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The american author Barbara Kingsolver has won The Orange Prize for Fiction 2010 with her sixth novel The Lacuna.

"We chose The Lacuna because it is a book of breathtaking scale and shattering moments of poignancy". Daisy Goodwin, chair of judges.

• The Lacuna in the bookshop
• Orange Prize for Fiction 2010
• Learn about the entry rules and regulations for the prize
  

From Saturday June 5 New Stephenie Meyer book - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner available!

• Stephenie Meyer in the bookshop
• Stephenie Meyers official web site
  

We now stock items from "Keep Calm and Carry On":

• Four different posters (green, black, red, union jack) 150:-
• Tea towels - red, navy blue 150:-
• Chocholate bars 65:-
• Postcards 10:-
• Greeting cards 30:-
• Gift book 85:-
• Mug (red, blue) 125:-

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Meet the O'Sullivan twins: Pat and Isabel. Cheeky, obstinate and determined to make pests of themselves at their new school.

There are a lot of pranks going on at St. Clare's. From cats in the cabinets to Þre- crackers in the Þreplace, a secret dog in the attic to a midnight feast, get ready to have some fun with the troublemaking- girls at St. Clare's!

Come for tea and talk about your favorite characters and pranks at St. Clare's. There may be some surprises in store! And there will deÞnitely be cake.

When: Saturday, June 5; 11:00 to 12:00 
Where: The English Bookshop,
Lilla Nygatan 11, Gamla Stan

Talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat. 
Enid Blyton in the bookshop

Read the interview at deckarhuset.se

Titles mentioned in the interview as - "10 books to read before you die":

1. James Crumley - The Last Good Kiss
2. Kent Harrington - Red Jungle
3. Ken Bruen - The Guards
4. Craig Holden - Four Corners of Night
5. Kem Nunn - Tijuana Straits
6. Kent Anderson - Night Dogs
7. Karen Campbell - After the Fire
8. Rennie Airth - River of Darkness
9. Dennis Lehane - Mystic River
10. Peter Temple - The Broken Shore
11. Don Winslow - The Power of the Dog
12. Terrill Lankford - Shooters

Other titles and authors mentioned:

• Peter Robinson
• Karen Campbells - After the Fire och 
• Stuart Neville - The Twelve
• Natsuo Kirino
• Qiu Xiaolong
• Akimitsu Takagi
• David Corbett - Do They Know I'm Running
  

Tuesday May 25 or Wednesday May 26 at 7pm in both Uppsala and Stockholm

Read more about the details and talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.

• Details and Poster – The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Kathryn Stockett in the bookshop
• Kathryn Stockett's home page
  

Available in the bookshop and the web-bookshop. Size 59*84cm, excellent print quality.

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Lots of good things are happening in Irish crime writing at present. My favourite from the 2009 crop of novels was Stuart Neville's excellent debut The Twelve (published in the US as The Ghosts of Belfast). The NY Times had it on their list of top 5 crime novels of 2009 and just a few days ago The LA Times awarded it the Best Mystery/Thriller Prize! 

I heartily recommend reading this immediately!

• Stuart Neville in the bookshop
• stuartneville.com
• The 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize
  

• Rosie Alison, The Very Thought of You
• Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
• Attica Locke, Black Water Rising
• Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
• Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs
• Monique Roffey, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle

The winner will be announced the 9th of June 2010. The prize is awarded to the woman (of any nationality) who, in the opinion of the judges, has written the best, eligible full-length novel in English, provided that the novel is published for the first time in the United Kingdom between 1 April of the year before the prize is awarded and 31 March of the year in which the prize is awarded.

Read more about The Orange Price for Fiction

Uppsala, Wednesday April 21 or Tuesday April 27 at 7pm. 
Stockholm, Tuesday May 4 and Thursday May 6, at 7 pm.

Read more about the details and talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.

• Details and Poster – Breath by Tim Winton
• Tim Winton in the bookshop
• Tim Winton's home page