Author talk: Neil Price on ”The Children of Ash & Elm – A History of the Vikings”

Talk by Neil Price on the history of the vikings

UPPSALA | Thursday 21st April at 19:00

Join author Neil Price and hear him talk about the history of the Norse people, their journeys and their spirit world and his wonderful book The Children of Ash & Elm – A History of the Vikings.

Welcome to a truly historic evening at the bookshop!

Thursday 21st April at 19:00.
Tickets 60:-.
Book your ticket today – drop by the bookshop or email uppsala@bookshop.se
(any remaining tickets at the door)

Easter Shop Hours 2022


Happy Easter! Enjoy Easter, read a book.

Our shops are open all of Easter weekend – welcome in to stock up on ”påskekrim” (Easter Crime) and other eggciting reads!

The UPPSALA bookshop
Good Friday 15th April: 12–16
Saturday Easter Eve 16th: 10–16
Sunday Easter Day 17th: 12–16
Easter Monday 18th: 12–16

The STOCKHOLM bookshop
Good Friday 15th April: 12–16
Saturday Easter Eve 16th: 11–16
Sunday Easter Day 17th: 12–16
Easter Monday 18th: 12–16

Musical AW & live concert with the band Us

Musical AW in the Stockholm bookshop

STOCKHOLM | Friday 25 March from 18.00

Wind down and unplug after a busy week with a musical After-Work in the Stockholm bookshop.

Live acoustic music by the band Us!

Tickets 60:- at the door. Refreshments included.

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World Poetry Day 2022 in Uppsala

World Poetry Day in Uppsala

UPPSALA | Monday 21 March 2022 at 19.00

Celebrate World Poetry Day in the Uppsala bookshop together with poets Daniel Kane, Sally Anderson Boström, Elizabeth Clark Wessel and fellow poetry lovers.

Poetry readings! Refreshments!

Monday 21 March at 19:00.
Tickets 60:- at the door. 

UNESCO World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural & linguistic expression and identity. Practised throughout history – in every culture and on every continent – poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a powerful catalyst for dialogue and peace.

World Poetry Day 2022 in Stockholm

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World Poetry Day in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM | Monday 21 March at 18.00

Celebrate World Poetry Day in the Stockholm bookshop together with poets and fellow poetry lovers.

Welcome to bring your own poems for an open mic reading opportunity! 

Monday 21 March at 18.00
Free event with poetry readings and refreshments!

UNESCO World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural & linguistic expression and identity. Practised throughout history – in every culture and on every continent – poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a powerful catalyst for dialogue and peace.

A Year with Jane Austen – Lady Susan & Sanditon

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Austen reading group – Lady Susan, Sanditon

UPPSALA | Thursday 17 March at 19:00

Welcome to a Year with Jane Austen! We have been longing to give some focus to one of our favourite authors for a while, and now it’s time. Welcome to a Jane Austen year at The English Bookshop!

We start off with a reading group and discussion about two of her lesser known works: Sanditon and Lady Susan. This reading group meets up already in a week on Thursday 17th March at 19.00 in the bookshop to discuss these two short novels (so there’s still time to be able to read them before the meeting). They are both collected in the same book, which also brings you a third novel as a bonus – The Watsons.

Book your seat today! This will take place in the Uppsala shop, so please remember to book a seat in advance and prepare for tea and cakes and conversation!

Welcome on Thursday 17th March at 19.00, and hopefully we’ll get to know a favourite author a little bit better!

Stay tuned for more Austen events during this year with Jane Austen.

Thank You Weekend – 3for2 on everything!

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Thank You Weekend 25-27 February – 3for2 on everything

UPPSALA & STOCKHOLM | Fri 25–Sun 27 February 2022

3for2 on everything in our shops! All Thank You Weekend, Friday 25–Sunday 27 February 2022. A small way of saying Thank You for sticking with us and supporting us during the pandemic (and fingers crossed it will be over soon, for realz. The pandemic, that is...).

3for2 on everything in our shops (well, except staff and bookshelves), all weekend. (Unfortunately only on in-shop purchases this time.)

Every third book (or item) for free. Buy 3 – pay for 2. Buy 6 – pay for 4. Buy 9 – pay for 6. (you get the idea…)

Don’t forget to bring your shopping bags (or big wheelie trunks, if we know you right...) ;-)

 

We’ve been through a lot together… Through thick and thin, pandemic and restrictions, supply chain delays and lorry shortages – you have supported the bookshop in so many different ways.

THANK YOU! We knew our customers were the best, yet you managed to surprise us once again by the extent of your support and love for the bookshop.

This Thank You Weekend and 3for2 offer is just a small way of trying to say THANK YOU for your continued love and support. And we can’t wait to see you in the shops so we can thank you in person!

Harry Potter Book Night Quiz!

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Show off your Harry Potter knowledge and you could win Harry Potter swag!

» Enter the quiz contest here

Quiz form closes on Friday 4 February at 23:59 Swedish time.

If you missed the livestream on Magical Journeys – links to the replay at www.bookshop.se/harrypotter2022

Harry Potter Booknight 2022 - Online

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Harry Potter Booknight 2022 – Magical Journeys

ONLINE | Thursday 3 Feb at 19:00
Harry Potter Booknight 2022

Magical Journeys in the Harry Potter World

Floo powder – Flying cars – Portkeys.
What is fact and what is fantasy?

Join Harry Potter aficionado Karolina Andersdotter and physicist Anna Davour to find out everything you ever wanted to know about ­magical travelling in the Harry Potter world. And don’t miss the online quiz!

Welcome, one and all – your magical journey awaits!

Thursday 3 February 19:00

» watch replay on youtube

» watch replay on facebook

» enter the quiz contest (form closes Friday 4th Feb at 23:59)

Shops closed Monday 31st January

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Shops closed on Monday 31 January

UPPSALA & STOCKHOLM | Monday 31 January 2022

On Monday 31 January our shops are closed for stock inventory. We got some 24.000+ titles and barcodes to scan. Now let’s see: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...

Welcome back on Tuesday (or email us in the meantime).

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
Morgan Greene
A Place Called Hope
Paperback
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
Richard John Parfitt
Stray Dogs
Paperback
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