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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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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

Book Sale – Green Dot Treasure Hunt

Published on Tue, 2018-03-06 11:00

Green Dot Treasure Hunt

UPPSALA & STOCKHOLM

Book Sale continues… Wow, what a sale weekend we had – so many books (and bags and mugs and pencil cases and...) found new happy homes.

The books left behind were a bit grumpy though. To give them a chance of finding new homes we continue with a GREEN DOT TREASURE HUNT!

3 for 2 on selected books in the shops (all with a green dot on their spines). Find 3 books with green dots, pay for 2.
Let the dot hunt begin!

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Books of the Month – June 2024

Emily Habeck Shark Heart Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Pamela Frankau A Wreath for the Enemy Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Ashley Poston The Seven Year Slip Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the NEW reading group in Uppsala
Alis Hawkins A Bitter Remedy Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Lou Berney Dark Ride Paperback Noir of the month	Karen Lord The Blue, Beautiful World Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Caitlin Rozakis Dreadful Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Christina Henry The House that Horror Built Paperback Horror of the month	Danielle Jawando If My Words Had Wings Paperback Teen/YA of the month
Nicola Dinan Bellies Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group	Monica Potts The Forgotten Girls Paperback – A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – May 2024

Mirinae Lee 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Upton Sinclair The Jungle Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Satoshi Yagisawa Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the NEW reading group in Uppsala
John Shen Yen Nee & SJ Rozan The Murder of Mr Ma Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	E. A. Aymar When She Left Paperback Noir of the month	Ray Nayler The Mountain in the Sea Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Genevieve Gornichec The Weaver and the Witch Queen Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Nicholas Binge Ascension Paperback Horror of the month	Margaret McDonald Glasgow Boys Paperback Teen/YA of the month
Danny Ramadan The Foghorn Echoes Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group	Patti McCracken The Angel Makers Paperback The True Story of the Most Astonishing Murder Ring in History Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – April 2024

Alice Winn In Memoriam Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Toni Morrison Sula Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Beth O’Leary The Wake-Up Call Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the NEW reading group in Uppsala
Stig Abell Death Under a Little Sky Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Jahmal Mayfield Smoke Kings Paperback Noir of the month	Grace Curtis Frontier Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
P. Djèlí Clark A Master of Djinn Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	T. Kingfisher A House With Good Bones Paperback Horror of the month	Rachel Greenlaw Compass and Blade Paperback Teen/YA of the month
Négar Djavadi Disoriental Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group

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Modern Fiction Book of the Month – June 2024

Their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their wedding, Lewis receives a rare diagnosis. He's turning into a great white shark, and has less than a year left to live as a human… An extraordinary novel of love, loss, hope and happiness, Shark Heart explores the shapes that love takes, in all its many forms, and asks us to ask ourselves: what makes us human? Praised by none other than Anthony Doerr as ”a fantastical, original and beautifully written novel”. // Discuss in the Modern Fiction reading group //
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Mystery Book of the Month – June 2024

Oxford is a wonderful place to be in the summer, except for perhaps when a suspicious death has occurred… Jesus College, Oxford, 1881. Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings.… // Discuss in the Crime reading group //
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