British Crime Book of the month – February

Published on Sat, 2014-02-08 12:06
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Suzette A. Hill – A Little Murder is our British Crime book of the month for February.   London, early 1950s. Marcia Beasley of St John's Wood is discovered dead in her home, naked and covered with a coal scuttle… A host of colourful and comic characters leap from the pages in their hurry to identify the murderer, unravel the mystery of Marcia's life, and discover the importance of all that coal.

Book of the month – February

Published on Sat, 2014-02-08 12:06
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Karen Campbell – This is Where I Am is our book of the month for February. A tender and eye-opening novel about loss and survival, and an unlikely friendship between a Glaswegian widow and a Somali asylum seeker.

Storytelling for Children – Saturday 8th February, Uppsala

Published on Mon, 2014-02-03 17:42
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Bed-time can be tricky can't it? Sometimes you need things to be just right before you can sleep. Come and listen to stories about bed-time and other times too, at 11 o'clock, Saturday 8th February, at Uppsala's English Bookshop.

  • Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd
  • Goodnight Sam by Marie-Louise Gay

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd Goodnight Sam by Marie-Louise Gay

An Evening with Sherlock – Mattias Boström

Published on Fri, 2014-01-31 19:40
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An Evening with Sherlock, with Mattias BoströmWelcome to an evening on th etopic of Sherlock Holmes, with our guest Mattias Boström.

Meet Mattias Boström, author, Sherlock Holmes expert and member of the prominent Sherlock Holmes society The Baker Street Irregulars. Get to know Holmes, beyond and behind the deerstalker hat and the Calabash pipe. Mattias' latest book in Swedish, Från Holmes till Sherlock, will be on sale – as well as our wide assortment of titles in English. The talk will be in Swedish at The English Bookshop in Uppsala.

Limited number of seats so book in advance!
13 February, 19 o'clock
Price is 60 kr to be paid at the door.

Reading Group - Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

Published on Sun, 2014-01-26 15:57
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Reading Group - Alif the Unseen by G. Willow WilsonWelcome to a cozy evening meeting in the bookshop to discuss the month’s book Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson.

P.G. Wodehouse – Evening

Published on Sun, 2014-01-26 14:52
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Welcome to an evening on the topic P.G Wodehouse and FORE! Snacks and bubbly drinks will be served.

28 January, 19 o'clock at The English Bookshop in Uppsala.

P.G Wodehouse - FORE!

Storytelling for Children – January 25, Uppsala

Published on Fri, 2014-01-24 10:59
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Come and hear about baby owl's playschool-related uncertainties and a classic story of a milk-stealing cat.

Story-time at 11 o'clock, Saturday 25th January at the English Bookshop, Uppsala.

Teen Reading Group – Severed Heads, Broken Hearts by Robyn Schneider

Published on Wed, 2014-01-22 16:28
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Severed Heads, Broken Hearts by Robyn SchneiderJoin our teen reading group – this month we're meeting to talk about Severed Heads, Broken Hearts by Robyn Schneider.

26/1, 13 o'clock at The English Bookshop in Uppsala.

HELENA'S GONE ALL DARK (AGAIN)

By Helena (Blogger) on Wed, 2014-01-22 12:15
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Neil Gaiman – The Ocean at the End of the Lane There is a quote in Neil Gaiman's latest novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane that, perhaps unwittingly

We're up for Culture Profile of the Year!

Published on Sat, 2014-01-11 13:08
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Yes - thanks to your votes Jan & Crew won the Culture Profile of the Month back in November and now apparently we're up for big thing!

All you have to do is cast your vote. The competition is fierce and humbling, but hey - we can do it. Your support is truly great - this is sometimes a hard job and without our fantastic customers we could never have gotten this far.

So - vote! Spread the word! You NEVER know.

Thanks.

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