Fiction: Yes! We are taking the occasion to do a great, light, wonderful, romantic novel set in London. Reminiscent in feel to One Day (but with a happier... no, we're not giving that one away.) We loved it and got all misty-eyed. The novel is Jennifer E Smith - The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight.

British Crime: Mark Douglas-Home - The Sea Detective. A Scottish gem! Remember where you saw it first.

Non-fiction: Countess of Carnarvon - Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle. Gotta love it.

Tough Crime: Pamela Beason - Bear Bait. White-knuckle thriller with a biologist hero!

Fantasy: Lavie Tidhar - Osama. This one just won the World Fantasy Award!

Science Fiction: Alexander Jablokov - Brain Thief. Cyberpunk with a new twist.

Paranormal: Christina Henry - Black Lament. Madeline Black is an agent of death...

Welcome all 3-6 year olds for storytelling with Hannah. No need to sign up, just show up at the shop and enjoy the Christmas stories.

Saturday December 1th at 11, The Uppsala English Bookshop.

• Night Before Christmas, Clement C. Moore
• Mouse's Christmas Wish, Judi Abbot
• Bloomsbury Christmas Treasury
• Mrs Pepperpot's Christmas, Alf Proysen
• Christmas in Noisy Village, Astrid Lindgren and  Ilon Wikland

Lavie Tidhar has won the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for his speculative fiction novel Osama.
Tidhar trumped an impressive shortlist including authors such as Stephen King and George RR Martin and was awarded the prize at a gala event held in Toronto last weekend.

Set in a world without global terrorism, OSAMA follows a private detective hired to locate the obscure author of a series of pulp fiction novels. These feature one 'Osama Bin Laden: Vigilante'. Tidhar explores the post-9/11 global subconscious, mixing together elements of film noir, non-fiction, alternative history and international thriller. The book was inspired by a number of close calls the author has had with terrorist attacks.

The other titles on the shortlist:

• Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman
• 11/22/63, Stephen King
• A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin
• Among Others, Jo Walton

World Fantasy Award for Best Collection: Tim Powers - Bible Repairman and Other Stories
World Fantasy Award for Best Antholgy: Vandermeer (Ed.) - Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories

American children's book author Michael Dahl – author of more than 200 books for children – will be visiting The English Bookshop in Gamla Stan on Wednesday, November 7 to read from his new series, Troll Hunters, sign books, and answer questions from young readers. All are welcome to join!

Presentations will be one hour each starting at 17.00, 18.00 and 19.00.

Please RSVP to the bookshop: stockholm@bookshop.se

Michael Dahl in the bookshop
Download the poster for the event