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Welcome all 3-6 year olds for storytelling with Hannah. No need to sign up, just show up at the shop and enjoy the Christmas stories.

Saturday December 1th at 11, The Uppsala English Bookshop.

• Night Before Christmas, Clement C. Moore
• Mouse's Christmas Wish, Judi Abbot
• Bloomsbury Christmas Treasury
• Mrs Pepperpot's Christmas, Alf Proysen
• Christmas in Noisy Village, Astrid Lindgren and  Ilon Wikland

Lavie Tidhar has won the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for his speculative fiction novel Osama.
Tidhar trumped an impressive shortlist including authors such as Stephen King and George RR Martin and was awarded the prize at a gala event held in Toronto last weekend.

Set in a world without global terrorism, OSAMA follows a private detective hired to locate the obscure author of a series of pulp fiction novels. These feature one 'Osama Bin Laden: Vigilante'. Tidhar explores the post-9/11 global subconscious, mixing together elements of film noir, non-fiction, alternative history and international thriller. The book was inspired by a number of close calls the author has had with terrorist attacks.

The other titles on the shortlist:

• Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman
• 11/22/63, Stephen King
• A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin
• Among Others, Jo Walton

World Fantasy Award for Best Collection: Tim Powers - Bible Repairman and Other Stories
World Fantasy Award for Best Antholgy: Vandermeer (Ed.) - Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories

Welcome all 3-6 year olds for storytelling with Hannah. No need to sign up, just show up at the shop and join the fun.

Saturday Nov 17th at 11, The Uppsala English Bookshop.

What we'll be reading:

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
• A Flower in the Snow
• Is that a Coconut? Yuck!

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American children's book author Michael Dahl – author of more than 200 books for children – will be visiting The English Bookshop in Gamla Stan on Wednesday, November 7 to read from his new series, Troll Hunters, sign books, and answer questions from young readers. All are welcome to join!

Presentations will be one hour each starting at 17.00, 18.00 and 19.00.

Please RSVP to the bookshop: stockholm@bookshop.se

Michael Dahl in the bookshop
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Martha Gale of the Stockholm Writer's Group presents her debut novel, Knowing Place.

Set in the Stockholm of the early 1970s, the novel tells the story of a spirited young American struggling to understand her surroundings, and herself, with the help of political refugees from Chile and the natives who know Sweden best: elderly people.

Welcome to Lilla Nygatan 11, Wednesday October 24th at 7 pm.

!! Changed date for the The Classics Reading Group meeting: Monday 5th November, 7pm. !!

Hilary Mantel wins the Man Booker prize 2012 with her novel Bring Up the Bodies, sequel to Wolf Hall with which she won the prize 2009.

• Man Booker prize 2012
• Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies in the bookshop
• Hilary Mantel - all titles in the bookshop

Welcome to a cozy evening meeting in the bookshop to discuss the classic book of the month. We’ll have a nice cuppa’ tea (or java) and some delicious cake. And you get 10% discount on everything!

The cost is only 50:- (+ book, we have several editions to choose from). Limited number of participants (max 10), so book your seat today.

Uppsala: Tuesday November 6th at 7 pm

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Just back from the Gothenburg bookfair which was terrific, we got to meet many lovely customers and also were priviliged to spend time with a lot of authors such as Ingrid Betancourt, Jenny Valentine, Paul Muldoon, Colm Toibin... The list goes on - pictures at our Facebook page! We then came home to Swecon 2012 and did signings with Joe Abercrombie, Kelly Link, Peter Watts and Caitlin Sweet! Again - pictures on our facebook page.

This Friday we’re doing a signing with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie! It’s not in the shop but at the Nordic Africa Institute in town. It’s been an amazing author period for us!

We are one of the happy sponsors of Kontrast – this years Swecon, the national Swedish science fiction and fantasy convention.

Meet us at the convention and don't miss to stop by the bookshop in the city to meet the authors when we are having a signing party. We will be selling books at the convention for signings.