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The Uppsala English Bookshop 15 Years!!!!

Published on Fri, 2010-11-12 14:32

The Uppsala English Bookshop from the early days - Jan

Yes! Thursday November 18 is our 15th birthday. Incredible, right?

And we're bigger, better, bolder than ever! All thanks to you guys of course.

So, please sign our Birthday Guestbook here

Winner of a signed copy of Simon Kernick's The Last 10 Seconds!

Published on Mon, 2010-11-08 21:29

The winner of our fiercly competitive Simon Kernick competition is Mr P. Hurst! Actually he's the only one who got the question right. The answer of course is Tom Hickey. But you all knew that, really, right? (And the question was "What is the name of the lecturer in humanities at Brighton Polytechnic who was a major inspiration to Mr Kernick?")

So congratulations Phil, the book is in the post.
Happy reading.

Competition; Win a signed copy of Simon Kernick's The Last 10 Seconds!

Published on Thu, 2010-11-04 21:54

Win a signed copy of brit crime great Simon Kernick's latest race-against time bestseller The Last 10 Seconds!

All you have to do this time is send an email to info@bookshop.se with the answer to this question:
What is the name of the lecturer in humanities at Brighton Polytechnic who was a major inspiration to Mr Kernick?

And, of course, you have to 'like' this post on Facebook!
Deadline for this competition is Sunday November 7. Good luck!

Winners of signed Rushdies!

Published on Tue, 2010-10-26 18:51

The answers to the "Signed Salman Rushdie" competition were Lewis Shiner (remember, we should all be reading him....) and Ptosis.

The lucky winners are Therese Granlund and Johan Anglemark! Congratulations! Get in touch for desired ink.

Pondering the Bookers

By Jan (Staff) on Thu, 2010-10-21 22:59

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I've been reading nothing but Booker nominees for the last 8 weeks. I managed to read 8 of the 13 nominees and was lucky enough to finish the entire shortlist. It's been an interesting journey into many different worlds; from suburban Australia to a prison garden shed in Canada; from revolutionary America to jewish life in modern London; from the end of Jamaican slavery to airport bars at Gatwick; from backpacking in Lesotho to Egyptian grave excavations in the 1920s... Amazing how much thought has gone into all these works of fiction.

New Competition! Signed Salman Rushdie!

Published on Wed, 2010-10-13 15:08

We are running a competition on our Facebook page. Price is a signed copy of Luka and the Fire of Life - signed by the very man himself.

Mario Vargas Llosa - The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010

Published on Thu, 2010-10-07 15:46

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".

Mario Vargas Llosa - in the bookshop

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2010 longlist

Published on Wed, 2010-08-04 20:26

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2010 longlist:

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Jan's Summer Reading

Published on Fri, 2010-07-30 16:23

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What I've been reading...

Uppsala English Bookshop at UNT.se

Published on Mon, 2010-07-12 19:49

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Books of the Month – November 2024

Joyce Carol Oates Breathe Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Thomas Bernhard The Loser Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Lauren Bravo Preloved Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala
Nina Simon Mother-Daughter Murder Night Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group in Göteborg	Morgan Greene A Place Called Hope Paperback Noir of the month *Join the Crime reading group in Uppsala	Cory Doctorow The Lost Cause Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Patricia McKillip The Forgotten Beasts of Eld Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Alisa Alering Smothermoss Paperback Horror of the month	Elle McNicoll Some Like it Cold Paperback Teen/YA of the month
Lamya H Hijab Butch Blues Paperback – A Memoir Queer book of the month *Join the reading group	Roland Allen The Notebook Paperback – A History of Thinking on Paper Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – October 2024

Michael Magee Close to Home Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Sheridan Le Fanu Carmilla Hardback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Jennifer Page The Little Board Game Café Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala
Kemper Donovan The Busy Body Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group in Göteborg	Richard John Parfitt Stray Dogs Paperback Noir of the month *Join the Crime reading group in Uppsala	Ann Leckie Translation State Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
C. S. E. Cooney Saint Death’s Daughter Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Christopher Golden All Hallows Paperback Horror of the month	Randy Ribay Everything We Never Had Paperback Teen/YA of the month
Jade Song Chlorine Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group	Daisy Dunn Not Far From Brideshead Paperback – Oxford Between the Wars Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – September 2024

Amanda Peters The Berry Pickers Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Leslie Marmon Silko Ceremony Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Sophie Kinsella The Burnout Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the reading group in Uppsala
Alice Slater Death of a Bookseller Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Dervla McTiernan What Happened to Nina? Paperback Noir of the month	Kali Wallace Dead Space Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Shannon Chakraborty The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	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 *Join the reading group

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Modern Fiction Book of the Month – October 2024

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he’s supposed to do. He works hard, he studies, and he – mostly – stays out of trouble. The thirty-year conflict is over, he’s told, and his future is lit with promise. But when Sean returns home from university, he finds much of the same – the same friends doing the same gear in the same clubs, the same fathers and brothers missing… One night, he assaults a stranger at a party, and everything begins to come undone. Close to Home begins with this sudden act of violence and expands into a startling portrait of working-class Ireland under the long shadow of the Troubles. // Discuss in the Fiction reading group //
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Mystery Book of the Month – October 2024

How to put a positive spin on a murder mystery... What happens when a ghostwriter for the rich and famous lands the ultimate gig: writing the memoir of a disgraced presidential candidate? Our witty, nosy narrator arrives at a secluded estate to meet Dorothy Gibson, the fallen political star everyone’s talking about. But when a neighbor turns up dead, the ghostwriter finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery she never saw coming. Add in a secret investigation, a suspiciously handsome man, and a plot twist no one expected – and suddenly, the story she’s writing becomes her own. Perfect for fans of Knives Out and Agatha Christie, this clever, twisty mystery is full of surprises. // Discuss in the Crime reading group in Göteborg //
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