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General Fiction: Peter Nichols – The Rocks

British Crime: Claire Mackintosh – I Let You Go

Tough Crime: Lisa Brackmann – Rock Paper Tiger

Science Fiction: Danni Kollin, Eytan Kollin – Unincorporated Man (#1)

Fantasy: Chris Evans – Of Bone and Thunder

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: David B. Coe – Spell Blind

Classic of the Month: Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird

Teen reading: Leah Thomas – Because You'll Never Meet Me

Follow the exploits of hackneyed local TV news reporter, Chris Wilkinson, as he plots to make his own news story to boost his ego and further his career. He gets more than he bargained for...

Simon Linter is launching his first novel Making Headlines at The English Bookshop Stockholm SOFO, Södermannagatan 22. Come and meet Simon, listen to a short reading form his book and have your book signed.

Wednesday June 24th at 17.00
Refreshments will be served. No rsvp, just show up.

Also by Simon Linter: How I Learnt to Stop Missing England and Love the Herring or A Decade in Sweden

• Download the poster
• Simon Linter home page

The literary quiz at our opening party in the new Stockholm shop this Friday proved to be a bit tricky, but never the less we have a winner: Congratulations Natalie!

Congratulations also to Laura who won a gift certificate in the lucky draw. (The winners have been notified.)

If you didn’t make it to the opening party you could always try your luck with the questions below (no peeking at the right answers at the end of the post though!)

Opening party on Friday – and YOU are invited! Special offer all weekend.

Dear friend of the bookshop,

We are absolutely thrilled to invite you to the official opening party of our new and bigger Stockholm shop on Södermalm, in the SoFo district. We've had seven amazing years at our old location in Gamla stan, but we simply needed more space – for more books and more events. Join us on:

Friday 12th June, from 5 pm till late
at Södermannagatan 22

We would be delighted if you wanted to come and toast this occasion with us, mingle with other book lovers, and enjoy some great music and other entertainments. Wine and refreshments will be served, books will be sold, activities will be enjoyed and there might be a speech or two. Bring family and friends.

We’ll also have a fantastic opening offer:

The Stockholm shop is moving! We've had 7 amazing years since we opened the shop in Gamla stan, and business has grown so much we simply need more space. We're moving the shop to new exciting (and larger) premises in the SoFo district of Södermalm.

The shop will be closed on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th while we transfer all the books to the new shop, and on Monday we'll open the door to the new shop on Södermannagatan 22 in Södermalm.

Keep your eyes open for an invitation to our opening bash next Friday, and special offers next weekend. See you in SoFo!

PS. Here's a news article in the Swedish bookseller trade magazine: Satsar på större lokaler

PPS. And here's how to get to the new bookshop on Söder – it's easy:

General Fiction: Judy Chicurel – If I Knew You Were Going To Be This Beautiful, I Never Would Have Let You Go

British Crime: Frances Brody – Death of an Avid Reader (Kate Shackleton Mysteries #6)

Tough Crime: Bryan Quertermous – Murder Boy

Science Fiction: Charles Gannon – Fire with Fire

Fantasy: K. M. Mcinley – The Iron Ship

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith – Shadow Revolution (Crown & Key)

Classic of the Month: Flann O'Brien – Third Policeman

Teen reading: Steve Brezenoff – Guy in Real Life

Come and meet the new Swedish authors of speculative fiction. Hans Olsson, Oskar Källner, Markus Sköld, Björn Engström and Andrew Coulthard will be in the bookshop signing books and hanging out for a chat. Don't miss it!

Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep contains 26 stories covering themes – as the authors describe it – "Stories ranging from space horror and post-apocalyptic nightmares to tender dramas. Stories with steampunk horses, android uprisings and cheeky goblins. Stories that are action-packed, wise, silly, beautiful, surreal and horrifying.".

At The English Bookshop in Uppsala, May 24th, 15:30

• Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep at the pulbisher Affront

General Fiction: Luke Brown – My Biggest Lie

British Crime: Mark Sanderson – Robin Hood Yard

Tough Crime: Lou Berney – The Long and Faraway Gone

Science Fiction: Jane Lindskold – Artemis Awakening

Fantasy: S. Andrew Swann – Dragon Princess

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: John Birmingham – Emergence: Dave vs. the Monsters

Classic of the Month: Joseph Conrad – The Secret Agent

Teen reading: Cammie McGovern – Say What You Will

You are hereby invited to our Literary Afternoon Tea, Sunday 31st of May at 4 pm.

Enjoy tea, sandwiches and cake while you listen to classic spring and love poems being read to you – and all are encouraged to bring their own favourites to read, too.

Get your tickets at the bookshop, 50:-
Limited number of seats.

We’re thinking about the summer coming.
We’re hoping for tigers creeping and flowers growing in our summer garden.

The last story-time before the summer break is at eleven o’clock, Saturday 9th May at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• Tiger Tom by Mary Green, illustrated by Stephen Gulbis
• Doing the Garden by Sarah Garland