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Welcome to a game playing evening in the Stockholm bookshop. We'll play the Ogoola Karuta Poetry Game– an English version of the Japanese game Karuta.

Thursday May 7th at 7pm. No entrance fee, but limited space.
Drop by the Stockholm shop and sign up, or email stockholm@bookshop.se

A game about listening and finding FAST what you are listening to in the cards you will pick. Grab the correct cards before the others do in order to win! Known as an intellectual martial arts game in Japan. The cards have famous poetry quotes on them but no prior knowledge is needed!

Program: Introduction of the game / Short rule explanation Trials / ”Genpei-gassen” (the Genpei war) / Intermission with Japanese tea and crackers / Tournament with a prize.

Visit www.ogoola.se for more info on the game

We’ll be raising our teacups to his memory, and celebrate his brilliance with a talk, a quiz, a little exhibition, and all sorts of fun things. Cake will be served, and beware, it just might con- tain more than just the average ingredients...

Tuesday April 28th at 7 pm at The English Bookshop, Uppsala

Buy your tickets in the shop. Seats are limited. Tickets are 80:- (20:- goes to support Alzheimerfonden)

How many words can you rhyme with ‘spoke’?

Quentin Blake finds 11 in his book about Daisy Artichoke.
How many places can you read a book?
How about in a coconut tree or on a potty?

Stories and jokes at eleven o’clock, Saturday 25th April at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

Zac built a beautiful house.
A fly arrived and the trouble started.

Meanwhile Mr Magnolia has only one boot and no trouble at all.

Stories of joy and near-miss disaster at eleven o’clock, Saturday 11th April at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• The house that Zac built by Alison Murray
• Mr Magnolia has only one boot by Quentin Blake

General Fiction: Rufi Thorpe – The Girls From Corona del Mar

British Crime: Matthew Frank – If I Should Die

Tough Crime: Salar Abdoh – Tehran at Twilight

Science Fiction: Ursula K. Le Guin – The Left Hand of Darkness

Fantasy: Stephen Leigh – Immortal Muse

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Lynsay Sands – The Immortal Who Loved Me

Classic of the Month: William Shakespeare – Macbeth

Teen reading: Jandy Nelson – I'll Give You the Sun

A Viking who is scared of going to sea.
A teddy bear who is depressed.
A moon that is scratching the sky.

Puzzles and paradoxes for your entertainment and delight at 11 o’clock on Saturday 28th March at the English Bookshop, Uppsala.

• Scarlett and the Scratchy Moon by Chris McKimmie
• Cheer up your teddy bear, Emily Brown! By Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton
• How to be a Viking by Cressida Cowell

Are you a writer or a poet looking to be published? Welcome to International Open Mic for poets and writers who write in English on Sunday 22 March, between 15 - 17 o'clock. At Reginateatern café in Uppsala.

Come to Reginateatern café on sunday and share your work! Meet and greet American Publishers Matt Mcgee and Bren Petrakos from from "Falling Star Magazine", and "International Word Bank Productions".

They will be ´Reading from their work and YOU will be Reading from your work. Bring 5 minutes of your work to share. Come listen, perform and connect. Brought to you by Uppsala Internationella Författarscen.

No entrance fee, book your ticket: 018-72783 40 eller www.reginateatern.se

Maz is back! In time for Nouroz (Persian New Year), Iranian–American comedian and actor Maz Jobrani is back on stage in Stockholm at Södra teatern with his show ”I Come in Peace – Again” Thursday March 19th (first show already sold out, so book tickets now). His new book ”I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One on TV” just came out (copies en route to our shops).

We managed to have a short chat with him in-between gigs and jetlag. 

Jens Heimdahl, Lovecraft translator and enthusiast, will give a talk about H.P. Lovecraft & the Western European Witch-Cult!

Wednesday March 18th at 7 pm
Tea and cake will be served. Tickets 60:-

Book your seat today!

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Megan Abbott has been called the New Queen of Noir and with her novels Dare Me and The Fever she has broken through into the mainstream and both have reached high positions on US and UK bestseller lists. Join us for a author reading and conversation with bookseller Jan Smedh, followed by a book signing.

Sunday 15th March, 15:00, at The English Bookshop Uppsala

If you want to come listen to Megan this Sunday – please reserve a seat in advance by calling us, emailing us, tweeting us, fb:ing us, instagramming us or by just dropping by. There's no cover charge, but it might get full.

Megan Abbott in the bookshop