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General Fiction: G. Willow Wilson – Alif the Unseen
This really exciting book by a young female muslim writer was nominated for the Orange Prize (Women’s Fiction Prize) in the UK. A glorious genre bending rollercoaster ride through myth, cyberspace, love and revolution, Alif the Unseen mixes ancient magic with modern adventure to create an extraordinary story.

British Crime: Sian Busby – A Commonplace Killing
A murder story set in London in 1946, which gradually peels away the veneer of stoicism and respectibility to reveal the dark truths at the heart of post-war austerity Britain.

Tough Crime: Jake Hinkson – The Posthumous Man
When Elliot Stilling killed himself, he thought his troubles were over. Then the ER doctors revived him. It's infatuation at first sight when he meets his nurse, Felicia Vogan, a strange young woman with a weakness for sad sacks and losers. After she helps Elliot escape from the hospital, she takes him back to her place. He's happy to go with her, even when she leads him straight to a gang planning a million dollar heist…

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Jenn Bennett – Bitter Spirits
"It’s the roaring twenties, and San Francisco is a hotbed of illegal boozing, raw lust, and black magic. The fog-covered Bay Area can be an intoxicating scene, particularly when you specialize in spirits…"

Fantasy: Alex Bledsoe – Hum and the Shiver
No one knows where the Tufa came from, or how they ended up in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Enigmatic and suspicious of outsiders, the Tufa live quiet lives in the hills and valleys of Cloud County. While their origins may be a mystery, there are hints of their true nature buried in the songs they have passed down for generations.

Science Fiction: Gareth L. Powell – Ack-Ack Macaque (#1)
In 1944, as waves of German ninjas parachute into Kent, Britain's best hopes for victory lie with a Spitfire pilot codenamed 'Ack-Ack Macaque'. The trouble is, Ack-Ack Macaque is a cynical, one-eyed, cigar-chomping monkey, and he's starting to doubt everything, including his own existence.
A century later, in a world where France and Great Britain merged in the late 1950s and nuclear-powered Zeppelins encircle the globe, ex-journalist Victoria Valois finds herself drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse… And all the while, the doomsday clock ticks towards Armageddon.

Teen reading: Robyn Schneider – Severed Heads, Broken Hearts
Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them – a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His particular tragedy waited until he was primed to lose it all: In one spectacular night, a reckless driver shatters Ezra’s knee, his athletic career, and his social life.

Classic of the Month: G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe’s Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of “Thursday.” When Syme discovers another undercover policeman on the Council, however, he starts to question his role in their operations…

Thursday December 12, listen to blues musician Brian D. Kramer perform and read from his debut novel 'Out of the Blues'. Take the opportunity to get a signed copy! Drop in between 16-18 at The English Bookshop, Lilla Nygatan 11, Gamla stan.

Our winners with 10/11 correct answers and closest to the correct tiebreak answer are: Johanna Blomstedt, Maria Sörgard och Katerina Chekunov! You can collect your prizes in the shop.

Others with 10/11 correct answers were: Fredrik Lindroth, Cherry Koivula and Malin Axeling.
One of the few with the right answer for the tiebreaker was Anna Maarke - congratulations!
And lastly - a little bonus prize was drawn among the others, and the lucky winner of a Doctor Who Adventures Magazine - with a sonic screwdriver AND a make-your-own-Silent-figurine is … Andreas Lundin! Congratulations!

All of you can pick up your prizes in the shop, or contact us, if you don't live in Uppsala.

Again - congratulations! It was a very tough quiz, indeed…

And in case you were wondering - here are the correct answers to the quiz!

Pick up a questionnaire at any participating bookshop. Then take a walk to all the seven independent bookshops of Uppsala  and solve the quiz to have a chance in winning gift cards worth 1750 kr.

Deadline for submissions is December 16. Submit your complete answer at any of the bookshops. You can do the quiz in any order and submit your complete answer at any bookshop.

