Neil Shubin – The Universe Within

By Emil (Blogger) on Mon, 2013-09-16 09:34
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The story of life and the universe can be mesmerizing. In his book The Universe Within Neil Shubin illustrates the history of the universe – all 13.7 billion years of it – by means of the much shorter history of scientific discovery of it. As parameters for a work of popular science go, they don't come much bigger. But Shubin succeeds brilliantly in meshing the shorter narrative with the great one: how 13.7 billion years of history have formed and fine-tuned ourselves and all living things.

The Universe Within by Neil ShubinYour Inner Fish by Neil Shubin

Fantastic Programme for Kulturnatten i Uppsala

Published on Thu, 2013-09-12 19:46
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Programme for Kulturnatten i Uppsala 2013

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

By Anna Bark Persson (Blogger) on Wed, 2013-09-11 08:18
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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly BlackHolly Black's novel Tithe was my first brush with the genre of urban fantasy (not that I actually knew what it was called at the time), and for a young girl whose reading diet was mostly made up of high fantasy, Black's story about faeries living and hiding in plain sight in modern-day New

Storytelling for children in the Stockholm English Bookshop

Published on Mon, 2013-09-09 14:35
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Welcome all 3-6 year olds for Stoytelling with Clara.
No need to sign up, just show up at the shop and join the fun!
September 14th, 11.00 at Lilla Nygatan 11.

Books of the month for September

Published on Sat, 2013-09-07 15:00
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General Fiction: William Sutcliffe – The Wall

British Crime: Carol McCleary – The Formula for Murder

Tough Crime: Dana Stabenow – Bad Blood

Paranormal: Kimberly Frost – Would-Be Witch

Fantasy: A. Lee Martinez – Too Many Curses

Science Fiction: Christopher L Bennett – Only Superhuman

From October we'll be listing a Teen title also!

William Sutcliffe – The Wall Carol McCleary – The Formula for Murder Dana Stabenow – Bad Blood  Kimberly Frost – Would-Be Witch A. Lee Martinez – Too Many Curses Christopher L Bennett – Only Superhuman

Reading Survey!!!!

By Helena (Blogger) on Thu, 2013-09-05 23:06
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What are you reading right now? Just finishing off Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda, the first book to be published on Dennis Lehane's new imprint. Incidentally - accidentally, I should think not... - it is rather reminiscent of Mystic River, although in a more ethnically diverse Brooklyn setting. Gritty, real, and beautifully written with a terrific sense of place.

What will you be reading next? Night Film by Marisha Pessl, finally!

Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda Mystic River by Dennis Lehane Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Storytelling for Children – Kulturnatten

Published on Sun, 2013-08-25 19:51
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Storytelling for Children during Kulturnatten in Uppsala - 11 o'clock the 14th of September.

Topsy and Tim Have a Birthday Party by Jean Adamson I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Mrs Vickers' Knickers by Kara Lebihan, Deborah Allwright  Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson, Rebecca CobbI Don't Want to Be a Pea by Ann Bonwill, Illustrated by Simon Rickerty

The Killing Moon

By Anna (Blogger) on Sat, 2013-08-24 23:59
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N. K. Jemisin - The Killing Moon (Dreamblood #1) Ancient cities. Why haven't we seen more stories exploring ancient cities? They have existed in various shapes and forms for perhaps 10000 years, depending on what you count as a city.

In Search of the Truth of Bletchley Park

By Annie Burman (Guest Blogger) on Tue, 2013-08-20 11:03
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Station X The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park by Michael Smith Codebreakers, eds. F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp The Ultra Secret by F.W. Winterbotham

(The Secrets of Station X by Michael Smith and Codebreakers, eds. F.H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp)

Bletchley Park is to my mind one of the most fascinating places in history. It was here that the British broke into German, Italian and Japanese codes and ciphers during the Second World War, among them the most famous, Enigma, the cipher used by all German Armed Forces.

What Helena read in the summer of 2013 (the shortlisted version)

By Helena (Blogger) on Tue, 2013-08-20 10:33
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The Year of the Ladybird: A Ghost Story by Graham Joyce

The effortlessly genre defying Joyce's new novel takes place in the blistering summer of 1976. David, a young student, has come to the coastal town of Skegness to work at a holiday camp and, hopefully, watch his life begin.

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