Safe & Slow Christmas 2020 – Order now

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Order now for a Safe & Slow Christmas 2020

Get your orders in now for a Slow & Safe Christmas 2020!

We have 18.653 titles in stock, but if we don't have your book in stock we can still order in.

Last date to order from the US by Lucia, and from the UK by Dec 16th.

Get your orders in by email to uppsala@bookshop.se or stockholm@bookshop.se, or send us a message on facebook messenger:

» Uppsala: m.me/UppsalaEnglishBookshop

» Stockholm: m.me/EnglishBookshopSthlm

Order Stina’s Advent Calendar

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Order Stina’s Advent Calendar

Oh dear! Due to an unforeseen interest in Stina’s Advent Calendar, we simply are not able to accommodate all of you with a calendar! (If you’ve already placed an order, you’re in.)

We are absolutely over the moon and overwhelmed with all the interest you’ve shown in ordering, but unfortunately we have to draw the line somewhere – before we run out of both tea and books for this time!

Thanks again, and so sorry if you haven’t been able to order a calendar this year. We hope to return with a brand new advent calendar next year, and hopefully we will be better prepared then. And of course you are more than welcome to visit the shop or write to ask and ask for gift ideas for yourself or someone you want to spoil a little bit extra.

Happy Christmas, and stay safe!
/Stina and all the English Bookshop book elves

Thanks for celebrating 25 years with us

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Thanks for celebrating 25 years with us

We had an overwhelming (but safe) birthday last week! Thank you everyone who sent greetings, flower, love, orders and good cheer! And orders!

Our 100 limited edition Celebration Packages sold out in less than 8 hours!!! We’re posting them to Portugal, London, Michigan and other hotspots of bookish warm feelings. (They look slightly less charming packed up – but it’s the flat-pack idea – you can reassemble them when you get them!)

Thanks for ALL your support these first 25 years – let’s do another 25! You keep us going!
/Jan, Christer and the best bookshop staff in the known universe

Psst! Have a look in our birthday guest book and read all the lively greetings – and why not add your own!
www.bookshop.se/25years

Celebrating 25 years in the service of books!

Celebrating 25 years

UPPSALA | Wednesday 18th November 2020

Today the bookshop celebrates 25 years in the service of books (and book lovers) – that’s a quarter of a century!

Thank you everyone for making these first 25 years possible. From the very first day we opened the first shop in Uppsala on the chilly November banks of the River Fyris it’s been completely true that we do what we do in an ongoing conversation with you – our customers – and none of this would have been possible without your continued support. We may feel a bit older now, but we’re seriously happy. Thanks.

This last year has been a seriously strange year, but the way you have rallied around us makes us both proud happy and somewhat bashful…. You’ve come running – by phone, email, foot, bike, car, social media – to express your concern and support and – to place your orders and join the bookclub. This has carried us through the pandemic hitherto. Thank you.

If things had been less irregular we would have thrown a big party but as it is we’ll have to move that to next year sometime. But do check out the guest book and if you can – stop by the shop and say hello. We’re here for you, safely, now and in future.

SIGN THE GUEST BOOK – SEND A BIRTHDAY GREETING! Send a birthday greeting or share a memory of the bookshop – in social media or in our birthday guest book. Read more at www.bookshop.se/25years

(Feel free to tell the world that your favourite bookshop is celebrating a quarter of a century – use the tag #englishbookshop25 in the socials)

Celebration Package to celebrate 25 years

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Limited Edition 25 year Celebration Package

*** Sorry, the limited edition celebration packages are now sold out (gone like hotcakes!) ***

To celebrate the fact that it’s 25 years today since we opened the Uppsala shop we have produced a limited edition 25th Anniversary Celebration Package for you lovely people!

It contains a very pretty Anniversary Mug (only 100 made!), a Penguin Black Classic (a different one in each package!) – stamped with the bookshop stamp and hand dated, a bag of our English Bookshop Blend tea (made by our friends at Tehörnan Uppsala and hand decorated for the occasion by them!), a souvenir postcard with our friend Jonas Bok & Bild's marvellous artwork of our bookshop corner – plus a celebration card numbered from 1 to 100.

