The winner in our fabulous Kat von D competition announced!

Published on Mon, 2010-12-06 12:49
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A very scientificly minded blindfolded intern has pulled a name from the hat and the winner is..... Emelie G.!! Congratulations Emelie! (The intern's name is Ruddy. He's a very good intern.) (and the correct answer was Katherine Drachenberg)

Kat von D in the bookshop
www.katvond.net

Ideas for Christmas and winter reading

Published on Fri, 2010-12-03 12:34
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If you're in the mood for a bit of Christmas and winter reading, we've got lots of ideas for you, from Dickens and The Grinch to cosy Christmas crimes! Here are some suggestions.

Night Before Christmas Clement C. Moore, Eric Puybaret (Ill.)  War of Gifts, A (An Ender Christmas Story) Orson Scott Card Hogfather (Discworld #20) by Terry Pratchett  Don't Cry For Me Aberystwyth (A Louie Knight Mystery #4) Malcolm Pryce

Edward Trayer signs his new children's book The Gullfoss Legends!

Published on Fri, 2010-12-03 10:24
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Edward Trayer. The Gullfoss Legend

18 of December 11 o'clock sharp.

Edward Trayer signs his new children's book The Gullfoss Legends!

Edward Trayer in the bookshop

Competition, win Kat von D's new book The Tattoo Chronicles

Published on Thu, 2010-12-02 22:13
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Kat von D - The Tattoo ChroniclesNew competition! Win a signed copy of famed tattoo artist Kat von D's new book The Tattoo Chronicles. Ms von D is visiting Sweden at the moment to launch her new books. We don't actually have anything planned for her in our shops, but we do have a signed copy of the beautiful new book to raffle off. Just send us an e-mail at info@bookshop.se stating what Kat von D's 'real' name is and YOU could be the winner! Competition ends Sunday December 5. Winners announced forthwith.

Kat von D in the bookshop

Storytelling for Children, Saturday November 20

Published on Fri, 2010-11-19 13:48
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Storytelling for Children, Saturday November 20Tomorrow Saturday November 20 we are starting up our Storytelling for Children sessions in the Uppsala shop again. We're really looking forward to this. It's for 3-6 year olds primarily and you don't need to sign up for it.

Welcome To A Literary Afternoon

Published on Tue, 2010-11-16 17:39
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WELCOME TO A Literary Afternoon with international authors Brian James (Sierra Leone) and Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh) Sunday November 21st at 15.30Welcome To A Literary Afternoon with the international authors Brian James (Sierra Leone) and Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Sunday November 21st at 15.30

At The Uppsala English Bookshop

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Celebration all weekend!

Published on Sat, 2010-11-13 13:59
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Thursday Nov 18th: All-day celebration in the shop, evening party!

Saturday Nov 20th: Storytelling for children 3-6 at 11.30

Sunday Nov 21st: Literary afternoon with international authors Brian James (Sierra Leone) and Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh) at 15.30

Happy surprises through-out!

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The Uppsala English Bookshop 15 Years!!!!

Published on Fri, 2010-11-12 14:32
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The Uppsala English Bookshop from the early days - Jan

Yes! Thursday November 18 is our 15th birthday. Incredible, right?

And we're bigger, better, bolder than ever! All thanks to you guys of course.

So, please sign our Birthday Guestbook here

Winner of a signed copy of Simon Kernick's The Last 10 Seconds!

Published on Mon, 2010-11-08 21:29
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The winner of our fiercly competitive Simon Kernick competition is Mr P. Hurst! Actually he's the only one who got the question right. The answer of course is Tom Hickey. But you all knew that, really, right? (And the question was "What is the name of the lecturer in humanities at Brighton Polytechnic who was a major inspiration to Mr Kernick?")

So congratulations Phil, the book is in the post. 
Happy reading.

Competition; Win a signed copy of Simon Kernick's The Last 10 Seconds!

Published on Thu, 2010-11-04 21:54
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Simon Kernick - The Last 10 seconds

Win a signed copy of brit crime great Simon Kernick's latest race-against time bestseller The Last 10 Seconds!

All you have to do this time is send an email to info@bookshop.se with the answer to this question: 
What is the name of the lecturer in humanities at Brighton Polytechnic who was a major inspiration to Mr Kernick?

And, of course, you have to 'like' this post on Facebook!
Deadline for this competition is Sunday November 7. Good luck!

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Daisy Jones and The Six
Paperback

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What Happened to the Corbetts
Paperback

Classic of the month
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Paperback

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The Migration
Paperback

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Paperback

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Eka Kurniawan
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Paperback

Short Stories of the month
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M.L. Longworth
A Noël Killing
Paperback

Mystery of the month
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Stephen Mack Jones
August Snow
Paperback

Noir of the month
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Greg Chivers
The Crying Machine
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month
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Dale Bailey
In the Night Wood
Paperback

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Charlaine Harris
An Easy Death
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Mary H. K. Choi
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Tom Michell
The Penguin Lessons
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Keith Gessen
A Terrible Country
Paperback

General fiction of the month
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Maria Edgeworth
Castle Rackrent
Paperback

Classic of the month
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Samanta Schweblin
Mouthful of Birds
Paperback

Short stories of the month
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Peter Maughan
The Cuckoos of Batch Magna
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Rejoice
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Sci-Fi of the month
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The Beauty of the Wolf
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Fantasy of the month
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Edward Willett
Worldshaper
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Here to Stay
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John Sellars
Lessons in Stoicism
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Non-Fiction of the month

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