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…All I want for Christmas is a happy ending…

Published on Tue, 2011-11-29 18:24

Christmas is coming: the geese are getting fat.

But that’s not all that’s happening.

Tyler is searching for an angel that looks just right. Sam is worried about polar bears. Dylan and Bronwen hear a ghost on Christmas Eve. But what about Bradley? He is setting a trap for Santa!

Come for yuletide yarns where things end well (except for the goose) at 1pm on Sunday 4th December.

The Santa Trap by Jonathan Emmett
Doing Christmas by Sarah Garland
An Angel Just Like Me by Mary Hoffman
Will There Be Polar Bears? by Julia Larman
The Christmas Even Ghost by Shirley Hughes
Zoe's Christmas List by Chloe Inkpen

Doctor Who Night 23/11!

Published on Tue, 2011-11-15 22:22

Welcome to a Doctor Who Evening at The English Bookshop! 
This is your opportunity to meet other whovians in Uppsala, 
and discuss doctors and companions and your favourite 
books and episodes.
Lots happening during the evening:
A TALK about the Doctor Who books

Storytelling for Children Families are where we live. What is yours like? Small or big? Calm or noisy? Can a family tell too many jokes or have too much money? Come to the English Bookshop and hear about a family with aunties that kiss too much, a bad family that gets better and another with a girl who won’t eat her tomatoes.

Bring your family at 1pm on Saturday 5th November for a giggle.

Master Money the Millionaire, Mrs Jolly's Joke Shop, Master Track's Train and Mr Creep the Crook all by Allan Ahlberg
No more Kisses for Bernard by Niki Daly (Not in the bookshop at time of writing. Please, use our BookFinder service)
I will not ever never eat a tomato by Lauren Child

Halloween reads

By Helena (Blogger) on Thu, 2011-10-27 06:22

Don't miss Helena Dahlgren's new blog - Halloween reads!

Look! There's a lion in the library! – Storytelling in Uppsala 23/10

Published on Wed, 2011-10-19 21:52

Storytelling for Children Look! There's a lion in the library! A tiger in a picture! A pig playing a trumpet! What's going on? Come and find out at story time this Sunday with Hannah and Rosie, 1 o'clock on 23rd October in the English Bookshop, Uppsala.

Upcoming Storytelling at The Uppsala English bookshop during the autumn of 2011:
Saturday, 5th November at 1pm

Julian Barnes wins The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011!

Published on Tue, 2011-10-18 23:02

Congratulations to Julian Barnes for winning the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel "The Sense of an Ending"!

Dame Stella Rimington, Chair of the 2011 judges, made the announcement at the awards dinner at London's Guildhall and she comments: "Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending has the markings of a classic of English Literature. It is exquisitely written, subtly plotted and reveals new depths with each reading."

Beat Thing! – video from Kulturnatten i Uppsala

Recording form the Beat Thing! performance during Kulturnatten in Uppsala, in The Uppsala English Bookshop. Also see the recording from their performance at the bookshop in Gamla Stan, Stockholm.

Ann and Samuel Charters performs Beat Thing! – a performance/reading of Beat literature. Jan from the bookshop presented, assisted by Elias Castegren on the bass.

The program was:

Tomas Tranströmer – The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011

Published on Thu, 2011-10-06 14:24

With the wording "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality" – Tomas Tranströmer is awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011.

Tomas Tranströmer in the bookshop

Are bears scary or cuddly? - Storytelling in Uppsala 9/10

Published on Thu, 2011-10-06 11:53

Storytelling for Children Are bears scary or cuddly? Dogs can be a man’s best friend but what happens when there are no men around? Come and hear about animals that are toys, pets and beasts at story-time with Hannah and Rosie at 1 o’clock on 9th October at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

Excerpts from the Life and Times of Tara Malone – Book launch in Gamla Stan

Published on Wed, 2011-10-05 18:00

News
Event

Thursday 6 October at 7pm we're hosting a book launch in our shop in Gamla stan. M. S. Lyon we'll read from and talk about her debut novel Excerpts from the Life and Times of Tara Malone, loosely based on the author's experiences in Swinging London in the sixties. Snacks and drinkies served.

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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

*Join the reading group

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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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