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Happy Holiday Hours at the bookshop

Published on Fri, 2016-12-16 12:34

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UPPSALA

Epiphany Eve, Thurs 5th Jan: 10–17
Epiphany Day, Fri 6th Jan: 12–15

STOCKHOLM

Epiphany Day, Fri 6th Jan: 12–16

And then we’re back to normal shop hours again...

Discover the new Book Club Card

Published on Tue, 2016-12-13 12:31

Give 3 months of reading joy
with the new Book Club Card!

Give that someone special (or yourself!) three months of reading joy with the new Book Club Card.

Choose freely from the different categories in our Book of the Month selection. Discover a new genre each month, or stay with the favourite one. A book a month, every other month – or all three at once for the eager reader.

Ask about the Book Club Card next time you’re in the bookshop. And ask yourself, who would like to get three months of reading joy for Christmas...

Dylan Unsung in Uppsala

Published on Mon, 2016-12-05 09:35

UPPSALA | Saturday 10th December at 17:30–18:30

Dylan Unsung – discovering the lyrics

Open reading of Bob Dylan’s lyrics at The English Bookshop in Uppsala. What do the works of this year’s literary Nobel laureate sound like without the music? Sam Kessel leads the proceedings. Also Open Mic, so bring your favourite Dylan lyrics. Free entrance.

Bob Dylan musical tribute in Stockholm

Published on Mon, 2016-12-05 09:17

STOCKHOLM | Saturday 10th December at 18:00

A very special musical tribute to the literature laureate in the Stockholm bookshop. Personal musical interpretations of Dylan songs by musicians Jan Hammarlund, Katarina Gunnerholm, Hélène Bohman Blomqvist, Maria Lindström, the band Gränsen, and a special guest appearance. The event is in English, but the language of music is universal.

Advance tickets 60 kr (including snacks/refreshments) available at the bookshop or www.billetto.se/bob-dylan-night

Books of the month for December

Published on Thu, 2016-12-01 12:45

Jenni Fagan – The Sunlight Pilgrims William Brodrick – The Silent Ones (Father Anselm #6) Michael Sears – Black Fridays Laura Lam – Pantomime (Micah Grey #1) Neal Asher – Prador Moon (Polity) Lila Bowen – Wake Of Vultures (#1) N. D. Gomes – Dear Charlie Evelyn Waugh – Handful of Dust Joris Luyendijk – Swimming with Sharks: My Journey into the World of the Bankers Lucia Berlin – A Manual for Cleaning Women: Stories

Plenty of interesting titles in our picks for December!

General Fiction: Jenni Fagan – The Sunlight Pilgrims

British Crime: William Brodrick – The Silent Ones

Tough Crime: Michael Sears – Black Fridays

Fantasy: Laura Lam – Pantomime

Science Fiction: Neal Asher – Prador Moon

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Lila Bowen – Wake of Vultures

Teen reading: N. D. Gomes – Dear Charlie

Classic of the Month: Evelyn Waugh – A Handful of Dust

Non-Fiction: Joris Luyendijk – Swimming with Sharks: My Journey into the World of the Bankers

Short Story Collection: Lucia Berlin – A Manual for Cleaning Women: Stories

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Release party Four British Classics from Novellix

Published on Sun, 2016-11-20 12:33

Release party Four British Classics from Novellix

We are delighted, together with Novellix, to invite you to celebrate the launch of the new British Classics series.

First off (in a lovely box designed and illustrated by Jennie Ekström) are Katherine Mansfield: Bliss, Charles Dickens: Horatio Sparkins, D.H. Lawrence: Sun, and Virginia Woolf: Lappin and Lapinova.

Novellix has been publishing short stories in Swedish, with great success, for a few years, and now venture into the veritable treasure trove that is British shorties!

Join us in the bookshop for drinks, nibbles and a chance to mingle with like-minded readers, followed by a short talk.

Four classic short stories, offering a perfect introduction to
some of Britain’s most famous writers – and the perfect gift!

Stockholm Thursday 24th November at 18:30
Uppsala Wednesday 30th November at 19:00
Free and no RSVP needed.

Novellix are an independent, boutique book publisher based in Stockholm. Check them out on www.novellix.se

We’re turning twentyone – 21% off in the shops

Published on Fri, 2016-11-18 06:52

Turning 21 - 21% off Friday and Saturday

UPPSALA & STOCKHOLM | Friday 18th–Saturday 19th November

Twenty one years ago...

