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Launch Party: Behind Blue Eyes – C.S. Duffy

Published on Tue, 2019-06-18 11:29

Launch Party Behind Blue Eyes

STOCKHOLM | Tuesday 18th June at 18.30. Free!

The perfect man.
The perfect life.
The only problem is the dead body on the beach.

Investigative reporter Ellie has just given up her life in London to be with the man of her dreams in Sweden when she stumbles across a half decomposed skeleton on Midsummer’s eve…

#DallowayDay Special Theme Reading Group

Published on Thu, 2019-06-06 11:49

#DallowayDay

UPPSALA | Wednesday 12th June at 19.00

Celebrate DallowayDay with us at the bookshop, along with other bookshops, libraries & book lovers all over the world and join us in this special theme reading group on this ”Wednesday in mid-June”.

Daniel Ogden will lead the discussion on the book Mrs Dalloway and talk a little about Virginia Woolf and her life and times.

Limited space – sign up today!

Sign up for this reading group either by dropping by the shop (and getting the book) or by contacting the shop in any other way.

DALLOWAYDAY SPECIAL THEME READING GROUP
Uppsala: Wednesday 12th June at 19:00 (”a Wednesday in mid-June”)
Group fee: 60 kr for the tea, cake and great bookish company.
Several different editions of the book in stock – pick your favourite!

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Enjoy your National Day

Published on Wed, 2019-06-05 10:30

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Enjoy your national day

National Day | Thursday 6th June

Enjoy your national day & the summer weather!

(If you need a book or two to put on that table, both shops are open 12–16 – welcome by!)

New Poetry & Fiction reading: Cynthia Arrieu-King & Agri Ismaïl

Published on Fri, 2019-05-31 09:40

New Fiction & Poetry Reading

STOCKHOLM | Sunday 2nd June at 16:00

Welcome to the Stockholm bookshop for an author visit and reading of new poetry and fiction by Cynthia Arrieu-King & Agri Ismaïl.

Free – bring a friend!

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Irish Spoken Word Poetry - Tues 28th May

Published on Thu, 2019-05-23 16:59

Irish Spoken Word Poetry

UPPSALA | Tuesday 28th May at 19.00. Free!

Philosophy Reading Group: Aristotle’s Way

Published on Fri, 2019-05-03 15:55

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Philosophy reading group: Aristotle’s Way – Edith Hall

Welcome to join this special theme philosophy reading group, facilitated by Madeleine Hyde. There will be a meeting in Uppsala as well as in Stockholm.

ARISTOTLE’S WAY
Ten Ways Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
by Edith Hall

What do you and an ancient philosopher have in common? It turns out much more than you might think…

Board (and Bard) Game Night

Published on Thu, 2019-05-02 07:35

Board Game Night

UPPSALA | Thursday 16th May at 19.00

Join us in the bookshop for a board (and bard) game night!

We’ll play Shakespeare, the Bard Game as well as Trivial Pursuit book lover’s edition.
Oh, and there will be tea and cake!

And – prizes to be won! (So not just fame & glory...)

Limited number of players – get your ticket at the bookshop today!

Thursday 16th May at 19.00
Tickets 70:- (incl. tea and cake). Get your ticket at the bookshop.

Walpurgis Holiday 2019

Published on Tue, 2019-04-30 08:46

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Walpurgis Holiday Shop Hours

UPPSALA
Tuesday 30th April Walpurgis 10–15
Wednesday 1st May 12–16

STOCKHOLM
Tuesday 30th April Walpurgis 11–18
Wednesday 1st May 12–16

Easter Shop Hours 2019

Published on Thu, 2019-04-18 17:36

Shop Hours this Easter holiday

UPPSALA
Good Friday (Fri 19 April) 12–16
Easter Eve (Sat 20 April) 10–17
Easter Day (Sun 21 April) 12–16
Easter Monday (Mon 22 April) 12–16

STOCKHOLM
Good Friday (Fri 19 April) 12–16
Easter Eve (Sat 20 April) 11–16
Easter Day (Sun 21 April) closed
Easter Monday (Mon 22 April) 12–16

The Camino Way – author visit & reading

Published on Wed, 2019-04-17 18:45

STOCKHOLM | Thursday 18th April at 18.30. Free.

