John Clute and the SF-Encyclopedia – Film from the Culture evening at the Bookshop

A VERY interesting talk with the recent Hugo winner. An agile mind in that fellow... And we're greatly honoured again to be sponsoring www.kontrast2012.se - don't miss it!

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Gud har annat för sig- Film from the Culture evening at the bookshop

We're so proud to be sponsoring this production and they had a great time telling people about it at the shop!

See the program for the show at Regina theater in Uppsala

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Illyria (or: why Elizabeth Hand rocks, part 97)

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Elizabeth Hand, IllyriaThere is a Morrissey song echoing at the back of my mind as I sit down and attempt to write something about Elizabeth Hand’s World Fantasy Award winner Illyria. “And I just can’t explain it, so I won’t even try t

Fantastic programme for Kulturnatten 2012 at The Uppsala English Bookshop

The Uppsala Culture Night 2012 (Kulturnatten Uppsala) will take place on September 8. We have a fantastic programme!

Don't miss out on visiting the bookshop during this tremendous day; we are bringing in authors from the far reaches of the world. This is a unique opportunity to take part of otherwise unseen international literary excellence. We are also proud to be previewing two of this autumn's biggest cultural events in Uppsala: Teater C and Kontrast!

The Uninvited Guests

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This is an unususal and quite pleasant combination of a psychological chamber-drama, a ghost story and an Edwardian love story. Sometimes one is blown away by the lovely descriptions of clothes and old buildings and family history, and then suddenly the suspense creeps up and is quite breath-taking. A lovely, cosy book - with that extra twist - for dark autumn nights.

Beautiful Ruins

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Another wonderful book by Jess Walter! Like no other author Jess Walter can describe normal, middle-aged people who have somehow let their lives slipped by and still make it an extraordiary reading experice. Beautiful Ruins is just such a book. Through several parallell stories we get to know people, their past and present, what they wish their lives to be, and what they have actually become. This really shouldn't make for a good reading, but it does, and even thinking back on the book now, it gives me a warm, glowing feeling of happiness with my own, very ordinary, middle-aged life. Though everything is not perfect, there are certainly some things that are very good! Heartily recommended!

News for August!

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’Summer’ is over and we’re moving into the next reading period; where reading has to compete with school and work. But there are plenty of good books to choose from. And work/school will be the better for it.

Books of the month for August. Our picks!

El Gavilan

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I love small publishers; you can find some true gems on their lists; a voice you would never have heard otherwise. El Gavilan is a bleak crime novel set in Ohio with the topic being latino immigration and racism  - both personal and institutional. It is gripping and well written and makes you think. What more can you ask? I'm not entirely certain I like how the book pans out but at the same time I'm not sure I was supposed to! Recommended!

Black Light

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I've had this book lying around for quite a while and just picked it up to brush up on Liz Hand's work before her visit in the shop on September 8. This is vintage Hand; dark, gothic, filled with historical and literary references and allusions as well as youth angst, drugs, sex and well darkness. It is VERY well written and quite captivating. The film tangent reminded me of Flicker for some reason. I liked it! (Oh and it's not in print at the moment, but drop us a line and we'll get you a nice second-hand copy if you're interested. You should be...)

Books of the Month – June 2023

Hernan Diaz
Trust
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Sei Shonagon
The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon
Paperback

– The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century Japan

Classics of the month

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Sidney Karger
Best Men
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

Benjamin Stevenson
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
Paperback

Mystery of the Month

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Eli Cranor
Don’t Know Tough
Paperback

Noir of the month

Adam Oyebanji
Braking Day
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Shauna Lawless
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Sonora Reyes
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Laura Kate Dale
Gender Euphoria
Paperback

– Stories of joy from trans, non-binary and intersex writers

Queer book of the month

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Mark Hodkinson
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy
Paperback

– Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – May 2023

Ayşegül Savaş
White on White
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Christopher Isherwood
Goodbye to Berlin
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Stephanie Butland
Found in a Bookshop
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

Sulari Gentill
The Woman in the Library
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Gabriel Iglesias
The Devil Takes You Home
Paperback

Noir of the month

Sequoia Nagamatsu
How High We Go in the Dark
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Ava Reid
The Wolf and the Woodsman
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Andrew Joseph White
Hell Followed with Us
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Yukio Mishima
Confessions of a Mask
Paperback

Queer book of the month

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Edward Chisholm
A Waiter in Paris
Paperback

– Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – April 2023

Bonnie Garmus
Lessons in Chemistry
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Elizabeth von Arnim
The Enchanted April
Hardback

Classic of the month

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Ashley Poston
The Dead Romantics
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

Deanna Raybourn
Killers of a Certain Age
Paperback
Hayley Scrivenor
Dirt Town
Paperback
Emily St John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Daniel Abraham
Age of Ash
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland
Chaos and Flame
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Sara Jaffe
Dryland
Paperback

Queer book of the month

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Oliver Mol
Train Lord
Paperback

– The Astonishing True Story of One Man’s Journey to Getting His Life Back On Track

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – March 2023

Stacey Swann
Olympus, Texas
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse Five
Paperback

Classic of the month

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