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Nordic Noir Talk: Meet Viveca Sten

Published on Wed, 2017-05-24 09:47

Meet Viveca Sten – Nordic Noir Talks

STOCKHOLM | Tuesday 30th may at 18:30

The Sandhamn Murders series makes us wonder: What secrets can an idyllic island hide…

The enormously popular series by Viveca Sten has been made into a successful TV miniseries that has been broadcast around the world and more than 4 million copies of her books have been sold. The third book in the series, Guiltless, is to be published just before the talk.

Meet Viveca on Tuesday 30th May at 18:30 in the Stockholm shop on Södermannagatan 22.

Advance tickets (60:- incl. refreshments) are available online at www.billetto.se/nordic-noir-sten or at the Stockholm bookshop

Visit Viveca Sten's website at www.vivecasten.com

Read all about the Nordic Noir Talk series at www.bookshop.se/nordicnoir
Next up in the series are Anita Shenoi & Gabriella Ullberg Westin on June 15th.

We’re the Shop of the Year 2017!

Published on Fri, 2017-05-12 14:56

The English Bookshop in Uppsala was awarded the Årets Handel 2017 award (Shop of the Year) at an awards ceremony at Uppsala Castle last night!

”Wow. What a great night and wonderful morning.
Thank you, everyone, for your kindness and love.
We wouldn't be here without you!”

– Jan, Christer & Fantabulous Crew – custodians of the 2017 Uppsala Shop of the Year Award!

In the media:

» Videointervju UNT: De vann årets handel
» Svensk Bokhandel: Bokhandel vinner pris
» Uppgång/Näringsliv i Uppland: Galans alla vinnare

Books of the Month – May 2017

Published on Wed, 2017-05-10 13:05

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan - Harmless Like You Virginia Woolf - Orlando Kate Ellis - A High Mortality of Doves Christopher Charles - The Exiled Renée Ahdieh - The Wrath and the Dawn Kameron Hurley - The Stars are Legion Tim Powers - Medusa’s Web Angie Thomas - The Hate U Give Hisham Matar - The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between Rebecca Schiff - The Bed Moved

Plenty of interesting titles in our picks for May!

General Fiction: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan – Harmless Like You

Classic: Virginia Woolf – Orlando

British Crime: Kate Ellis – A High Mortality of Doves

Tough Crime: Christopher Charles – The Exiled

Fantasy: Renée Ahdieh – The Wrath and the Dawn

Science Fiction: Kameron – The Stars are Legion

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Tim Powers – Medusa’s Web

Teen reading: Angie Thomas – The Hate U Give

Non-Fiction: Hisham Matar – The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between

Short Story Collection: Rebecca Schiff – The Bed Moved

Click Read more to... eh, read more in the title presentations.

Breakfast Talk with Yuri Herrera

Published on Fri, 2017-05-05 14:43

STOCKHOLM | Friday 12th May at 10:00

Meet Mexican author Yuri Herrera, author of the critically acclaimed Signs Preceding the End of the World, The Transmigration of Bodies and the just released Kingdom Cons.

Advance tickets 60:- (includes coffee/tea and a light breakfast) are available at the Stockholm bookshop or online at Billetto www.billetto.se/195035

Book signing with Robin Hobb

Published on Fri, 2017-04-28 10:17

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UPPSALA | Tuesday 9th May at 12:30

ROBIN HOBB signs her new book Assassin’s Fate, the concluding third part in the Fitz and the Fool trilogy, in the Uppsala shop on Tuesday 9th May at 12:30.

PRE-BOOK your copy of Assassin’s Fate to make sure you get a copy at the signing.

PRE-ORDER a personalized signed copy if you can’t make it to the signing in person. (Or if you want to pick it up at the Stockholm shop.)

Limited number of copies in this delivery, so do get your pre-booking/order in right away!

Nordic Noir Talks: Meet Jens Lapidus

Published on Fri, 2017-04-21 12:17

STOCKHOLM | Thursday 27th April at 18:30

The Stockholm Noir trilogy has already become a phenomenon in Sweden and abroad. His own professional experience as a criminal defense lawyer has given him unusual insights into a world that most people would rather not acknowledge.

Critics have tagged him ”a Swedish James Ellroy”, a truth-telling author who writes about life on the streets and depicts the underbelly of Swedish society.

Just released in English: Stockholm Delete.

Meet Jens on Thursday 27th April at 18:30 in the Stockholm shop on Södermannagatan 22.

Advance tickets (60:- incl. refreshments) are available online at www.billetto.se/nordic-noir-lapidus or at the Stockholm bookshop

Read all about the Nordic Noir Talk series at www.bookshop.se/nordicnoir
Next up in the series is Viveca Sten on May 30th.

Talk: Dropping into History - WWII

Published on Fri, 2017-04-21 11:25

UPPSALA | Thursday 27th April at 19:00

Two young men (one from Britain, one from Poland) were parachuted into German occupied Europe during the 2nd World War. Both became heroes in their own right and wrote books about their experiences.

Join us in the bookhshop and listen to their sons Paul Kessel and Janusz Zabielski recall their fathers’ unique contributions to the fight against Nazism and talk about the books Surgeon at Arms and First to Return.