The bookshops:
Antikvariat Röda rummet rodarummet.nu
Antikvariat Thomas Andersson www.atabooks.se
Drottninggatans bokhandel drottninggatans.se
The English Bookshop bookshop.se
Läslusen www.laslusen.se
SerieZonen, Graphic novels www.seriezonen.nu
Studentbokhandeln www.studentbokhandeln.se

Lost? Here’s the map to the bookshop!

We had  a wonderful Night of the 7th Doctor, thank you all for a fun night together. We filmed and took photos during the evening. But there was a lot of people taking pictures and filming. So lets all pool our resources and share…

In cooperation with Litteraturcentrum we will be holding a Literary Breakfast this Friday (6/12) at 9 o'clock in the shop with the Fristadsförfattare (asylum authors) from the nordic countries. This is a public event, so please drop in, have a cuppa and a bite and listen to some reading.

http://www.litteraturcentrum.se/fristadsfestival-och-workshop-i-uppsala/

Our small bookshop(s) are attracting some attention. Right now we and Jan are nominated for:

At Vi läser – Nicest bookseller in Sweden (Sveriges trevligaste bokhandlare)
At UNT – Cultural Profile of the Month in the City of Uppsala
 

General Fiction: Charles Todd – The Walnut Tree
The critically acclaimed creator of the Inspector Ian Rutledge and battlefield nurse Bess Crawford mystery series, Charles Todd now offers readers a bittersweet love story and romantic mystery that unfolds at Christmas during the dangerous opening days of World War I. The Walnut Tree is an unforgettable story of a woman who puts herself in the line of fire for the sake of wounded soldiers and falls deeply in love with a man who may be forbidden to her. 

British Crime: Emily Winslow – The Whole World
Polly and Liv are American students at Cambridge University. Both strangers to their new home, both survivors of past mistakes, they quickly become friends and find a common interest in Nick, a handsome, charming and seemingly guileless graduate student. But a betrayal, followed by Nick's inexplicable disappearance, brings long-buried histories to the surface.

Tough Crime: Tom Pitts – Piggyback
When two young girls disappear with a trunk-load of pot, unaware that their payload has been packed with an extra five kilos of cocaine, a lovable loser persuades a sociopathic killer to pursue them across Northern California in a violent, twisted goose-chase that ends in a horrific place none of them could have forseen.

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Laura Resnick – Misfortune Cookie (Esther Diamond)
Esther Diamond's year gets off to a rocky start when NYPD's Detective Connor Lopez, who slept with her and then didn't call, shuts down her current place of employment and gets her arrested. Once she's out of handcuffs…

Fantasy: Tony Ballantyne – Dream London
In Dream London the city changes a little every night and the people change a little every day. Captain Jim Wedderburn has looks, style and courage by the bucketful. He’s adored by women, respected by men and feared by his enemies. He’s the man to find out who has twisted London into this strange new world, and he knows it.

Science Fiction: Libby McGugan –Eidolon
When physicist Robert Strong loses his job at the Dark Matter research lab and his relationship falls apart, he returns home to Scotland. Then the dead start appearing to him, and Robert begins to question his own sanity. Victor Amos, an enigmatic businessman, arrives and recruits Robert to sabotage CERN’S Large Hadron Collider, convincing him the next step in the collider’s research will bring about disaster. Everything Robert once understood about reality, and the boundaries between life and death, is about to change forever. And the biggest change will be to Robert himself... Mixing science, philosophy and espionage, Libby McGugan’s stunning…

Teen reading: Every Day – David Levithan
Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.

The English Bookshop welcomes you all to The night of the 7th Doctor at Regina Theatre in Uppsala. Video stream from the whole evening. We list twitter and instagram #dh7night on this page. So, virtually join us if you're not already here…

Welcome to Storytelling at the bookshop, Lilla Nygatan 11, Gamla stan,
Saturday 30 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.