Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

By Anna Bark Persson (Blogger) on Wed, 2015-09-23 08:56
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Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen ChoSorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho is a difficult book to review, simply because it feels like whatever I write, it will eventually and unavoidably simply collapse into one long list of everything that I love about this novel. To start off and hopefully get it out of the way: Sorcerer to the Crown is a highly atmospheric, beautifully written and wonderfully humorous novel.

Hooray! It’s story time again!

Published on Tue, 2015-09-15 21:06
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Old favourites and new discoveries, picture books and poetry, laughs and sighs.
Come along at eleven o’clock, Saturday 19th September at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake Mr Magnolia by Quentin Blake

Books of the month for September

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General Fiction: Jill Alexander Essbaum – Hausfrau

British Crime: M. J. Carter – The Strangler Vine

Tough Crime: F. H. Batagan – Smaller and Smaller Circles

Science Fiction: Kieran Shea – Koko Takes a Holiday

Fantasy: Joshua Palmatier – Shattering the Ley (Trilogy Two #1)

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Jamie Schulz – Premonitions

Classic of the Month: Dashiell Hammett – Red Harvest

Teen reading: Jenn Bennett – Night Owls

Hausfrau - Jill Alexander EssbaumThe Strangler Vine - M J CarterF. H. Batagan – Smaller and Smaller CirclesKieran Shea – Koko Takes a HolidayJoshua Palmatier – Shattering the Ley (Trilogy Two #1)Jamie Schulz – PremonitionsDashiell Hammett – Red HarvestJenn Bennett – Night Owls

Spend a Cultural Night at the bookshop!

Published on Wed, 2015-09-02 13:26
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KulturNatten 12 Sept 2015

For the Culture Night in Uppsala, Saturday 12th September,  we’re pleased and honored to present you with three great literary afficionados:

At 18.00: Jen Campbell, poet, short story writer and author of the amazingly accurate Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops-books and also The Bookshop Book.

At 19.30: Marie Phillips will discuss her Baileys prize longlisted novel The Table of Less Valued Knights and Gods Behaving Badly (also made into a film starring Sharon Stone and Christopher Walken!).

And, lastly: our grand finale at 21.00: Ann Charters, beat expert extraordinaire, will read poems and pieces by Sam Charters, among others, Things to do in Piccadilly and What Paths, What Journeys.

Read more about the Uppsala Culture Night at www.kulturnattenuppsala.se

Mini-festival in the Stockholm shop

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Jen Campbell and Marie Phillips

The Stockholm shop invites you to a September mini festival. Author Jen Campbell is visiting for an exciting, bookshop themed evening talk on Thursday 10th September, and novelist Marie Phillips will join us for our next Breakfast Talk on the morning of the 11th. Tickets are for sale in the Stockholm shop, please find all info below.

Tribute to our favourite Terry Pratchett! –Event at The English Bookshop in Uppsala

Published on Wed, 2015-08-26 14:05
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Tribute to Terry Pratchett – Event at The English Bookshop Uppsala 20150902Oooook!
Time for another tribute to our favourite Terry Pratchett!
On Wednesday, September 2nd, at 7 pm, we will throw a launch party (of sorts) for the very last book in the Discworld series: The Shepherd's Crown. Special guest, quiz, prizes, cake and lots of friendly Pratchett fans!

Tickets 75 kr, and net proceeds will go to Terry Pratchett's very own Orangutan foundation – and all participants are very welcome to donate, too!

Be there or be a rectangular thynge!

Ann Charters on The Beats and The Blues

Published on Tue, 2015-08-18 11:08
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Ann Charters on The Beats and The Blues

Stockholm:
Don’t miss one of the foremost authorities on the Beats, doing a special talk at The English Bookshop in Stockholm.

We are thrilled to welcome Ann Charters, a retired professor of English at The University of Connecticut and a patron saint of the bookshop, who on this night will discuss The Beats and The Blues. There will also be an exclusive book sale of the late music historian, writer and producer Sam Charter’s books.

Ann published her critically acclaimed biography of Jack Kerouac in 1973 and it’s never been out of print since. In addition to this, she has edited the Portable Jack Kerouac, The Selected Letters of Jack Kerouac 1940-56 & 1957-69, and several volumes on the Beat Generation.

Tickets 50:- (includes a drink). Get your ticket at the Stockholm bookshop today! 

Book launch at the Stockholm shop

Published on Mon, 2015-08-10 17:09
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Book launch The Second Child and Night Flares

Book Launch in the Stockholm shop:

Jon Stenhugg and Robert Pacholik are launching their latest books at The English Bookshop in Stockholm. Join us for the Launch Party, meet the authors and mingle.

Wednesday 12th August at 17-19
Free - No need to RSVP

Take this opportunity to listen to Swedish-based author Jon Stenhugg relate the backstory behind his new crime thriller, The Second Child.

Aurora

By Anna Bark Persson (Blogger) on Wed, 2015-08-05 16:36
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Aurora by Kim Stanley RobinsonI tend to find science fiction stories that deal with and, in some way or other, end in failure fascinating. A lot of speculative fiction deal with dark topics, pessimism, and dystopia - we are a long way from the optimism that was characteristic for what’s now commonly referred to as the Golden Age of SF, after all - but while the bulk of these stories may not necessarily have a happy ending, they do not primarily deal with failure. When I think of stories that are about failure, I think of Joanna Russ’ We Who Are About To…, about Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games-trilogy, about the immensely pessimistic stories of James Tiptree Jr., the works of Peter Watts, and about Aurora.

Books of the month for August

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General Fiction: Roxanne Gay – Untamed State

British Crime: Quintin Jardine – Mathew's Tale

Tough Crime: Wiley Cash – This Dark Road to Mercy

Science Fiction: John Scalzi – Lock In

Fantasy: Ishbelle Bee – Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath: From the Peculiar Adventures of John Lovehar

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: M. L. Brennan – Generation V

Classic of the Month: Wilkie Collins – The Moonstone

Teen reading: Julie Mayhew – The Big Lie

Roxanne Gay – Untamed StateQuintin Jardine – Mathew's TaleWiley Cash – This Dark Road to MercyJohn Scalzi – Lock InIshbelle Bee – Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath: From the Peculiar Adventures of John LoveharM. L. Brennan – Generation VWilkie Collins – The MoonstoneJulie Mayhew – The Big Lie

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