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The longlist for The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2012: 

• Nicola Barker, The Yips
• Ned Beauman, The Teleportation Accident
• André Brink, Philida
• Tan Twan Eng, The Garden of Evening Mists
• Michael Frayn, Skios
• Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
• Deborah Levy, Swimming Home
• Hilary Mantel, Bring up the Bodies
• Alison Moore, The Lighthouse
• Will Self, Umbrella
• Jeet Thayil, Narcopolis
• Sam Thompson, Communion Town

Read more about the award

Saturday 21 July from 11.00, Billy Bob Buttons will sign his new book Tor - Assassin Hunter. Welcome to the Uppsala shop.

Billy Bob Buttons in the bookshop

Meet best-selling forensic crime author Jon Jefferson – co-author of the Body Farm novels – on Saturday, July 7 at The English Bookshop in Gamla Stan at 2 p.m. He will be signing his books and will be reading from the latest book, The Inquisitor's Key. 
All are welcome!

Jon Jefferson in the bookshop
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Saturday 9th June at 11 at Lilla Nygatan 11, Gamla stan. Welcome all 3-6 year olds
for storytelling with Philip. No need to sign up, just show up
at the shop and join the fun.

Beat Generation scholar Ann Charters will talk about and read from the books by the women who lived with and loved Jack Kerouac – Edy Parker, Carolyn Cassady, Joan Havery Kerouac, Helen Weaver, Joyce Johnson, Jan Kerouac.

Thursday 31 May, 7 pm
Lilla Nygatan 11, Gamla stan

No charge and no need to book in advance but the number of seats is limited.

Welcome!

• Download the poster - Kerouac's Women
• Ann Charters in the bookshop
• New Beat Generation & Underground in the bookshop 

The days are getting long and light. School will be over soon. Stories about gardens, the seaside, camping and warm evenings outdoors should get us ready for the holidays, even if it’s raining outside.

Story-time at 1 o’clock, 20th May, at the English Bookshop.

• King Jack and the Dragon. Peter Bently
• The Big Alfie Out Of Doors Storybook. Shirley Hughes
• Last Day, Hooray!. Nancy Poydar 
• Three Ladies Beside the Sea. Rhoda Levine Jack's Garden. Henry Cole

Yes it's true: we have copy of Neil Gaiman's Coraline (the McKean edition) signed by Mr Gaiman himself!

In order to win this there are three things you should do... Find the rules on our Facebook page

Exciting! We are one of only six bookshops to be nominated for Best bookshop on the net! by Svensk bokhandel.

The criterias they suggest you consider for the bookshop website are:

• Which one is best at communicating with the world?
• Which of the sites give you the best sense of what kind of bookstore they are?
• In short, which one makes you the most curious?

We can win this but only if you vote for us! Spread the word. You can vote for 10 days only.

Vote here!
Read more here!

Thanks!

Storytelling with Philip at Lilla Nygatan 11, 5th May, 11 am. Welcome all children 3-6 years old!

Join us for an evening of Sherlockian interest and discussions. Sherlock Holmes is one of the most famous fictional characters through the ages, and his popularity never seems to lessen.

One of Sweden’s foremost experts on Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle will give a talk entitled May I Marry Sherlock Holmes?, there will be all sorts of books and merchandise on display and for sale, not to mention that there will also be tea with scones and cake.

When?
Thursday the 26th of April, 7 pm

Where?
The English Bookshop, Svartbäcksgatan 19, Uppsala How much? 50 kr

Why?
Elementary, dear reader; because you know you want to!

Sherlock Holmes in the bookshop
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