Hilary Mantel wins 2012 Man Booker Prize

Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the BodiesHilary 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

Classics Reading GroupWelcome 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!

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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

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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.

Kontrast – this years Swecon, the national Swedish science fiction and fantasy convention

Super signing!

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!!!!!!!).

A Red Country - Abercrombie, Joe Blindsight  -  Watts, Peter Pretty Monsters -  Link, Kelly , Tan, Shaun (Ill.) The Pattern Scars - Sweet, Caitlin

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

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

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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!

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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

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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.

Beat Thing! – Film from the Culture evening at the Bookshop

As always, a wonderful, buoyant performance by these luminaries joined by Olle on double bass and Jan on swedish haiku. What a treat!

See video

Books of the Month – September 2024

Amanda Peters
The Berry Pickers
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Leslie Marmon Silko
Ceremony
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Sophie Kinsella
The Burnout
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

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Alice Slater
Death of a Bookseller
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Dervla McTiernan
What Happened to Nina?
Paperback

Noir of the month

Kali Wallace
Dead Space
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Shannon Chakraborty
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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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

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Hannah Ritchie
Not the End of the World
Paperback

– How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – August 2024

James McBride
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Anne Brontë
Agnes Grey
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Laura Wood
Under Your Spell
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

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Cate Quinn
The Clinic
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Pamela Samuels Young
Sounds Like a Plan
Paperback

& Dwayne Alexander Smith

Noir of the month

Yume Kitasei
The Deep Sky
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Vajra Chandrasekera
The Saint of Bright Doors
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Chuck Tingle
Bury Your Gays
Paperback

Horror of the month

Ibi Zoboi
Nigeria Jones
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Neil Blackmore
Radical Love
Paperback

Queer book of the month

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Nathan Thrall
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
Paperback

– A Palestine Story

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – July 2024

Michiko Aoyama
What You Are Looking for is in the Library
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Malcolm Lowry
Under the Volcano
Paperback

Classics of the month

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Julie Shackman
The Bookshop by the Loch
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

Maz Evans
Over My Dead Body
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Michael McGarrity
The Long Ago
Paperback

Noir of the month

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Genoveva Dimova
Foul Days
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare
Paperback

– Stories

Horror of the month

Chelsea Ichaso
The Summer She Went Missing
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Claudia Cravens
Lucky Red
Paperback

Queer book of the month

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