We only have the 100 Celebration Packages and we only turn 25 once – so make sure you get yours! Buy it at the bookshop in Uppsala, or order yours on the link below for pick-up or have it sent to you. (We’re doing all we can to avoid crowding and to keep everyone safe and comfortable.) They’re priced at 250:- each and are for bookshop lovers only. You know who you are. :-)

 

Mega-release Tuesday – Nov 17th

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Mega-bookrelease Nov 17th

BOOK RELEASES | Tuesday 17th Nov 2020

Tomorrow is our birthday but TODAY is November Mega Book Release Day – check out these beauties and get in immediate touch to reserve YOUR copies before we run out!

(We tried to combine these four into one book but it was just odd so we let them stay separate. Probably for the best.)

Online storytelling with Claudia – Saturday 14th November

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Online Storytelling with Claudia

ONLINE | Saturday 14th November at 11:00

Join us online for a fun storytelling from the Uppsala bookshop with Claudia! This time Claudia reads from a book about books – favourite books! – and a book about living in two homes.

Tune in and join in online on Saturday at 11:00 (or watch the replay anytime later):

 
Books in this storytelling:
Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Living with Mum and Living with Dad: My Two Homes by Melanie Walsh.

Online talk with Jennifer Niven

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Online talk with Jennifer Niven

ONLINE | Thursday 12th Nov at 19:00

Jennifer Niven, international best-selling author of All the Bright Places, in conversation with culture writer Johanna Lundin.

Join us for an exclusive online interview to learn everything about Jennifer’s brand-new YA novel Breathless – and all sorts of other interesting stuff! The conversation will be held in English.

Live on Thursday 12th November at 19:00

Watch the interview live on Facebook & Youtube (or catch the replays later):
» watch on Facebook 
» watch on Youtube 

» order personally signed copies here

In partnership with Bibliotek Uppsala

Online Storytelling with Nancy

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Storytelling with Nancy

ONLINE | Saturday 7th Nov at 11:00

Join us online for a fun storytelling from the Uppsala shop with Nancy! (This broadcast was supposed to be streamed last Saturday on Halloween, but... but who’s not up for a fun halloween party with Mr Men and Little Miss anytime?)

Join in online with your friends on Saturday at 11 (or watch the replay anytime)

Nancy reads from Mr Men & Little Miss Halloween Party and Little Joe’s Horse Race.

» Watch & listen on facebook

» Watch & listen on youtube

Uppsala Sidewalk Sale

Uppsala Sidewalk Sale

UPPSALA | Thurs 29 Oct–Sun 1 Nov

Books of the Month – November 2024

Joyce Carol Oates
Breathe
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

*Join the reading group

Thomas Bernhard
The Loser
Paperback

Classic of the month

*Join the reading group

Lauren Bravo
Preloved
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

*Join the reading group in Uppsala

Nina Simon
Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Paperback
Morgan Greene
A Place Called Hope
Paperback
Cory Doctorow
The Lost Cause
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

*Join the reading group

Patricia McKillip
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

*Join the reading group

Alisa Alering
Smothermoss
Paperback

Horror of the month

Elle McNicoll
Some Like it Cold
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Lamya H
Hijab Butch Blues
Paperback

– A Memoir

Queer book of the month

*Join the reading group

Roland Allen
The Notebook
Paperback

– A History of Thinking on Paper

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – October 2024

Michael Magee
Close to Home
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

*Join the reading group

Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla
Hardback

Classic of the month

*Join the reading group

Jennifer Page
The Little Board Game Café
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

*Join the reading group in Uppsala

Kemper Donovan
The Busy Body
Paperback
Richard John Parfitt
Stray Dogs
Paperback
Ann Leckie
Translation State
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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C. S. E. Cooney
Saint Death’s Daughter
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

*Join the reading group

Christopher Golden
All Hallows
Paperback

Horror of the month

Randy Ribay
Everything We Never Had
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Jade Song
Chlorine
Paperback

Queer book of the month

*Join the reading group

Daisy Dunn
Not Far From Brideshead
Paperback

– Oxford Between the Wars

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – September 2024

Amanda Peters
The Berry Pickers
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Leslie Marmon Silko
Ceremony
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Sophie Kinsella
The Burnout
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

*Join the reading group in Uppsala

Alice Slater
Death of a Bookseller
Paperback

Mystery of the month

*Join the Crime reading group

Dervla McTiernan
What Happened to Nina?
Paperback

Noir of the month

Kali Wallace
Dead Space
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

*Join the reading group

Shannon Chakraborty
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

*Join the reading group

A.M. Shine
The Watchers
Paperback

Horror of the month

Dustin Thao
When Haru Was Here
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Sarah Waters
Affinity
Paperback

Queer book of the month

*Join the reading group