Book release & Reading: The Hunter – Andrew Reid

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

Author visit Tommy Orange

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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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

Talk: Food, cooking & culture

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

Poetry Night in Stockholm

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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Harry Potter Book Night 2019

Harry Potter Book Night 2019

UPPSALA | Thursday 7th Feb at 19:00 Ticketed

It’s time for our fifth annual Harry Potter Book Night! This time the talk will be in Swedish, and together with themed baking and a quiz I'm sure we will have a magical night. Get your ticket today! Click ”Read more” for more info.

På spaning efter kända författare

På spaning efter kända författare

UPPSALA | Monday 11th Feb at 19.00 Biljetterat event

Författarbesök
”På spaning efter kända författare” – Catharina & David Miller

Catharina & David Miller kommer och berättar om sin bok ”På spaning efter kända författare”, där de gör nedslag bland de brittiska klassikerna och besöker de platser där författarna bott, verkat och skriver om.

Talk: Agatha Christie – Murders in the Making

Morgan Malm on Agatha Christie

UPPSALA | Wednesday 23 January at 19.00

Agatha Christie – Murders in the Making
Morgan Malm on Agatha Christie and her literary world

Agatha Christie is a master of plotmaking and her characters are among the best known in detective fiction.

Come and listen to Morgan Malm as he unravels her world of classic mysteries. Perfect for both new and old readers of the queen of crime! You might even get to witness the murder of a myth or two...

Launch: An Isle Full of Noises – Merlin Chronicles 3

Book launch Merlin Chronicles 3

STOCKHOLM | Thursday 17th January at 18.30

London. 1599. Hamlet premiers at the Globe. Merlin is there.

Winners announcement

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And the winners are...

Thanks to everyone taking part in our Christmas Signed Book Contest. This has been our biggest competition ever, with participants in the hundreds (!), so it took us a while to figure it all out, but we finally have a list of lucky winners – are you one of them…? Click ’Read more’ to reveal the winners list.

Shop Hours New Year’s 2018

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Happy New Year!

UPPSALA & STOCKHOLM

Shop hours during the holidays:
UPPSALA New Year’s Eve: 10–15, New Year’s Day: closed.
STOCKHOLM New Year’s Eve & Day: closed.

Books of the Month – April 2025

Alice Chadwick
Dark Like Under
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Nancy Mitford
The Pursuit of Love
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Evie Woods
The Story Collector
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

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L.J. Shepherd
The Trials of Lila Dalton
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Thomas Perry
Hero
Paperback

Noir of the month

Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
The Principle of Moments
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Sci-Fi of the month

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Jedediah Berry
The Naming Song
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Rachel Harrison
So Thirsty
Paperback
Michael Paramo
Ending the Pursuit
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– Asexuality, Aromanticism and Agender Identity

Queer book of the month

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Simon Kuper
Impossible City
Paperback

– Paris in the Twenty-First Century

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – March 2025

Daniel Mason
North Woods
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Stendhal
Love
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Cressida McLaughlin
The Happy Hour
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

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Jonny Sweet
The Kellerby Code
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Henry Wise
Holy City
Paperback

Noir of the month

Hao Jingfang
Jumpnauts
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Robert Jackson Bennett
The Tainted Cup
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Fantasy of the month

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George A. Romero & Daniel Kraus
Pay the Piper
Paperback
Andrew McMillan
Pity
Paperback

Queer book of the month

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Sophie Elmhirst
Maurice and Maralyn
Paperback

– A Whale, a Shipwreck, a Love Story

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – February 2025

Ferdia Lennon
Glorious Exploits
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Annie Darling
The Vintage Dress Shop in Primrose Hill
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

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Jo Cunningham
Death By Numbers
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Matthew Harffy
Dark Frontier
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Noir of the month

Lavanya Lakshminarayan
The Ten Percent Thief
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Wole Talabi
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon
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Fiona Barnett
The Dark Between the Trees
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Jiaming Tang
Cinema Love
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Emma Tarlo
Under the Hornbeams
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– A true story of life in the open

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – January 2025

Samantha Harvey
Orbital
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Modern Fiction of the month

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Barbara Pym
Excellent Women
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