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Talk: Daniel Ogden on dystopias and utopias

Published on Tue, 2018-03-13 13:15

Talk by Daniel Ogden on dystopias and utopias

UPPSALA | Tuesday 13th March at 19:00

TALK: Fahrenheit 451 and Other Troubling Tales

Guest speaker Daniel Ogden looks at the complex worlds of dystopias and utopias with examples from modern and classic literature.

Tuesday 13th March at 19.00. Tea and cake served.
Tickets 60 kr. Limited number of seats, please buy your ticket in advance.

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Best bookshop in the world?

Published on Fri, 2018-03-09 16:03

News

Bookstore of the Year 2018 award

BIG NEWS!
It was just announced that we’re one of three finalists for Bookstore of the Year 2018 – an award handed out annually by the London Bookfair and the UK Publishers Association for the very best bookshop outside the UK. That’s a fairly big chunk of the world!

Winner announced on April 10th at a ceremony at the London Book Fair.

» Press release from the London Book Fair

Book Sale – Green Dot Treasure Hunt

Published on Tue, 2018-03-06 11:00

Green Dot Treasure Hunt

UPPSALA & STOCKHOLM

Book Sale continues… Wow, what a sale weekend we had – so many books (and bags and mugs and pencil cases and...) found new happy homes.

The books left behind were a bit grumpy though. To give them a chance of finding new homes we continue with a GREEN DOT TREASURE HUNT!

3 for 2 on selected books in the shops (all with a green dot on their spines). Find 3 books with green dots, pay for 2.
Let the dot hunt begin!

A Pint & a Book – Book discussion at the pub

Published on Wed, 2018-02-21 15:00

A Pint & a Book: Chance by Kem Nunn

UPPSALA | Thursday 27th Feb at 19:00

Fancy a pint and an exciting read?
Join the book discussion at the pub!

A Pint & a Book – book discussion at the pub

Join us at the pub to discuss the literary thriller Chance by National Book Award finalist Kem Nunn. Chance is now a US tv series starring Hugh Laurie.

Chance is an exciting read, not too thick, the pages will simply fly by when you start reading.

Have a pint of your preferred beverage, a snack or a meal (20% off on food!), while we discuss the crime book of the month.

Tuesday 27th February at 19:00
at O’Neill’s Pub, Dragarbrunnsgatan 53.

Get your event ticket at the bookshop today!
Combo-price book & meeting 195:-. Limited number of seats, get yours today!

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Books of the Month for February 2018

Published on Wed, 2018-02-21 14:34

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Have you discovered the Books of the Month for February yet?

Books of the Month – Fiction- Classics - Short Stories
Books of the Month – British Crime - Tough Crime

Books of the Month – Sci-Fi - Fanatasy - Urban Fantasy

Books of the Month – Teen/Young Adult - Non-Fiction

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Book launch: The Magdalena File – Jon Stenhugg

Published on Tue, 2018-02-13 09:37

Launch The Magdalena File – Jon Stenhugg

STOCKHOLM | Thursday 15th February at 18:30

Three may keep a secret, if two of them dead. When a ship goes down in the Baltic, a deadly secret surfaces, and everyone wants it.

Jon Stenhugg launches his latest book The Magdalena File – Sara Markham and John Hurtree uncover foreign and domestic forces working to destroy Stockholm.

Short talk about some of the problems which arise when writing fiction based on historical events.

Author reading & signing. Free.

Talk by Douglas Hofstadter

Published on Fri, 2018-02-09 19:44

UPPSALA | Wednesday 14th February at 19:00

“I Am Pilingual”
Douglas Hofstadter speaks about the various languages in his life

** The event is sold out **

Douglas Hofstadter, the legendary author of Gödel, Escher, Bach, and professor of Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature at Indiana University, will give a talk on “Languages in My Life” and his experiences studying and speaking various languages.

Wednesday 14th February at 19.00
Get your ticket (60:-) in the bookshop today. Limited number of seats.

Reading & Signing with Elizabeth Hand

Published on Mon, 2018-02-05 16:13

UPPSALA | Wednesday 7th Feb at 18:00

Elizabeth Hand is in town again! Join us for a short reading with mingle and refreshments, and enjoy the company of the author of the dark and brilliant Cass Neary-novels, and the wonderful Wylding Hall, among other things.

Wednesday 7th Feb at 18:00
Free! Just drop in and join the fun.

Welcome!

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Harry Potter Book Night in Uppsala

Published on Tue, 2018-01-30 13:55

UPPSALA | Thursday 1st Feb at 19:00

Harry Potter Book Night! Fantastic Beasts – and how to become one...

Join us for the annual Harry Potter Book Night for cosplay, tea & snacks, and a quiz with prizes.

Cherry Koivula, cosplayer extraordinaire and well-known from multiple conventions from all over Sweden, will talk about how to dress the part.

Dress up as your favourite character – competition with prizes!

Thursday 1st February at 19:00
Get your ticket (70:-) at the bookshop today – limited space!

Book launch: It’s All Coming Back – On love after the war

Published on Mon, 2018-01-15 13:33

STOCKHOLM | Thursday 18th Jan at 18:30

He was Jewish, she had a Nazi-friendly father.
How could they make a life out of that and how did they tell each other the difficult things.

Jon Kahn launches his book ”It’s All Coming Back – On love after the war” – a book about how it was to find love after the war even if you had the most differing backgrounds. Based on a true family story.

Welcome to discover a different love story!
Author reading & signing. Free.

more news…

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

more…

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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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earlier books of the month…

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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