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In Search of the Best Swedish Chokladbollar – Alaine Handa

Published on Fri, 2019-04-05 09:00

Author Visit: In Search of the Best Swedish Chokladbollar

STOCKHOLM Sat 6 April at 14.00 | UPPSALA Sun 7 April at 14.00

Welcome to an author visit from Alaine Handa, whose fascination with Swedish ”fika” made her try loads of recipes for chokladbollar.

Come and sample some of her favourites and see her collection of the very best varieties in her cook book In Search of the Best Swedish Chokladbollar.

Get your own copy (or for a friend – great gift!), get it signed and get baking!

FREE – bring a friend!
Stockholm Saturday 6th April at 14.00
Uppsala Sunday 7th April at 14.00

Release: Gribblebob’s Book of Unpleasant Goblins – David Ashby

Published on Wed, 2019-03-27 10:04

Release: Gribblebob’s Book of Unpleasant Goblins

STOCKHOLM | Thursday 4 April at 18.30

Come and help author David Ashby celebrate the release of his first children's book, Gribblebob’s Book of Unpleasant Goblins, a delightful and hilarious adventure story, perfect for children 9 years and up – and their parents too!

There will be drinks and snacks, and you'll be able to get your very own signed copy of David’s book.

WELCOME! FREE! Children (of course) welcome!
Stockholm: Thursday 4th April, 18.30-20.00
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“Do you believe in goblins and fairies and dragons and all that malarkey?” “No,” replied Anna and “Yes,” said Nils, both at the same time.

Celebrate St Patrick’s Eve at the bookshop

Published on Thu, 2019-03-14 13:21

UPPSALA | Saturday 16th March at 17.30

Celebrate St Patrick’s Eve at the bookshop

A poetry evening with Irish poet Ciara Ní É, Seaghan Mac an tSionnaigh (also on double bass), Sam Kessel and many other voices. Reading in both English and Irish!

Tradition and modern in a beautiful mix,
come and celebrate Ireland with us!

Saturday 16th March at 17:30 in the Uppsala shop
FREE! Bring a friend and celebrate.

London från Brixton till Brexit

Published on Wed, 2019-03-13 09:27

STOCKHOLM | Torsdag 14 mars kl 18.30. Gratis!

London från Brixton till Brexit – aktuellare än nångonsin.

Välkommen till en afton i Stockholmsbutiken med journalisten och författaren Anders Steinvall där han berättar om resan från Brixton till Brexit, presenterar sin bok Rytmen av London och tar oss genom vad som kallats Londons ”coola geografi”, ett urbant ideal starkt präglat av immigration.

FÖRFATTARBESÖK Torsdag 14 mars kl 18.30. Gratis!
Samtalet (och boken) är på svenska.

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Book Sale 2019 – 3for2 all weekend!

Published on Thu, 2019-02-28 19:20

UPPSALA & STOCKHOLM | Fri 1 March–Sun 3 March

BOOK SALE 3-for-2 on everything! All weekend Fri 1 March – Sun 3rd March!

We’re celebrating the joy of reading (and well-filled bookshelves) with a great sale this weekend: not just on selected titles, but on everything in our shops in Uppsala and Stockholm.

3 for 2 on everything in the shops. Or pick 6 for 4. Grab 9 and pay for 6... You get the idea

In our Uppsala shop you can shop til you drop on Friday, and then enjoy a concert with Ryan O’Reilly! And at the Stockholm shop we have Storytime for Children on Saturday at 11 (parents, why not stock up on new children’s books while you’re here?)

You ❤️ books.
We ❤️ books.
WE ❤️ YOU.
Thanks for making our bookshops the book lover’s paradise!

Ryan O’Reilly in concert

Published on Wed, 2019-02-27 20:03

Ryan O’Reilly in concert at the bookshop

UPPSALA | Friday 1st March at 19.00

Concert in the bookshop – RYAN O’REILLY is back!

Ryan returns to perform songs from his new albums released since his last visit to the bookshop. Great songs from a passionate musical storyteller – don’t miss!

» Check out the official video to the title track from his latest album: I Can’t Stand the Sound

Friday 1st March at 19:00 in the Uppsala bookshop
FREE – voluntary contributions.

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Book release & Reading: The Hunter – Andrew Reid

Published on Tue, 2019-02-19 12:41

The Hunter – Andrew Reid

STOCKHOLM | Thursday 21st Feb at 18.30. Free!

Join us in the Stockholm bookshop as Andrew Reid presents his explosive debut thriller – The Hunter.

An action-packed thriller with the gripping, pulse-racing twists of Terry Hayes’ I AM PILGRIM and Gregg Hurwitz’s ORPHAN X – and a hero as deadly as JACK REACHER.

A troubled genius who vanishes in a mysterious car crash.

Meet American author Tommy Orange

Published on Tue, 2019-02-12 09:07

UPPSALA | Monday 18th Feb at 19.00 Ticketed event

Author visit
Meet American author Tommy Orange

His debut novel There, There has met with great reviews and is a sorrowful, beautiful debut novel follows a group of young “Urban Indians” struggling to make sense of their identity.

