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.

Books of the month for November

Published on Mon, 2013-11-04 09:14
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General Fiction: Anton Disclafani – Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls
Thea Atwell is fifteen years old in 1930, when, following a scandal for which she has been held responsible, she is 'exiled' from her wealthy and isolated Florida family to a debutante boarding school in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina…

British Crime: Robert Ryan – Dead Man's Land
Deep in the trenches of Flanders Fields, men are dying in their thousands every day. So one more death shouldn't be a surprise. But then a body turns up with bizarre injuries…

Tough Crime: Jim Winter – Northcoast Shakedown
Sex, lies, and insurance fraud on America's North Coast. Nick Kepler is a Cleveland insurance investigator who finds three cases, two seeming slam dunks and an easy cheating spouse job, are all tied together somehow.

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Emma Jane Holloway – Study in Silks (Baskerville Affair, The #1)
Evelina Cooper, the niece of the great Sherlock Holmes, is poised to enjoy her first Season in London Society. But there’s a murderer to deal with—not to mention missing automatons, a sorcerer, and a talking mouse.

Fantasy: Tanya Huff – The Silvered
It began with the prophecy made by the Imperial Soothsayer, a prophecy that had Emperor Leopald's army bent on conquering the small kingdom of Aydori. For Aydori was ruled by the Hunt Pack–shape changers who took the form of wolves– and the Mage-pack–masters of the six disciplines: air, fire, water, earth, metals, healing.

Science Fiction: Jack McDevitt & Mike Resnick – The Cassandra Project
Formerly a cynical, ambitious PR man, Jerry Culpepper finally found a client he could believe in when he was hired as NASA’s public affairs director.

Teen reading: Cory Doctorow – Little Brother
"Little Brother is my first young adult novel, a story about hacker kids in San Francisco who use technology to reclaim democracy from the Department of Homeland Security after a terrorist attack and the concomitant crackdown." – Cory

Anton Disclafani – Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls Robert Ryan – Dead Man's Land  Jim Winter – Northcoast Shakedown  Emma Jane Holloway – Study in Silks (Baskerville Affair, The #1) Tanya Huff – The Silvered Jack McDevitt & Mike Resnick – The Cassandra Project Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Robin Hobb event FULLY BOOKED

Published on Wed, 2013-10-30 11:46
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Robin Hobb evening at The English Bookshop UppsalaOur fantastic Robin Hobb evening is coming up, November 5!

All tickets are gone, so there will be no available seats on the actual evening. There is however a waiting list if anyone changes their mind. We have asked, and do now again, everyone holding a ticket to make sure they will be able to attend and if not - turn your ticket back in as soon as possible. We have a waiting list for people without tickets and we just added two people from Norway to the list...

We are so looking forward to this - after the event we will open the doors for the signing session so anyone can join us.
But wow - Robin Hobb in Uppsala!!!

Robin Hobb in the bookshop

Megan Lindholm in the bookshop

The Poster for the event

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