean liner, with author duo MK Hardy 🚢🕵🏻‍♀️ It’s a witty occult romp that sees professional sceptic Avis up against ghostly visions, twin mediums, & a dead body! 🔮 Get your tickets now at Waterstones.com
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Join us at this special event to remember one the most remarkable figures in Glaswegian history and Scottish politics, with the release of Jimmy Reid's posthumous autobiography. Biographer Brian McGeachan and Jimmy's daughter Eileen will be in conversation with actor and director David Hayman.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The former First Minister’s remarkably open & candid memoir now out in paperback, and with new updated material! Covering everything from political battles to personal struggles, it’s an unflinching look at life under immense scrutiny.
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SHADOW OF MADNESS out now! @dvbishop.com · 03/08/2026
Loved this very thoughtful podcast digging into the samplers for SHADOW OF MADNESS and THE HIGH ISLAND. As it happens, I'm chairing @linanderson.bsky.social this Thursday (Aug 6th) at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social in Glasgow, get tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It’s never too early to make Gothic autumnal plans 🕯️🍂 Take a journey through the dark past as we celebrate two excellent new historical mysteries that mix Gothic atmosphere with the bright lights of the theatrical world.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Sunday Staff Reads! 📖 This week Emma finished Unnatural Causes, the utterly fascinating life of a forensic pathologist and the notorious or neglected cases he’s unraveled with expert skill 💀🧐
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
August’s Books of the Month make perfect holiday reading! 🕶️📚 Travel to the enigmatic past with our debut prize winner, or a journey across the globe by night train, scandals in sun-drenched Greece, find adventure in the Hunger Games arena or in the equally treacherous world of tech.
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Moonflower Books @moonflowerbooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Our @jackjewers.bsky.social is going on tour! He's going to be here, there and everywhere, but the first event announced is at the fabulous @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social where he'll be chatting theatrical gothic mysteries with Jess Kidd. Tickets available here: www.waterstones.com/events/a-nig...
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Darkland Tales series continues with a retelling of the infamously doomed Darien Scheme 🗺️ Told as a series of letters home from an expedition scientist, it’s a moment in history that shaped Scotland’s future.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Booker Prize longlist stacked with so many of our favourites! 👑 Including of course our Debut Prize winner, and previous Booker winner Glasgow’s own Douglas Stuart
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Handheld horrors! 🕯️ Discover the spooky wee novellas of the Eden book society - a mysteriously occult publishing family or a literary hoax by some of our favourite authors? Find out if you dare…
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A sexy, sultry summer in the south of France with his wealthy boyfriend’s family turns sour when the glamorous facade starts to crack open 🌅 Take Saltburn, mix in some classic Brideshead Revisited, and add the power of a brilliant debut writer 🍸
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Monsters, mythology & mayhem abound in The Harbour of Hungry Ghosts! Join us to discover this kickass adventure set in opium-war era Hong Kong with Eliza Chan - introducing us to Kiamling, who has to step up when her grandmother is snatched by strange new monsters at the hungry ghost festival.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Tucked in the pages of her fathers historic manuscript, Marie Maitland hid her queer love poems ✍️ discovered by Ashley Douglas, this is the fascinating true story of a remarkable woman from 16th century Scotland. Thanks to Ashley for coming in to sign copies of her groundbreaking book!
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Sunday Staff Reads! 📖 This week Jack has been reading Evenings And Weekends, perfect summer reading, it’s set across one scorching weekend as a group of interconnected Londoners each find themselves at a turning point in their lives 🌇
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Join us to celebrate the launch of The High Island, the start of a heart-racing new series of Orcadia Mysteries from Scottish crime writing legend Lin Anderson. www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-lin-anderson/glasgow-argyle-street-167752
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The Winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction prize 🏆 May We Feed The King is a book we’ve long loved, it’s the intertwined stories of a museum curator & the king whose imagined life she begins to lose herself in 🍇👑🍐 sensuous, artistic & playfully mysterious
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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
#Glasgow Keep the GSFWC party going after this week's launch of Neil Williamson's Hand-Me Downs (PS Publishing) and grab your ticket for our alumna Eliza Chan's launch of Harbour of Hungry Ghosts! See you on 11th August. @elizachanwrites.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Who’s ready for The Odyssey? 🏺 The most epic journey home in literature moves from the small page to the big screen.
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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Echoing @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social in my thanks to everyone for making last night an absolute blast. Jack at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social was a total champ in setting it all up, and @beckywojturska.bsky.social's questions struck the perfect balance between insightful and laugh-out-loud fun.
