The Ace of Skulls: A Tale of the Ketty Jay by Chris Wooding

By Anna (Blogger) on Wed, 2013-11-27 08:40
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The Ace of Skulls by Chris WoodingThe Ace of Skulls concludes the saga of the Ketty Jay. In the previous three books we have followed captain Darian Frey through a series of disastrous adventures which he has sometimes just barely managed to survive.

We published a book!

Published on Tue, 2013-11-19 15:35
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Mrittika Goon, Nirmalendu Goon, Anisur Rahman, Ruby Rahman and Muhammad Samad

Recently Sweden was visitied by five Bengali poets, with events in Uppsala, Stockholm and Gothenburg (and Oslo - but that's not Sweden anymore). As there was nothing in print by the poets WE published a beautiful little anthology of their works, called I Raise My Head Beyond This World!

Copies are available in both shops and on-line, and there will be an event in the Uppsala shop later on this fall. Keep your eyes peeled. And take this unique opportunity to become aware of these five amazing voices. It's only 80:-.

I Raise My Head Beyond This World; 5 contemporary poets fromBangladesh: Mrittika Goon Nirmalendu Goon Anisur Rahman Ruby Rahman Muhammad Samad

"It was, indeed, a revolutionary leap for the Swedish Academy – as early as 1913 – to give the Nobel Prize for Literature to the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

This book celebrates the 100th anniversary of Tagore’s award. It is not an attempt to promote Bengali poetry, but simply a much belated and tiny ripple against the tide of ignorance and arrogance – the 'unthinking,' to cite Dag Hammarskjöld – of what we in the West have not seen and not heard in our encounters with the Indian subcontinent.

I Raise My Head Beyond This World is a Nordic listening post towards the East that gives a glimpse into the rich world that is Bengali culture, creativity and life in literature. Meet and enjoy Mrittika Goon, Nirmalendu Goon, Anisur Rahman, Ruby Rahman and Muhammad Samad, five poets that come as the monsoon wind from a unique tradition."

Storytelling for Children – November 23

Published on Mon, 2013-11-18 18:10
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Story time at the Uppsala English Bookshop at 11 o'clock, Saturday 23rd November.

Silly Billy, Anthony Browne
Cloudland, John Burningham
Oscar and Arabella. Hot, hot, hot, Neal Layton

Silly Billy, Anthony Browne Cloudland, John Burningham Oscar and Arabella. Hot, hot, hot, Neal Layton

Butterfly in Black – Book launch!

Published on Wed, 2013-11-13 10:17
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Thursday, 14/11, at 7pm we're hosting the book launch for Butterfly in Black: Excerpts from the Life and Times of Tara Malone vol 2 by M. S. Lyon. We'll read a bit from the book and bask in the presence of the author. Snacks and drinkies served.

About this time two years ago we hosted our first book lauch with M. S. Lyon.

Welcome to The English Bookshop in Uppsala!

Butterfly in Black: Excerpts from the Life and Times of Tara Malone vol 2 by Lyons, M. S.M. S. Lyon

Everybody dies of something

By Emil (Blogger) on Sat, 2013-11-09 18:56
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Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet, and How We Live by Marlene ZukI recently wrote a blog post criticizing how evolution was used in very peculiar way. In an opinion piece, two Swedish academics claimed that we should eat the kind of diet that our bodies “were adapted to” – said to be the time when our distant relatives were hunters and gatherers.

Raising Steam - The 40th Discworld novel

Published on Thu, 2013-11-07 12:08
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"Raising Steam" by Terry Pratchett, book #40 in the Discworld series, is released today the 7th of November!

Hooray!

Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

Storytelling for Children – November 9

Published on Thu, 2013-11-07 09:51
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Welcome to Storytelling for Children with Hanna.
Uppsala - 11 o'clock the November 9.

Story times:

   •    October 26 – cancelled
   •    November 9
   •    November 23

We'll be reading from:

What's Cooking Jamela by Niki Daly There's going to be a baby by John Burningham & Helen Oxenbury 

Storytelling for children in the Stockholm English Bookshop

Published on Wed, 2013-11-06 15:23
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Welcome to Storytelling at the bookshop, Lilla Nygatan 11, Gamla stan, Saturday 9 November at 11.
Clara will read stories for 3-6 year olds.
No need to sign up, just show up at the shop and join the fun.

Robin Hobb Live from The English Bookshop

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Live from The English Bookshop in Uppsala, November 5 at 7pm.

Ancillary Justice

By Anna Bark Persson (Blogger) on Mon, 2013-11-04 10:02
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Ancillary Justice by Ann LeckieOnce, Breq was the Justice of Toren – a gargantuan Radchaai warship equipped with an AI mind and in control of thousands of empty human bodies called ancillaries, deployed by the Lord of Radch to colonize the galaxy in the name of civilisation.

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