Orange is himself an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma.

The novel has just been translated into Swedish (Pow Wow, also available at the event).

In conversation with journalist Leonidas Aretakis.

Tickets 70:-. Get your ticket at the bookshop today – limited seating.

In co-operation with Bibliotek Uppsala / Stadsbiblioteket i Uppsala and Bokförlaget Polaris.

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» www.bokforlagetpolaris.se
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ALSO: SPECIAL READING GROUP ”There There” by Tommy Orange
Join the special reading group to discuss the book on Monday 25th February at 19.00.
Reading group fee 60:- + book. Sign up at the bookshop.

Talk: Food, Cooking & Culture

Published on Tue, 2019-02-12 09:05

UPPSALA | Sunday 17th Feb at 16.30 Ticketed event

Food, Cooking & Culture – eating and cooking as part of history and community
with Marion & Robert Appelbaum

Ever thought about how important food is as part of a culture? We gather our family and friends around dinner tables, love watching cooking shows, and proclaim that things are ”as American as apple pie”. And wherever cultures meet, new types of cuisine are born.

Poetry Night: Jennifer Hayashida & Elizabeth Clark Wessel

Published on Tue, 2019-02-05 09:18

STOCKHOLM | Thursday 7th Feb at 18:30 Free

Poetry Reading: Jennifer Hayashida & Elizabeth Clark Wessel
Come celebrate the release of A Machine Wrote This Song by Jennifer Hayashida & first one thing, then the other by Elizabeth Clark Wessel.

Free – bring a friend!
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Books of the Month – April 2021

Kirstin Innes Scabby Queen Paperback Modern Fiction of the month * Join the online reading group!	Ivy Compton-Burnett A House and Its Head Paperback Classic of the month * Join the online reading group!	Poppy Alexander The Littlest Library Paperback FeelGood of the month
Souvankham Thammavongsa How to Pronounce Knife Paperback Short Stories of the month	William Shaw Salt Lane Paperback Mystery of the month * Join the online Crime reading group!	S. A. Cosby Blacktop Wasteland Paperback Noir of the month
Ursula K. Le Guin The Word for World is Forest Paperback Sci-Fi of the month * Join the online reading group!	C. L. Polk The Midnight Bargain Paperback Fantasy of the month * Join the online reading group!	Gareth Hanrahan The Gutter Prayer Paperback Urban Fantasy of the month
Phil Stamper As Far as You’ll Take Me Paperback Teen/YA of the month	Patrick Freyne OK, Let’s Do Your Stupid Idea Paperback Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – March 2021

Kiley Reid Such a Fun Age Paperback Modern Fiction of the month * Join the online reading group!	Nella Larsen Quicksand & Passing Paperback Classic of the month * Join the online reading group!	Anna Bell The Man I Didn’t Marry Paperback FeelGood of the month
Rion Amilcar Scott The World Doesn’t Require You Paperback Short Stories of the month	Caroline Dunford A Death at the Hospital Paperback Mystery of the month	Stephen King Later Paperback Noir of the month * Join the online Crime reading group!
Sarah Pinsker A Song for a New Day Paperback Sci-Fi of the month * Join the online reading group!	Melissa Albert Tales From the Hinterland Paperback Fantasy of the month * Join the online reading group!	Hannah Mathewson Witherward Paperback Urban Fantasy of the month
Namina Namina The Gilded Ones Paperback Teen/YA of the month	Sophy Roberts The Lost Pianos of Siberia Paperback Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – February 2021

Clare Beams The Illness Lesson Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the Fiction reading group	Janet Frame Owls Do Cry Paperback Classic of the month *Join the Classics reading group	Miranda Dickinson Our Story Paperback FeelGood of the month
Naomi Ishiguro Escape Routes Paperback Short Stories of the month	Charlie Hodges Vanishing Act Paperback Mystery of the month	John Straley The Big Both Ways Paperback Noir of the month *Join the Crime reading group
Chana Porter The Seep Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the SF reading group!	M.A. Carrick The Mask of Mirrors Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the Fantasy reading group!	D.J. Butler The Cunning Man Paperback D.J. Butler & Aaron Michael Ritchley Urban Fantasy of the month
Wibke Brueggemann Love is for Losers Paperback Teen/YA of the month

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Modern Fiction Book of the Month – April 2021

Scabby Queen is a portrait of a woman who refuses to compromise, and a picture of a country that does nothing but. It’s about the silencing of women’s voices, about the destructive power of the celebrity machine, but most of all it is about empathy: its motives, its limits and the way it endlessly transformed. *Recommended by Jan*
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Mystery Book of the Month – April 2021

She always went too far. DS Alexandra Cupidi has done it again. She should have learnt to keep her big mouth shut, after the scandal that sent her packing – resentful teenager in tow – from the London Met to the lonely Kent coastline. Murder is different here, among the fens and stark beaches. Salt Lane is the first in the new DS Alexandra Cupidi series. With his trademark characterisation and flair for social commentary, William Shaw has crafted a crime novel for our time that grips you, mind and heart.
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