Tickets 60 kr – get your ticket today at the bookshop.

Join the Crime Reading Group

Published on Fri, 2017-04-21 11:13

UPPSALA

Reader of mystery novels?
Lover of crimes?

Join the Crime Reading Group in Uppsala! We meet once a month to discuss a mystery novel, either a more hard-boiled, noir kind of book (Tough Crime), or a more classic crime (British Crime). Leading the discussions is author James van Loon.

On Monday 24 April we’re dissecting Sunset City by Melissa Ginsburg and on Monday 22 May we discuss what’s making A High Mortality of Doves by Kate Ellis fly. (The novel that is, the doves aren’t flying anywhere...)

Sign up at the bookshop.

Books of the Month – April 2017

Published on Tue, 2017-04-04 14:34

Mark Thompson – Dust Julia Chapman – Date with Death Melissa Ginsburg – Sunset City Vic James – Gilded Cage Brenda Cooper – Edge of Dark Laura Bickle – Nine of Stars Becky Albertalli – Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda Iris Murdoch – A Severed Head Hope Jahren – Lab Girl Annie Proulx – Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories

Plenty of interesting titles in our picks for April!

General Fiction: Mark Thompson – Dust

Classic: Iris Murdoch – A Severed Head

British Crime: Julia Chapman – Date with Death

Tough Crime: Melissa Ginsburg – Sunset City

Fantasy: Vic James – Gilded Cage

Science Fiction: Brenda Cooper – Edge of Dark

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Laura Bickle – Nine of Stars

Teen reading: Becky Albertalli – Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda

Non-Fiction: Hope Jahren – Lab Girl

Short Story Collection: Annie Proulx – Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories

Click Read more to... eh, read more in the title presentations.

Nordic Noir Talks: Meet Carin Gerhardsen

Published on Tue, 2017-04-04 12:38

STOCKHOLM | Thursday 6th April at 18:30

Meet Carin Gerhardsen on Thursday – if you dare…

Meet Carin Gerhardsen on Thursday 6th April in our Stockholm shop. We say ’if you dare’ only because she’s literally been killing off people in southern Stockholm for years in her Hammarby novels (to be fair she’s been solving the crimes as well with a little help from Detective Inspector Conny Sjöberg and his murder investigation team at the Hammarby police).

Meet Carin at our first Nordic Noir Talk on Thursday 6th April at 18:30 at the Stockholm shop on Södermannagatan 22.

Advance tickets (60:- incl. refreshments) are available online at www.billetto.se/nordic-noir-gerhardsen or at the Stockholm bookshop

Read all about the Nordic Noir Talk series at www.bookshop.se/nordicnoir
Next up in the series is Jens Lapidus on April 27th.

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Books of the Month – March 2025

Daniel Mason North Woods Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Stendhal Love Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Cressida McLaughlin The Happy Hour Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala
Jonny Sweet The Kellerby Code Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the reading group	Henry Wise Holy City Paperback Noir of the month	Hao Jingfang Jumpnauts Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Robert Jackson Bennett The Tainted Cup Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	George A. Romero & Daniel Kraus Pay the Piper Paperback Horror of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala	Andrew McMillan Pity Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group
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 *Join the reading group	Ralph Ellison Invisible Man Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Annie Darling The Vintage Dress Shop in Primrose Hill Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala
Jo Cunningham Death By Numbers Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Matthew Harffy Dark Frontier Paperback Noir of the month	Lavanya Lakshminarayan The Ten Percent Thief Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Wole Talabi Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Fiona Barnett The Dark Between the Trees Paperback Horror of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala	Jiaming Tang Cinema Love Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group
Emma Tarlo Under the Hornbeams Paperback – A true story of life in the open Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – January 2025

Samantha Harvey Orbital Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Barbara Pym Excellent Women Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Iris Costello The Story Collector Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala
Annette Dashofy Where the Guilty Hide Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Kenneth Fearing The Big Clock Paperback Noir of the month	Adrian Tchaikovsky Alien Clay Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Simon Jimenez The Spear Cuts Through Water Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Hiron Ennes Leech Paperback Horror of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala	Justin Torres Blackouts Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group
Pandora Sykes (ed.) What Writers Read Paperback – 35 Writers on their Favourite Book Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – December 2024

Celina Baljeet Basra

Happy

Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

*Join the reading group

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

Paperback

Classic of the month

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Modern Fiction Book of the Month – March 2025

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries: young lovers from a Puritan Colony, an English soldier turned apple farmer, a lovelorn painter, a conman, a crime reporter, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle. Traversing cycles of history, nature, and even literature, North Woods shows the myriad, magical ways in which we’re connected to our environment and to one another, across time, language and space. It is an unforgettable novel about secrets and fates that asks the timeless question: How do we live on, even after we’re gone? // Discuss in the Fiction reading group //
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Mystery Book of the Month – March 2025

He's found a life worth killing for… Edward is struggling to hold it together. Just about getting by in a world he cannot afford, scurrying after his friends, doing everything he can to prove his value. But not to worry: the attention of his beloved Stanza and the respite he finds in her ancestral home, Kellerby House, provide all the reward he needs. Until… Are there limits to what he will do for his friends? Are there limits to what he will do to them? // Discuss in the Crime reading group //
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