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Shop Hours for Ascension Day 2018

Published on Tue, 2018-05-08 19:07

Ascension day | Thursday 10th May

On Ascension Day (Kristi Himmelsfärdsdag) on Thursday both our shops are open 12–16. Welcome.

Stockholm shop turns ten!

Published on Tue, 2018-05-08 07:09

STOCKHOLM | Tuesday 8th May

Today, May 8th, our shop in Stockholm turns 10 – come celebrate with us! 10% off everything in the Stockholm shop until Sunday.

On a sunny Thursday in May ten years ago, Carolyn Cassady of immense beat (and other) fame, cut the green ribbon and inaugurated our shop in Old Town in Stockholm. Today, May 8th, marks the ten year anniversary of the shop opening in Stockholm.

Book&Pint: The Fall Guy – James Lasdun

Published on Fri, 2018-04-20 15:20

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UPPSALA | Wednesday 25th April at 19:00

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

BOOK & PINT – book discussions at the pub.

Join us at the pub to discuss the noir book The Fall Guy by James Lasdun.

Release party: Two Thirds North 2018

Published on Mon, 2018-04-16 09:42

STOCKHOLM | Thursday 19th April at 19:00

Join us for the release party for the 2018 issue of TWO THIRDS NORTH, Stockholm University’s journal of international literature!

If you have a craving for international literature then you should come for an evening of live readings and literary discussions at the Stockholm bookshop.

Buy a copy of the journal and get it signed by the authors while you chat with the writers, editors, and professors of Stockholm University’s creative writing program.

In this year’s issue you will find fiction and poetry by 31 contributors under the headings of The Maelstrom’s Current, Where Are You Now?, Love and its Discontents, What Else in the End?, and finally And Yet, And Yet. Also an edited and commented draft showing the process of editing, followed by a conversation between author and editor. In this year’s issue you will also find an interview with author Mark Haddon.

The band Mister Ferrari will do a short acoustic set, performing songs from their upcoming debut album.

Light snacks and refreshments served.

Thursday 19th April at 19:00. Free!

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We’re the Bookstore of the Year 2018

Published on Wed, 2018-04-11 16:38

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London Book Fair | April 10th 2018

We won the Bookstore of the Year award at the London Book Fair!

Book&Pint: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore - Matthew Sullivan

Published on Fri, 2018-03-23 10:00

UPPSALA | Tuesday 27th March at 19:00

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Join the book discussion at the pub!

Meet Raymond E. Feist

Published on Thu, 2018-03-22 10:00

Meet Raymond E. Feist

UPPSALA | Sunday 29th April at 17.00

MEET RAYMOND E. FEIST in conversation with Steven Savile

Raymond E. Feist, the legendary author of the Riftwar trilogy, is visiting the bookshop to present his new book King of Ashes, first in the new Firemane Saga. In conversation with Steven Savile, followed by Q&A and a signing.

Sunday 29th April at 17.00
Free but ticketed event – get your free ticket at the bookshop today. Limited number of seats.

Var är brudarna? Talk & Reading by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Published on Wed, 2018-03-14 12:03

Var är brudarna? Reading & Talk by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

UPPSALA | Thursday 22nd March at 19:00

Var är brudarna?
Where are the Irish Women Writers? Here they come!

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day (a little late) and Women’s History Month with Irish author Éilís Ní Dhuibhne! (Click to read more)

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

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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

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Books of the Month – September 2024

Amanda Peters The Berry Pickers Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Leslie Marmon Silko Ceremony Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	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	Hannah Ritchie Not the End of the World Paperback – How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – August 2024

James McBride The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Anne Brontë Agnes Grey Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Laura Wood Under Your Spell Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala
Cate Quinn The Clinic Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Pamela Samuels Young Sounds Like a Plan Paperback & Dwayne Alexander Smith Noir of the month	Yume Kitasei The Deep Sky Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Vajra Chandrasekera The Saint of Bright Doors Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Chuck Tingle Bury Your Gays Paperback Horror of the month	Ibi Zoboi Nigeria Jones Paperback Teen/YA of the month
Neil Blackmore Radical Love Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group	Nathan Thrall A Day in the Life of Abed Salama Paperback – A Palestine Story Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – July 2024

Michiko Aoyama What You Are Looking for is in the Library Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Malcolm Lowry Under the Volcano Paperback Classics of the month *Join the reading group	Julie Shackman The Bookshop by the Loch Paperback Feel-Good of the month
Maz Evans Over My Dead Body Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Michael McGarrity The Long Ago Paperback Noir of the month	Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Chain-Gang All-Stars Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Genoveva Dimova Foul Days Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Megan Kamalei Kakimoto Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare Paperback – Stories Horror of the month	Chelsea Ichaso The Summer She Went Missing Paperback Teen/YA of the month
Claudia Cravens Lucky Red Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group

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Modern Fiction Book of the Month – September 2024

One family’s deepest pain. Another’s darkest secret. Who will they be when the truth comes out? On a hot day in 1960s Maine, six-year-old Joe watches his little sister Ruthie, sitting on her favourite rock at the edge of the blueberry fields, while their family, Mi’kmaq people from Nova Scotia, pick fruit. That afternoon, Ruthie vanishes without a trace. As the last person to see her, Joe will be forever haunted by grief, guilt, and the agony of imagining how his life could have been… The Berry Pickers is an exquisitely moving story of unrelenting hope, unwavering love, and the power of family – even in the face of grief and betrayal. // Discuss in the Fiction reading group //
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Mystery Book of the Month – September 2024

Would you kill for a good story? Roach – bookseller, loner and true crime fanatic – is not interested in making friends. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts and her pet snail, Bleep. That is, until Laura joins the bookshop. With her cute literary tote bags and sunny smile, she’s everyone’s favourite bookseller. But beneath the shiny veneer, Roach senses a darkness within Laura, the same darkness Roach possesses… Bringing together toxic female relationships and our cultural obsession with true crime, Death of a Bookseller is a compulsively readable roller-coaster of suspense that prompts discussion and reflection about the ethics of true crime and who really owns the stories we tell. // Discuss in the Crime reading group //
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