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Classics Reading Group – Changed date

Published on Sat, 2012-10-20 13:20

!! Changed date for the The Classics Reading Group meeting: Monday 5th November, 7pm. !!

Hilary Mantel wins 2012 Man Booker Prize

Published on Wed, 2012-10-17 09:15

Hilary Mantel wins the Man Booker prize 2012 with her novel Bring Up the Bodies , sequel to Wolf Hall with which she won the prize 2009.

Classics Reading Group

Published on Mon, 2012-10-15 10:20

Classics Reading Group Welcome to a cozy evening meeting in the bookshop to discuss the classic book of the month. We’ll have a nice cuppa’ tea (or java) and some delicious cake. And you get 10% discount on everything!

The cost is only 50:- (+ book, we have several editions to choose from). Limited number of participants (max 10), so book your seat today.

Uppsala: Tuesday November 6th at 7 pm

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News for October!

Published on Mon, 2012-10-08 10:57

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Just back from the Gothenburg bookfair which was terrific, we got to meet many lovely customers and also were priviliged to spend time with a lot of authors such as Ingrid Betancourt, Jenny Valentine, Paul Muldoon, Colm Toibin... The list goes on - pictures at our Facebook page! We then came home to Swecon 2012 and did signings with Joe Abercrombie, Kelly Link, Peter Watts and Caitlin Sweet! Again - pictures on our facebook page.

This Friday we’re doing a signing with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie! It’s not in the shop but at the Nordic Africa Institute in town. It’s been an amazing author period for us!

Meet us at Kontrast

Published on Wed, 2012-10-03 16:59

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We are one of the happy sponsors of Kontrast – this years Swecon, the national Swedish science fiction and fantasy convention.

Meet us at the convention and don't miss to stop by the bookshop in the city to meet the authors when we are having a signing party. We will be selling books at the convention for signings.

Super signing!

Published on Wed, 2012-10-03 14:00

Yes it's true: on Friday at 4.30pm four SF/Fantasy greats will take seats in the Uppsala shop to sign their books exclusively for you!

Joe Abercrombie, Peter Watts, Kelly Link and Caitlin Sweet will all be here and we have plenty of stock of their books. (Including Joe Abercrombie's new book Red Country!!!!!!!).

Release of J.K. Rowling's new novel "The Casual Vacancy"

Published on Wed, 2012-09-26 19:04

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Tomorrow (27/9), in Uppsala, Stockholm AND at our stand at the Gothenburg bookfair, we are excited to be releasing J.K.

The best buys at Bokmässan - Helena’s definite list!

By Helena (Blogger) on Wed, 2012-09-26 11:05

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The Swedish book blogosphere is going to be a very lonely – or at least singular-minded – place for the upcoming few days, as everyone is headed for the Gothenburg book fair. Everyone, it seems, but me. I could be moping in bed with a pint of Häagendasz and a particularly blood curdling crime novel (I have two words for you: S.J. Bolton!) but instead I thought I'd give all you lucky people who are in fact going some pointers in terms of book shopping. Here's a list of the books you mustn't miss at the book fair.

News for September!

Published on Tue, 2012-09-18 10:00

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Another great reading period is upon us. How quickly we moved into autumn! We’ve just had a wonderful Culture Night with the shop packed with literature lovers and authors. If you missed it you can watch the videos now posted on our web site www.bookshop.se!

Books of the Month for September! Our freshest choices!

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

By Stina (Staff) on Mon, 2012-09-17 12:43

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A heartwarming and endearing book about recent OAP Harold Fry, who one day gets a letter from an old friend saying she's dying of cancer in Berick-upon-Tweed. Struck by this he goes down the road to post a letter, and then just continues to walk, thinking that as long as he's walking to see her, she will not die. He has no proper walking shoes, no maps, no compass, no waterproof clothes, just a will to see Queenie Hennesy again, talk to her, and to save her life. This is the story of Harold Fry, of his wife, and son, of Queenie, who is dying, and of all the people Harold meets along his way from the very south of England up to Berwick.

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Books of the Month – February 2025

Ferdia Lennon Glorious Exploits Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Ralph Ellison Invisible Man Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Annie Darling The Vintage Dress Shop in Primrose Hill Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala
Jo Cunningham Death By Numbers Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Matthew Harffy Dark Frontier Paperback Noir of the month	Lavanya Lakshminarayan The Ten Percent Thief Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Wole Talabi Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Fiona Barnett The Dark Between the Trees Paperback Horror of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala	Jiaming Tang Cinema Love Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group
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 *Join the reading group	Barbara Pym Excellent Women Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Iris Costello The Story Collector Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala
Annette Dashofy Where the Guilty Hide Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Kenneth Fearing The Big Clock Paperback Noir of the month	Adrian Tchaikovsky Alien Clay Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Simon Jimenez The Spear Cuts Through Water Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Hiron Ennes Leech Paperback Horror of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala	Justin Torres Blackouts Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group
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 *Join the reading group	Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Bella Osborne Mistletoe Magic in the Highlands Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala
Joyce Carol Oates The Babysitter Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Kimi Cunningham Grant These Silent Woods Paperback Noir of the month	H. Beam Piper Little Fuzzy Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
India Holton The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	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 *Join the reading group	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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Modern Fiction Book of the Month – February 2025

Imprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads. They’re fading in the baking heat, but not everything is lost: they can still recite lines from Greek tragedy when tempted by Lampo and Gelon with goatskins of wine and scraps of food. And so an idea is born. Because, after all, you can hate the invaders but still love their poetry… The funniest tragedy you’ll ever read. // Discuss in the Fiction reading group //
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Mystery Book of the Month – February 2025

Something doesn’t add up at the seaside… As an actuary for an insurance company, Una’s job is to spot patterns that other people might miss. When the data for her latest project – into the predicted number of deaths in seaside resorts – shows a blip in her forecasts, Una’s untarnished reputation at work is at risk. And as strange fatalities are befalling her mother’s bingo crowd, Una must put aside her spreadsheets and begin to investigate. A witty mystery, with math and murders. // Discuss in the Crime reading group //
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