Travis Elborough presents The Philosophy of Vinyl. In this sparkling little book Travis celebrates what makes vinyl the connoisseur choice for music lovers. Filled with fascinating facts, it’s a perfect gift! Pre-order at Waterstones (till 24/7) & receive 25% off. www.waterstones.com/book/the-phi...

Alice Du Parcq is an expert on all things perfume & scent & she has bottled all that knowledge into The Philosophy of Perfume! You can pre-order it from Waterstones & receive 25% off (until 24/7). Richard E Grant says he ‘inhaled (it) at a single sitting’! www.waterstones.com/book/the-phi...

Get 25% off (till 24/07) when you pre-order Tara of the Kings: Ancient Irish Myths & Legends Retold by Gerry Smyth. This fascinating book is fully illustrated with stunning images (seriously, they are beautiful!). Pre-order & save! www.waterstones.com/book/tara-of...

We have some fantastic titles in the Waterstones 25% off pre-orders offer! Here is A History of Roads by Jeremy Black. The perfect gift for the map fan in your life. Offer ends 24/7! www.waterstones.com/book/a-histo...

Our next Gilded Nightmare is a first. The first time we’ve featured a living author! The legendary Ramsey Campbell joins the GN pantheon. And it’s edited by Jeremy Dyson. What more could you want? How about 25% off? Just pre-order at Waterstones before 24/07! www.waterstones.com/book/the-sho...

If you love Classic Crime you will love this! The Classic Crime Quiz Book by Kate Jackson, can be pre-ordered (until 24/7) with 25% off from Waterstones. www.waterstones.com/book/the-gol...

It going to be a Christie Christmas, clearly. Luckily we have you covered! You can pre-order The Classic Crime Companion by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social from Waterstones & receive 25% off (until 24/07)! Featuring the Queen of crime & MUCH more. www.waterstones.com/book/the-cla...

You have three days to get 25% off our amazing Agatha Christie tome! Pre-order at Waterstones using the code SUMMER26 today! Offer ends 24/07. @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/book/agatha-...

We are thrilled to announce Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery, a landmark new hardback exploring the life and legacy of the ‘Queen of Crime.' 🔍Publishing this October to accompany the British Library’s major exhibition. Available to pre-order now.🔍 Pre-order: shop.bl.uk/products/aga...

Spurned lovers return from the grave, ghost ships materialise on the sea, a bird’s eerie cry lures the unsuspecting to their deaths. Welcome to the unsettling world of the French weird. Danse Macabre: An Anthology of French Weird is available online and in store today. #BritishLibraryPublishing

On the eve of his wedding, former spy Kenwood Blake is summoned to take part in an undercover operation. Can he solve the clues, bring a killer to justice and still get to the church in time to get married in the morning? The Magic Lantern Murders is out now. #crimeclassic #britishlibrarypublishing

Thank you @tommeadauthor.bsky.social for championing one of our favourite authors John Dickson Carr! It’s no coincidence we chose The Unicorn Murders to be our 150th Crime Classic title ❤️

It’s Bodies from the Library day at the BL. Looking forward to a day packed with Golden Age Crime panels! It’s sold out this year - so make sure you book early for 2027.

Yorkshire: a land of uncanny literature and folklore, home to twilit towns thronging with restless ghosts, woods alive with whispers and vast moorlands stalked by boggarts after dark. Haunted Yorkshire: Ghostly Tales from God's Own County is available online and in store today.

Happy publication day to Puzzles of the Parish! Edited by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social. Gathered here are some of the greatest mystery tales in which the tendrils of crime steal into the churchyard. Delivering cosy brainteasers & fiendishly-fashioned stories with a sting in the tail! Out now.

Haunted Yorkshire (the June Tales of the Weird) has arrived at BL towers! Publishing June 18th. Here we go!

It's 1915, and Miranda is spending the war across the Atlantic to her Canadian husband. Gradually, as the war brings death and destruction to those closest to her, Miranda is offered a chance at real love. Available Online and In Store today. #BritishLibraryPublising

From the peaks of Eryri to hidden valleys and haunted mines, the storied landscapes of Wales have inspired centuries of myth and folklore. Twenty tales of eerie encounters, Shadows Over Cymru is available online and in store. #Wales #Welshbooks #britishlibrarypublishing

“He looked up at the picture rail… and there was the hand.” ✋📖 Tales of the ghostly, possessed and disembodied hands creeping through the history of weird fiction. Prepare to enter a world of nightmares with Beasts with Five Fingers. Available online and in store today #britishlibrarypublishing

Celebrating our 150th Crime Classic, The Unicorn Murders. Sir George Ramsden returns to Britain with the mysterious “unicorn,” A deadly game of disguise and deception unfolds, until an impossible murder turns everyone into a suspect. Available online and in store today

What exactly can a shed be? 🤔 Uncover how these small spaces have sparked big thinking, from inventions and literature to art and philosophy. The Philosophy of Sheds with @shedworking.bsky.social is available online and in store today. #BritishLibraryPublishing #NewBooks #Sheds #Gardenlovers

Ok one more preview. It’s the next Tales of the Weird, it’s ‘Beasts with Five Fingers: Strange Tales of Disembodied Hands’. That’s right a whole book of spooky disembodied hands! Edited by Brian J. Showers. Publishing May 21st. #TalesoftheWeird

Next preview! New ‘Gilded Nightmare’ Shadows Over Cymru: Uncanny Stories of the Welsh Weird. Edited by Aaron Worth. Surely one of the prettiest jackets yet! & check out that contents list. Publishing 26/05.

Today seems like a good day to do a few previews! Let’s start with The Spring House by Cynthia Asquith, with a new foreword by Joanna Quinn. A WW1 novel that artfully balances humour & devastation. Publishing 09/06 @stuckinabook.bsky.social #WomenWriters

And there’s more! Our Pride and Prejudice first edition facsimile was also Highly Commended in the Best Book Finishing category 👏

We’re thrilled to share some exciting news ✨📚 Last night, British Library Publishing won at the 2026 British Book Design & Production Awards for The Art of the Scribe by @patricialovett.bsky.social taking home the prize in the Scholarly, Academic & Reference category.

When the skeleton of a woman, found bearing a cryptic message is discovered beneath the old town hall, the vengeful grip of a long-buried curse pushes the town towards a night of flames and carnage. The Luck of the Town is out now. #BritishLibraryPublishing #GothicHorror

Elusive, rare, and steeped in myth… 🦄✨ The ‘animal that never was’ continues to inspire…and The little book of unicorns is a celebration of its magic. Available online and in store today. #Unicorns #Fantasy #BritishLibraryPublishing

Carolus Deene has a troubling hobby as a criminologist and sometime sleuth. Before long Buddington is rocked by a twisted double-murder. Our latest Crime Classic, Jack on the Gallows Tree is out now, online and in store. #crimeclassics #mystery #britishlibrary #britishlibrarypublishing

🧚‍♀️Not just wings and wonder. Think tricksters, lovers and ancient spirits of shadow and shimmer. The Little Book of Fairies, available from the British Library Shop today! #fairytales #fairystories #britishlibrary #britishlibrarypublishing