Join us for an author visit and reading from The Camino Way book at Stockholm shop.

Victor Prince, the author of the bestselling book The Camino Way – Lessons in Leadership from a Walk Across Spain (HarperCollins, 2017), will be sharing stories from his book and answering questions about hiking the ancient Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail across Spain.

Come and meet other past and prospective Camino pilgrims in the Stockholm area.

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Books of the Month – September 2019

John Lanchester The Wall Paperback General Fiction of the month	Frances Fanny Burney Evelina Paperback Classic of the month	Kimberly King Parsons Black Light: Stories Paperback Short Stories of the month
Sarah Ward The Shrouded Path Paperback Mystery of the month	Laird Barron Blood Standard Paperback Noir of the month	Mary Robinette Kowal The Calculating Stars Paperback Sci-Fi of the month
Marina & Sergey Dyachenko Vita Nostra Paperback Fantasy of the month	Wendy Trimboli The Resurrectionist of Caligo Paperback & Alicia Zaloga Urban Fantasy of the month	Elizabeth Acevedo With the Fire on High Paperback Teen/YA of the month
Jorge Carrión Against Amazon: Seven Arguments / One Manifesto Paperback Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – August 2019

Madeline Miller Circe Paperback General Fiction pick of the month	Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness Paperback Classic pick of the month	Alexia Arthurs How to Love a Jamaican: Stories Paperback Short Stories pick of the month
T. E. Kinsey A Quiet Life in the Country Paperback Mystery pick of the month	James A. McLaughlin Bearskin Paperback Noir pick of the month	Amal el-Mohtar This Is How You Lose the Time War Paperback & Max Gladstone Sci-Fi pick of the month
Peter McLean Priest of Bones Paperback Fantasy pick of the month	Suyi Davies Okungbowa David Mogo, Godhunter Paperback Urban Fantasy pick of the month	Kwame Anthony Appiah Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers Paperback Non-Fiction pick of the month
Samuel Miller A Lite Too Bright Paperback Teen/Young Adult pick of the month

Books of the Month – July 2019

Lex Coulton Falling Short Paperback Modern Fiction pick of the month	Ann Radcliffe A Sicilian Romance Paperback Classic pick of the month	Anjali Sachdeva All the Names They Use for God Paperback Short Stories pick of the month
Gillian Galbraith The End of the Line Paperback Mystery pick of the month	Edgar Cantero This Body’s Not Big Enough For the Both of Us Paperback Noir pick of the month	Özgür Mumcu The Peace Machine Paperback Sci-Fi pick of the month
Alex Stewart A Fistful of Elven Gold Paperback Fantasy pick of the month	Richard Kadrey The Grand Dark Paperback Urban Fantasy pick of the month	Rory Power Wilder Girls Paperback Teen/Young Adult pick of the month
Rose McGowan Brave Paperback Non-Fiction/Biography pick of the month

Hot & New – 8 April 2019

Suzy Hansen

Notes on a Foreign Country

Paperback

An American Abroad in a Post-American World

Mike Ripley

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Paperback

The Boom in British Thrillers from Casino Royale to the Eagle Has Landed

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General Fiction Book of the Month – September 2019

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019. Thrilling and heartbreaking, The Wall is about a troubled world you will recognise as your own – and about what might be found when all is lost. A 1984 for our times.
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Mystery Book of the Month – September 2019

November, 1957. Six teenage girls walk in the Derbyshire mists, the first chills of winter in the air. They follow the old train tracksinto the dark tunnel of the Cutting. Only five reappear on the other side. An irresistible autumnal mystery helmed by a complex heroine, perfect for fans of Val McDermid.
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