Uppsala bookshop

Tonight’s Halloween event in Uppsala sold out

Halloween event sold out.

UPPSALA | Tuesday 31st Oct

We’re sorry – tonight’s Halloween event at the Uppsala shop has been so popular that it’s now SOLD OUT.

We hope you’ll have a Happy Horrific Halloween, even if you missed out on this event.

Why Shakespeare? Talk with Ruby Jand


Why Shakespeare? Talk with Ruby Jand

UPPSALA | Tuesday 7th Nov at 19:00

WHY SHAKESPEARE? Shakespeare Calling with Ruby Jand

Who is Hamlet? Is Lady Macbeth really evil? Can Caliban really be a twitchy speeded Goth freak? Why are Shakespeare’s characters so interesting to us even today – 400 years after his death?

World Poetry Day in Uppsala

World Poetry Day 21st March

UPPSALA | Tuesday 21st March at 19:00. Free.

WORLD POETRY DAY
with Guests of Honour from the SoCal underground poetry scene!

CHRIS VANNOY (San Diego)
DAVID McINTIRE (Los Angeles)
ARMINE IKNADOSSIAN (LA)

Come celebrate the power of poetry with us on Unesco’s dedicated World Poetry Day. International & local poets performing. Night headed by Chris, David and Armine from the LA poetry scene.

Anisur Rahman • Dennis Renfors • Sara Lessing 
Linnea Kjellberg • Sam Kessel • Henry Bowers
Kajsa Ragnarsson • Jessica Rose Middleton • and guests

Be there or be hopelessly rectangular!

Storytime in Uppsala

Storytime - Storytelling for Children

UPPSALA | Saturday 18th March at 11:00

How many babies should a tall man have?
(Twelve, it would seem.)

How many names should those babies have?
(Two, in this case.)

How annoying is to be copied by three gull chicks?
(Extremely.)

Developments of these brief answers at Storytime, eleven o’clock, Saturday 18th March at The English Bookshop in Uppsala.

Talk Lois Banner: Garbo, Monroe and the Creation of Ideal Beauty

Talk Lois Banner – Garbo. Monroe and the Creation of Ideal Beauty

UPPSALA | Wednesday 15th March at 19:00

Lois Banner, visiting Fulbright professor in American Studies, gives a talk about two iconic film stars:


GRETA GARBO, MARILYN MONROE, 
and the Creation of Ideal Beauty

Drawing from her best-selling biography of Marilyn Monroe and current work on Greta Garbo, she will evaluate the lives and careers of these two iconic film stars. She will take a feminist perspective, focusing on their self-creation, their innovative politics, and their ultimate failure.

Wednesday 15th March at 19:00 
Tickets 60:-, incl. refreshments.
Limited number of seats, buy your ticket in the bookshop today!

Storytelling for Children in Uppsala - Saturday 4th March

Storytelling for Children in Uppsala - Saturday 4th March

UPPSALA | Saturday 4th March at 11:00

What can you do if you get a pig stuck up your nose?
Or find a lost penguin?
Or get invited to tea by some sneaky dogs?

Come along to story time on Saturday in the Uppsala shop to find out!
No need to sign up, just show up and join the fun! Free.

Thank you! And the sale continues in Stockholm...

Book Sale continues in Stockholm

What a celebration we hade last weekend in the Uppsala shop! Thanks to everyone who came to the Celebration Sale to celebrate our nomination to the Shop of the Year Award in Uppsala – we wouldn’t be there without you!

The book sale in the Stockholm shop continues all week. It might be a more ”traditional” book sale, but it’s anything but ordinary. Sales table refilled all the time, so there’s always finds to be made!

Show your book sale hauls! Show off your hauls on instagram or twitter: tag with @bookshop_se and #booksalehaul

Book Sale 2017 in Uppsala and Stockholm


Book Sale in Uppsala: 3 for 2 on everything

UPPSALA | Sale all weekend, starting Friday 10:00
To celebrate being nominated as one of three finalists for the Shop of the Year Award 2017 (Årets Handel Uppsala) we’re having a celebration sale: 3 for 2 on everything in the Uppsala shop! All weekend, starting Friday 10:00. 

STOCKHOLM | Stockholm sale continues with a great selection of books for 60:-each, or 3 for 150:-, or why not 10 great books for just 400:-? 

 

It's time for Book Sale 2017


Book Sale in Stockholm and Uppsala

STOCKHOLM | Starts Wed 22nd February
UPPSALA | Starts Fri 24th February

Stockholm goes all traditional book sale starting Wednesday. (Extra shop hours on Wednesday: 11–20 with author visit Liselotte Roll from 18:30).
Uppsala is all secretive and won’t say anything about their upcoming weekend sale… (Psst! It starts on Friday)

8 mars – Feminism in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Feminism in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

UPPSALA | Wednesday 8th March at 19:00

Celebrate the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY with The English Bookshop and Kontur 2017!

Anna Bark Persson talks about Ann Leckie (Ancillary Justice) and Kameron Hurley (The Geek Feminist Revolution, Mirror Empire...) followed by a panel discussion about women and feminism in modern science fiction and fantasy. Tea and cake afterwards!

Limited number of seats, so get your ticket at the bookshop today.
Tickets 70:- (incl. tea and cake)

Arranged in cooperation with Kontur 2017 / Swecon www.kontur2017.se

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