Happy New Year!

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2012-01-08 20:50
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Happy New Year, The English Bookshop (2011) We want to wish all our friends and customers a great 2012 and thank you for 2011 which has been by far the best year for The English Bookshop in our entire 16 year history. Never before have we sold so many books, never before have we had so many great conversations with customers, read so many great books or had so much fun.

And it all comes down to you.
So from all of us at the shop(s):
Thank You for making sure we'll be around to see another year.
Together we will make it even better.
You all rock. (In a literary, sophisticated way, of course.)

…All I want for Christmas is a happy ending…

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2011-11-29 18:24
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Christmas is coming: the geese are getting fat.

But that’s not all that’s happening.

Tyler is searching for an angel that looks just right. Sam is worried about polar bears. Dylan and Bronwen hear a ghost on Christmas Eve. But what about Bradley? He is setting a trap for Santa!

Come for yuletide yarns where things end well (except for the goose) at 1pm on Sunday 4th December.

Pre-book your copy of Elizabeth Hand – Available Dark

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Elizabeth Hand - Available Dark Price when pre-booking 225:- and no postage fee (within Sweden). The pre-booked copy is signed by the author.

 

Doctor Who Night 23/11!

Submitted by Malin on Tue, 2011-11-15 22:22
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Doctor Who Event 

Welcome to a Doctor Who Evening at The English Bookshop! 
This is your opportunity to meet other whovians in Uppsala, 
and discuss doctors and companions and your favourite 
books and episodes.
Lots happening during the evening:
A TALK about the Doctor Who books

Storytelling in Uppsala 5/11

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2011-10-30 20:56
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Storytelling for ChildrenFamilies are where we live. What is yours like? Small or big? Calm or noisy? Can a family tell too many jokes or have too much money? Come to the English Bookshop and hear about a family with aunties that kiss too much, a bad family that gets better and another with a girl who won’t eat her tomatoes.

Bring your family at 1pm on Saturday 5th November for a giggle.

  • Master Money the Millionaire, Mrs Jolly's Joke Shop, Master Track's Train and Mr Creep the Crook all by Allan Ahlberg
  • No more Kisses for Bernard by Niki Daly (Not in the bookshop at time of writing. Please, use our BookFinder service)
  • I will not ever never eat a tomato by Lauren Child

Halloween reads

Submitted by Helena on Thu, 2011-10-27 06:22
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Don't miss Helena Dahlgren's new blog - Halloween reads!

Look! There's a lion in the library! – Storytelling in Uppsala 23/10

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2011-10-19 21:52
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Storytelling for ChildrenLook! There's a lion in the library! A tiger in a picture! A pig playing a trumpet! What's going on? Come and find out at story time this Sunday with Hannah and Rosie, 1 o'clock on 23rd October in the English Bookshop, Uppsala.

Upcoming Storytelling at The Uppsala English bookshop during the autumn of 2011:
Saturday, 5th November at 1pm

Julian Barnes wins The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011!

Submitted by Malin on Tue, 2011-10-18 23:02
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Congratulations to Julian Barnes for winning the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel "The Sense of an Ending"!

Dame Stella Rimington, Chair of the 2011 judges, made the announcement at the awards dinner at London's Guildhall and she comments: "Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending has the markings of a classic of English Literature. It is exquisitely written, subtly plotted and reveals new depths with each reading."

Beat Thing! – video from Kulturnatten i Uppsala

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2011-10-10 21:43
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Recording form the Beat Thing! performance during Kulturnatten in Uppsala, in The Uppsala English Bookshop. Also see the recording from their performance at the bookshop in Gamla Stan, Stockholm.

Ann and Samuel Charters performs Beat Thing! – a performance/reading of Beat literature. Jan from the bookshop presented, assisted by Elias Castegren on the bass.

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Tomas Tranströmer – The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2011-10-06 14:24
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Tomas TranströmerWith the wording "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality" – Tomas Tranströmer is awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011.

