Teen Reading Group – Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Teen Reading Group – Little Brother by Cory DoctorowWelcome to an exciting get-together in the bookshop to discuss the month’s book. During the meeting we’ll talk about the book, have some fun and enjoy some delicious fika. And you get 10% discount on everything after the reading group meeting.

The cost is only 20:- + book 125:-. (Oh, that includes the delicious cake as well!) Limited number of participants (max 10), so talk to the book- sellers and book your spot today.

Uppsala: Sunday Nov 17th at 1 pm

What to talk about when we talk about Morrissey: an Autobiography review of sorts

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Morrissey - Autobiography

Dear reader,

Let us establish something right off the bat, just so we are clear. This is NOT going to be a conventional review of Morrissey’s Autobiography.

Teju Cole & Philipp Meyer signing in Stockholm

Teju Cole and Philipp Meyer will be at the Stockholm bookshop Thursday October 24 at 18.30
Meet the authors and have your book signed.

Teju Cole in the bookshop
Philipp Meyer in the bookshop

Teju Cole Open City, Teju Cole

Philipp Meyer American Rust, Philipp Meyer The Son, Philipp Meyer

Storytelling for children in the Stockholm English Bookshop

Storytelling at the bookshop, Lilla Nygatan 11, Gamla stan, Saturday 12 October at 11.
Clara will read stories for 3-6 year olds.
No need to sign up, just show up at the shop and join the fun.

Storytelling for Children – October 12

Welcome to Storytelling for Children with Hanna.
Uppsala - 11 o'clock the September 28.

Story times:
   •    October 12
   •    October 26 – cancelled
   •    November 9
   •    November 23

We'll be reading from:

Chu's Day  by  Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Adam Rex Katie Morag's Island Stories by Mairi Hedderwick Possum Magic by Mem Fox

Anna Franklin: Om mitt möte med Carolyn Cassady – den sista länken till beatgenerationen

Jan: Recently Carolyn Cassady left us. I wrote a short text about us missing her on Facebook. Here's a text in Swedish, from my friend Anna Franklin, about her meeting and memory of Carolyn.

Will Storr, The Heretics – adventures with the enemies of science

Will Storr The Heretics – adventures with the enemies of scienceMost of us with a scientific background consider ourselves to be rational, critical thinkers. Then again, most of us like to be flattered.

10% discount for participants of Ordsprak 2013 – Poetry Slam

Show your Poetry Slam ticket and get 10% discount at The Uppsala English Bookshop.  The offer open during the whole weekend (4-6 October).

Ordsprak 2013 – Poetry Slam

We have a winner! – Culture Night Quiz Walk

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Uppsala KulturnattThe results from the Culture Night Quiz Walk are in and we congratulate Mare von Beckerath in particular because she is *our* winner.

Mare, come in and pick up your spoils!

Culture Night Quiz Walk

Books of the Month – February 2025

Ferdia Lennon
Glorious Exploits
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Annie Darling
The Vintage Dress Shop in Primrose Hill
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

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Jo Cunningham
Death By Numbers
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Matthew Harffy
Dark Frontier
Paperback

Noir of the month

Lavanya Lakshminarayan
The Ten Percent Thief
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Wole Talabi
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Fiona Barnett
The Dark Between the Trees
Paperback
Jiaming Tang
Cinema Love
Paperback

Queer book of the month

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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

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Barbara Pym
Excellent Women
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Iris Costello
The Story Collector
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

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Annette Dashofy
Where the Guilty Hide
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Kenneth Fearing
The Big Clock
Paperback

Noir of the month

Adrian Tchaikovsky
Alien Clay
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Simon Jimenez
The Spear Cuts Through Water
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Hiron Ennes
Leech
Paperback
Justin Torres
Blackouts
Paperback

Queer book of the month

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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

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Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Bella Osborne
Mistletoe Magic in the Highlands
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

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Joyce Carol Oates
The Babysitter
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Kimi Cunningham Grant
These Silent Woods
Paperback

Noir of the month

H. Beam Piper
Little Fuzzy
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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India Holton
The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta
Feast While You Can
Paperback

Horror of the month

Sally Nichols
Yours From the Tower
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Ashley Herring Blake
Make the Season Bright
Paperback

Queer book of the month

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Susan Casey
The Underworld
Paperback

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – November 2024

Joyce Carol Oates
Breathe
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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