...on the 18th day of the dark month of November, a small bookshop opened up in the loft of an old tannery by the river Fyris in Uppsala.

Today two bookshops serve a community of booklovers in two cities. This is cause for celebration! 21% OFF ON EVERYTHING in both our bookshops on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th November.

Welcome in to the bookshops to celebrate!

Storytelling for Children in Uppsala Sat 19th Nov

Published on Mon, 2016-11-14 19:45

Storytelling for Children - Uppsala Sat 19th Nov

UPPSALA | Saturday 19th November at 11:00

Who is that elephant? Is she a lonely circus artist?
Or will he put you to bed tonight?
And how about trolls? Are they mostly misunderstood?

Answers to important questions at story-time at 11 o’clock on Saturday 19th November in the Uppsala shop.

Elephant by Petr Horacek
Bubble and Squeak by James Mayhew and Clara Vulliamy
Troll by Julian Donaldson and David Roberts

No need to sign up, just show up at the shop and join the fun.

Have breakfast with Tao Lin

Published on Mon, 2016-11-14 14:32

Breakfast Talk with Tao Lin in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM | Wednesday 16th November at 09:00

Breakfast Talk:Tao Lin in conversation with Elis Burrau
Advance tickets 30 kr (including coffee/tea and breakfast roll). Get your ticket in the bookshop today or book your seat by email: stockholm@bookshop.se

Tao Lin is an American novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist. He has published three novels, several books of poetry, short stories and novellas. His latest novel is Taipei, now being published in Swedish by Constant Reader. In it, New Yorker Paul navigates between the art and literary scenes of Manhattan, and Taipei in Taiwan, confronting his family roots.

Tao Lin is considered one of the main figures of the literary movement called Alt Lit, where social media and internet are used as tools for writing, publishing and literary talks.

Tao Lin will be in conversation with poet and writer Elis Burrau, literary editor at Nöjesguiden.

Get your ticket at the bookshop today or book a seat by email.

”Lin's writing is reminiscent of early Douglas Coupland, or early Bret Easton Ellis, but there is also something going on here that is more profoundly peculiar, even Beckettian . . . deliciously odd” – Guardian

Talk on Self-Publishing and a Release Party

Published on Fri, 2016-11-04 15:47

David Clapham on Self-Publishing - Release Party

UPPSALA | Friday 11th November at 19:00

Many of us love writing, but do not for some reason want to go through the mills of literary agents and orinary publishing houses. In these cases self publishing might be an answer!

Do join us when David Clapham, author of two novels, gives a short talk on the pros and cons of being an writer without a literary agent, and the pleasures and pains of self publishing.

After this there will be a release party for his latest book: The Special and the Ordinary. Refreshments and signing afterwards!

Friday 11th November at 19:00. Price 50 kr at the door.

No need to sign up, but feel free to follow this facebook-event for news and updates. And share it with interested friends!

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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 Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group in Göteborg	Morgan Greene A Place Called Hope Paperback Noir of the month *Join the Crime reading group in Uppsala	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 Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group in Göteborg	Richard John Parfitt Stray Dogs Paperback Noir of the month *Join the Crime reading group in Uppsala	Ann Leckie Translation State Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
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 *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

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Modern Fiction Book of the Month – October 2024

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he’s supposed to do. He works hard, he studies, and he – mostly – stays out of trouble. The thirty-year conflict is over, he’s told, and his future is lit with promise. But when Sean returns home from university, he finds much of the same – the same friends doing the same gear in the same clubs, the same fathers and brothers missing… One night, he assaults a stranger at a party, and everything begins to come undone. Close to Home begins with this sudden act of violence and expands into a startling portrait of working-class Ireland under the long shadow of the Troubles. // Discuss in the Fiction reading group //
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Mystery Book of the Month – October 2024

How to put a positive spin on a murder mystery... What happens when a ghostwriter for the rich and famous lands the ultimate gig: writing the memoir of a disgraced presidential candidate? Our witty, nosy narrator arrives at a secluded estate to meet Dorothy Gibson, the fallen political star everyone’s talking about. But when a neighbor turns up dead, the ghostwriter finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery she never saw coming. Add in a secret investigation, a suspiciously handsome man, and a plot twist no one expected – and suddenly, the story she’s writing becomes her own. Perfect for fans of Knives Out and Agatha Christie, this clever, twisty mystery is full of surprises. // Discuss in the Crime reading group in Göteborg //
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