Christmas Shop Hours

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Santa’s Shop Hours Christmas 2023

Welcome to our bookshops, they’re filled with great reading and amazing gift ideas!

Saturday 23 December we’re open:

UPPSALA 10–17
STOCKHOLM 11–17
GÖTEBORG  10–17.30

On Christmas Eve 24 December the Uppsala shop is open 10–13.

Welcome in!

Shop hours All Saints’ Day 2023

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Shop hours All Saints’ Day 2023

All Saints’ Day | Saturday 4 November

On All Saints' Day, Saturday 4 November, our shops are open:
UPPSALA 10–17
STOCKHOLM 11–15
GÖTEBORG 10–17.30

On Sunday all shops are open as usual.

Wishing you all a peaceful All Saints’ weekend.

Book Tour with Elizabeth Hand – ”A Haunting on the Hill”

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Book Tour with Elizabeth Hand – ”A Haunting on the Hill”

SWEDEN BOOK TOUR | October 19, 20, 23

We are proud and excited to present Elizabeth Hand on her Sweden tour as she returns to the world of Shirley Jackson and the haunting of Hill House in her latest novel, officially authorised by the Shirley Jackson estate.

Meet Elizabeth in our bookshops and (re)discover the continued haunting of the house on the hill. Whatever walks there, no longer walks alone…

Free, but ticketed event – book your ticket today with your local bookshop!

STOCKHOLM Thursday 19th October at 18:00
UPPSALA Friday 20th October at 19:00
GÖTEBORG Monday 23rd October at 19:00

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Celebrating 1 year in Göteborg!

We’re turning ONE! Celebrating 1 year in Göteborg

GÖTEBORG | Book Fair 28 September–1 October

Time flies when you’re having fun! And what an amazing and fun year we’ve had since we opened the doors during last year’s book fair.

Thank you for making our first year in Göteborg a success and do join us for these author events in the bookshop celebrating our first anniversary!

Welcome to our anniversary celebrations!

Thursday 28 Sept from 18.00:
A LITERARY EVENING with Tom Gauld, Kate Quinn, and Lynn Joffe
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Friday 29 Sept from 18.00:
BRITISH AUTHOR BONANZA with Judith Gough, the British Ambassador to Sweden, and authors David Baddiel, Ben Macintyre, Jenny Colgan, Cara Hunte, and Denise Mina.
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Saturday 30 Sept at 11.00:
STORYTELLING for Children
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 Psst. And do visit our stand at Bokmässan if you’re visiting the fair. Drop by our stand B 06:01 (close to Bonniers and Norstedts) – we have a whole bookshop at the fair with special offers just for you!

Signings in the fair stand:

Friday 29 Sept
14:00 - 14:30 Otávio Júnior
15:00 - 15:30 Kate Quinn
16:00 - 16:30 Tom Gauld
17:00 - 17:30 Laurie Halse Anderson

Saturday 30 Sept
11:00 - 11:30 Denise Mina
13:00 - 13:30 Kate Quinn
14:00 - 14:30 Ben Macintyre
15:30 - 16:00 Cara Hunter
16:30 - 17:00 Lynn Joffe

Panel discussion ”The Power of Good Bookshops”

Panel discussion ”The Power of Good Bookshops”

UPPSALA | Wednesday 13 September at 19:00. Free, but ticketed.

Do we need bookshops in the twenty-first century? If so, what makes a good one? In the age of one-click shopping, why are bookshops – and how do they become – essential places of discovery, refuge, and fulfillment that enrich the communities that are lucky enough to have them.

Sign up & join this panel discussion, for trade folk as well as bookshop lovers and customers.

Special guest is Jeff Deutsch, this year's Adam Helms Lecturer at Uppsala University (lecture on Tuesday 12 Sept).

Sign up & join the panel discussion on the role of the physical bookshop in contemporary society with Jeff Deutsch, Mats Ahlström (former president of the Swedish Booksellers Association), and Jan Smedh (co-founder of The English Bookshop). The discussion is in English.

BOOK YOUR SEAT TODAY!
The event is free, but ticketed – book your ticket today!
» Sign up at www.bit.ly/talk-good-bookshops
(Since seating is limited, please only book if you can make it.)

Wednesday 13th September 2023 at 19:00
at The English Bookshop, Svartbäcksgatan 19 in Uppsala.

