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Howard Cunnell - Marine Boy
Well, it started really good - bleak, dark, southern England. Then I forgot the book on a ferry in Greece... In my defense the boat *was* rocking quite heavily.

Daniel O'Malley - The Rook
This was super entertaining. Starts with a woman without memory waking up in a body she doesn't recognize in a private park in London with a dozen dead people on the ground around her all wearing rubber gloves ... And it only gets better.

Max Barry - Lexicon
Very exciting, made me think of The Magicians and The Secret History, but with more of an action feel to it. Good idea, good read.

Anton DiSclafani - The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls
I really enjoyed this; the tale of a girl in 1930 messing up and

General Fiction: Vaddey Ratner – In The Shadow Of The Banyan

British Crime: Robert Wilson – Capital Punishment

Tough Crime: Christopher Fowler – Plastic

Paranormal: Meljean Brook – Guardian Demon

Fantasy: Jim C Hines – Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris #1)

Science Fiction: Jason Hough – The Darwin Elevator (Dire Earth #1)

General Fiction: Maria Semple – Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

British Crime: James Runcie – Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death

Tough Crime: Stephen Romano – Resurrection Express

Paranormal: Linda Grimes – In a Fix

Fantasy: D. B. Jackson – Thieftaker

Science Fiction: John Varley – Slow Apocalypse

General Fiction: Liza Klaussmann – Tigers in Red Weather

British Crime: Christina James – Almost Love

Tough Crime: Chris Culver – The Abbey (Ash Rashid #1)

Paranormal: Jason Starr – The Pack

Fantasy: Deborah J. Ross – The Seven-Petaled Shield

Science Fiction: James O'Neal – The Double Human

Welcome to our last storytelling before the summer! Saturday 1 June, 11 a.m. in the bookshop. Clara, will read for 3-6 year olds from these books: Lane Smith 'It's a Book', Jon Klassen 'I Want My Hat Back' & Jon Klassen 'This Is Not My Hat'

Poems, riddles and perhaps a fable or two: come and join us for the last story time before the summer holiday.

11 o'clock, 25th May, Uppsala English Bookshop.

Don't put mustard in the custard. Michael Rosen and Quentin Blake.
William and the night-train. Mij Kelly and Alison Jay.
Katie Morag delivers the mail. Mairi Hedderwick.

General Fiction: Frances Osborne – Park Lane

British Crime: Harry Bingham – Talking to the Dead

Tough Crime: Jesse Kellerman – Potboiler (I'll Catch You)

Paranormal: Held Rhiannon – Silver

Fantasy: Hendee Barb – The Mist-Torn Witches

Science Fiction: Eric Brown – The Serene Invasion

Welcome to storytelling at both our shops on Saturday May 11th. Stories about sandwiches, cakes and animals of all kinds.

Uppsala: The sun is shining and we're packing our picnic baskets. Come and listen to stories about sandwiches, cakes and cruising the open road.

• The Rascally Cake by Jeanne Willis, Korky Paul
• Mrs Armitage Queen of the Road by QuentinBlake
• The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord, Janet Burroway

Stockholm: The sun shines on the shop in Gamla stan as well, and we gather to listen to Clara and stories about animals of all sorts; Mr Wolf and the Three Bears, Good Little Wolf, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and The Journey Home.

We are VERY proud to be stocking the full range of titles from the beautiful range of Notting Hill Editions!!! Möhring, Perec, Barthes, Sebald, Mandelstam - they're all here!
And don't miss David Shields much discussed How Literature Saved My Life.

Notting Hill editions in the bookshop

Award-winning British novelist, poet and short story writer Gerard Woodward is best known for his trilogy of stories about the Jones family--the second of which, I'll Go to Bed at Noon, was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. Adnan Mahmutovic is a lecturer and writer-in-residence at Stockholm University. He has published a novel, Thinner than a Hair, and recently released his collection of short stories, How to Fare Well and Stay Fair, which provides intimate portraits of Bosnian refugees. Both authors will be reading from their work and will engage in a Q & A with the audience. Light snacks will be provided. This event is open to everyone. No RSVP is required.