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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Thank you so much to @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social for hosting me and @neilwilliamson.bsky.social as we launch HOME SICK, THE PACKET and HAND-ME-DOWNS last night! And thank you @beckywojturska.bsky.social for chairing! HOME SICK is officially out tomorrow in the UK from @solarisbooks.bsky.social
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Could you survive Basgiath? 🗡️🐉 Find out with our new Game of the Month, a game of strategy, rivalry, ambition & alliance, exclusively at Waterstones!
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Sunday Staff Reads! 📖 This week Kev has been reading Suicide Blonde, one of the new Cult Canons series, it’s an intoxicated descent into San Francisco’s grungy underworld of sex, drugs, and blurred boundaries.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Glasgow’s Rom-Com Queen returns! ✨💞 The girls of The Dictionary Club are headed to NYC, but will their gossip girl fantasies come true or is the big apple simply full of worms?
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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
#Glasgow One week today, join our Neil Williamson and Rhiannon Grist for Chilling Tales! Expect spine-chilling chat on Neil's new collection, Hand-Me-Downs, plus Rhiannon's new novel Home Sick. Ticket link below: @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Sunday Staff Reads! 📖 Becca & Keela have been reading the Women’s Prize winner The Correspondent, the heartwarming story of a reclusive letter writer who opens up her world to new opportunities ✍️
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
We are in love with these new ‘brief encounters’ from Vintage 🫰 Tiny, timeless, & beautifully designed, there’s one for each week of the year.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Sun-drenched, heart-felt, page-turning Books of the Month! 🌞 July’s picks have seduction, betrayal, cliffhangers, troubled relationships, Greek mountains, Scottish legends, teen prodigies & one mysterious bar serving magical drinks 🍸
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
We are thrilled to have Silvia Moreno-Garcia making a rare trip to Scotland for The Intrigue 🚬🕶️ A noir mystery following a handsome conman & the young woman who might scupper all his plans. Get a ticket at www.waterstones.com/events/silvia-moreno-garcia-launches-the-intrigue/glasgow-argyle-street
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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Do it! Join us. I'll tell you all about my really horrible "haunted cheese" story!
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Pride Month may be coming to an end, but there’s fabulous queer reading to be done all year round 🌈🫰 These are just a few of the new books catching our eye.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Join us for an evening of thrills & spills, psychological horrors & mysterious strangers! 💀 British Fantasy Award winner Rhiannon Grist & shop fave Neil Williamson will be discussing their chilling new books with Rebecca Wojturska of Haunt Publishing, horror fans this is an evening not to miss!
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I'm going on tour this July to the UK to promote the release of my latest novel, The Intrigue. I'll be visiting Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. ⁠Book your tickets: geni.us/SilviaMGTour PS: My publisher is trying to arrange a signing in Dublin but we haven't secured that yet.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The perfect summer escape! 🌞 We wish we could run away to Villa Coco, with its eccentric baroness and her litter of pugs, collection of equally quirky friends, and trove of antiques under the Tuscan sun - an ideal spot for a young American archivist to find himself.
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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Hey! In a few weeks I'm going to be at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social with @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social and @beckywojturska.bsky.social talking about scary stories. You'll be able to buy Rhiannon's ace debut novel, Home Sick, and my brand new collection, Hand-Me-Downs too. Come join us...if you dare!
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Queen of Thrills Lisa Jewell joins us for a lunchtime signing of her new book It Could Have Been Her, another page-turning, pulse-pounding story from one of our favourite authors. Reserve your spot to meet Lisa and get a copy of her new book at 50% off included with your ticket!
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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
#Glasgow Join our Neil Williamson, Rhiannon Grist and Rebecca Wojturska and celebrate Neil's new Horror collection Hand-Me-Downs (PS Publishing). Get your tickets below and we'll see you at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social on 14th July! @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social (1/2)
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Chilling Tales with Rhiannon Grist and Neil Williamson | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Chilling Tales with Rhiannon Grist and Neil Williamson today.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Sunday Staff Reads! 📖 This week Gill has been reading The Expansion Project, a surreal, severance-esque satire of corporate life where ‘bring-your-daughter-to-work day’ starts of a dizzyingly absurd chain of events 🕴️
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Wild women & powerful folklore! Kim Willis gives us a sneak peek of what to expect at her upcoming event with us on June 23rd - ancient matriarchs, shape-shifting enchantresses, scaly nymphs & goddesses who once commanded our lands. www.waterstones.com/bookshops/gl...
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Alan Parks & his soldier-turned-spy Gunner return with Deception 🕵🏻‍♂️ New York, nazis, the mob, a growing body count, this heart racing thriller has it all! Don’t miss out on a ticket, available now on Waterstones.com
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