Happy Midsummer

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Happy Midsummer!

Midsummer Eve & Midsummer Day (Friday 23rd–Saturday 24th June) the bookshops are closed for R&R (Reading & Relaxation). And possibly some dancing and herring eating as well.

On Sunday we’re open as usual:
– Uppsala open 12–17
– Stockholm open 12–17
– Göteborg open 12–16 

Happy Midsummer & enjoy the sun!

Author visit: Ben Aitken – ”Here Comes the Fun”

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Author visit: Ben Aitken – ”Here Comes the Fun”

STOCKHOLM | Thursday 15 June at 18:00. Free event.

Food fights, fishing and French cooking – learn about author Ben Aitken’s year of actively pursuing fun.

Author Visit: Ben Aitken presents Here Comes the Fun – a year of making merry.

Join the fun in the Stockholm bookshop as Ben Aitken presents his latest book and his year of actively pursuing fun, in conversation with Veronica from the bookshop.

STOCKHOLM Thursday 15th June at 18:00
Free event – bring your friends. Refreshments.

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Are you getting enough? Ben Aitken wasn’t. ­Increasingly flat and decreasingly zen, he knew that something had to change. So he joined a lawn bowls club.

About a week later, he continued his assault on the doldrums by taking a cheerleading class. Then – with an almost entirely reformed selfhood winking appealingly on the horizon – he went cold-water swimming and was back to square one. Despite the inevitable setbacks and missteps, it was becoming clear to Aitken that the very pursuit of fun was a great route to feeling less naff.

Although the results were mixed, the author’s year of making merry left him feeling undoubtedly … better. Which invites the question: if fun is such a reliable mood-swinger, shouldn't we be having more of it? 

Dalloway Day Talk

Dalloway Day Talk Wed 14 June

UPPSALA | Wednesday 14 June at 19:00

TALK on Dalloway Day 2023
by Görel Kristina Näslund & Daniel Ogden

On June 14, 1923, Mrs Dalloway decided to buy the flowers herself…

To remember this momentous occasion 100 years ago, join us in the bookshop to celebrate the international Dalloway Day!

Daniel Ogden and Görel Kristina Näslund will talk about Virginia Woolf, her impact on literature and of course the incomparable novel Mrs Dalloway.

Görel Kristina Näslund’s recently published biography of Woolf (in Swedish) will be for sale during the evening, as well as Mrs Dalloway and other titles by Virginia Woolf.

Tea and celebratory cake afterwards!

UPPSALA Wednesday 14th June at 19:00
Tickets 75:- (incl. tea and cake).

Book your ticket today – sign up with the bookshop. (Any remaining tickets at the door)

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Author visit & talk: ”How Economics Can Save the World” – Erik Angner & Emma Frans

Author visit & talk ”How Economics Can Save the World” – Erik Angner & Emma Frans

UPPSALA | Tuesday 13 June at 19:00. Free event.

Author visit & Talk:
”How Economics Can Save the World”
– Simple Ideas to Solve Our Biggest Problems

Author Erik Angner (economist, Prof. of Practical ­Philo­sophy) presents his book and ideas in conversation with Emma Frans (Dr. of ­Epidemiology, science journalist & author – and one of Sweden’s most hilarious twitter personalities).

Welcome to an interesting evening at the bookshop!

UPPSALA Tuesday 13th June at 19:00
Free event – bring a friend! Refreshments!

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» visit Erik’s website: www.erikangner.com
» visit Emma’s website: www.emmafrans.se

Author event: ”Once Upon a Time in Uppsala” – Shirin Amani Azari

Author event: ”Once Upon a Time in Uppsala” – Shirin Amani Azari

STOCKHOLM | Saturday 10th June at 12:00. Free event.

Meet Shirin Amani Azari (author, psychotherapist and activist) as she presents her autobiographical novel of the 12-year-old Shirin arriving from war-stricken Iran to her new home, Sweden. Acclimatising to the weather and culture of Sweden, whilst trying to stay in touch with their Iranian heritage. In conversation with Ryan from the Stockholm bookshop.

STOCKHOLM Saturday 10 June at 12:00
Free event – bring your friends.
Talk & refreshments in our summer courtyard.

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» Visit Shirin on the web