TOP 10 | All the latest news from Waterstone’s Ballymena – Saturday 19 April 2025

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. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shredder by Dav Pilkey

2. All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

3. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

4. Fearless by Lauren Roberts

5. Our Wee Place by Sophie Kirtley & Ellan Rankin

6. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

7. Bakes and Wee Treats by Jonny Murphy

8. My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes

9. Watch Me by Tahereh Mafi

10. There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

Half Price…

• Easy Air Fryer by Jamie Oliver

Take your air-fryer game to the next level with this inspiring recipe collection from the King of the Kitchen, as Jamie serves up delicious and incredibly easy-to-prepare treats from cute canapés to scrumptious puddings.

• Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

Our reigning Waterstones Book of the Year begins a breathtakingly realised fantasy series from the genius storyteller behind Rooftoppers and The Explorer, in which an ordinary boy and a flying girl become entangled in an adventure with a host of magical creatures

• Strangers in Time by David Baldacci 

Leading the reader to wartime London, the internationally bestselling crime supremo delivers a sweeping historical thiller as the paths of three disparate souls unexpectedly intertwine in the deadly shadows of the Blitz.

Storytime…

Our next Storytime sessions will take place on Saturday 26th at 12pm  and Sunday 27th of April at 3pm .

We will be reading Don't Eat the Dragon Snacks! by Mark Sperring & Debrorah Allwright. There will be colouring in afterwards. Our Storytime sessions are completely free with no need to book, just show up.

Kids Book Club..

Our next meeting of the Kids Book Club for the 9-12 year old age group is on Sunday 11th May at 2pm. We will be discussing Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery.

We look forward to seeing everyone there. Newcomers are especially welcome. If you have any questions about this Book Club or want to know about any of our other Book Clubs we offer, do not hesitate to get in contact with us. 

Game of the Month…

We are delighted to announce that our new Game of the Month is... Sky Team!

Sky Team is a cooperative game, exclusively for 2 players, where you play a pilot and co-pilot at the controls of an airliner. Your goal is to work together as a team to land your airplane in different airports around the world. Silently assign your dice to the correct spaces in your cockpit to balance the axis of your plane, control its speed, deploy the flaps, extend the landing gear, contact the control tower to clear your path, and even have a little coffee to improve your concentration enough to change the value of your dice.

From Montreal to Tokyo, discover 11 airports and 21 exciting scenarios inspired by real landing conditions. Wind, kerosene, leaks, traffic, ice... each airport comes with its own set of challenges! This game is for ages 14+.