Tomas Tranströmer in the bookshop

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New Fantasy & Science Fiction 120105

Gaie Sebold, Babylon Steel
Gaie Sebold
Babylon Steel
Paperback
Carol Berg, Soul Mirror, The (Collegia Magica #2)
Carol Berg
Soul Mirror, The (Collegia Magica #2)
Paperback
Stan Nicholls, Orcs: Bad Blood III
Stan Nicholls
Orcs: Bad Blood III
Trade Paperback
Vernor Vinge, Children of the Sky
Vernor Vinge
Children of the Sky
Hardback
Alastair Reynolds, Blue Remembered Earth
Alastair Reynolds
Blue Remembered Earth
Trade Paperback
Gav Thorpe, Deliverance Lost (Horus Heresy #18) (Warhammer 40,000)
Gav Thorpe
Deliverance Lost (Horus Heresy #18) (Warhammer 40,000)
Paperback

New fiction 120101

Pascal Mercier, Perlmann's Silence
Pascal Mercier
Perlmann's Silence
Paperback
Paula McLain, The Paris Wife
Paula McLain
The Paris Wife
Paperback
Per Anders Fogelström, Remember the City (Stockholm Series #3)
Per Anders Fogelström
Remember the City (Stockholm Series #3)
Trade Paperback
Paul Torday, Legacy of Hartlepool Hall
Paul Torday
Legacy of Hartlepool Hall
Trade Paperback
Dinaw Mengestu, How To Read the Air
Dinaw Mengestu
How To Read the Air
Paperback
Jurado, Juan Gomez Jurado, Juan Gomez, The Traitor's Emblem
Jurado, Juan Gomez Jurado, Juan Gomez
The Traitor's Emblem
Trade Paperback

New Crime/Mystery 111205

Joyce Carol Oates, New Jersey Noir
Joyce Carol Oates
New Jersey Noir
Paperback
C. C. Benison, Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Father Christmas Mystery (#1)
C. C. Benison
Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Father Christmas Mystery (#1)
Hardback
Gerard O'Donovan, Dublin Dead
Gerard O'Donovan
Dublin Dead
Paperback
Peter Millar, The Shameful Suicide of Winston Churchill
Peter Millar
The Shameful Suicide of Winston Churchill
Trade Paperback
Patricia Cornwell, Red Mist (Scarpetta #19)
Patricia Cornwell
Red Mist (Scarpetta #19)
Hardback
Chris Bohjalian, The Night Strangers
Chris Bohjalian
The Night Strangers
Paperback

New Fiction 111115

Stephen King, 11/22/63
Stephen King
11/22/63
Hardback
Russell Banks, The Lost Memory of Skin
Russell Banks
The Lost Memory of Skin
Trade Paperback
Nicky Pellegrino, The Villa Girls
Nicky Pellegrino
The Villa Girls
Paperback
Christos Tsiolkas, Dead Europe
Christos Tsiolkas
Dead Europe
Paperback
Monica Ali, Untold Story
Monica Ali
Untold Story
Paperback
Jasper Fforde, One of Our Thursdays is Missing (Thursday Next #6)
Jasper Fforde
One of Our Thursdays is Missing (Thursday Next #6)
Paperback
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What We're Reading

Galveston

Submitted by Jan on Mon, 2012-01-02 15:22
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Now here's an interesting gem of a book; hailed by Dennis Lehane as the best noir he's read in a decade and by the master of the genre Kem Nunn as 'beautifully rendered'; a finalist for last year's Edgar award. Nic Pizzolatto has before this only published short stories in literary magazines and then he springs this dark story of redemption and hurricanes on us. I really enjoyed the arch of the story and the wonderful sentences. A really terrific noir.

The new Karen Campbell!

Submitted by Jan on Fri, 2011-06-24 22:39
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I just finished the fourth novel from Glaswegian writer Karen Campbell. In my book she's one of the very best writers of police novels in the UK over the last twenty years. This fourth book about Anna Cameron is quite possibly my favourite; the writing is exquisite; the characterizations genuine and the inclusion of scots vernacular somehow this time reminded me of Deon Meyer and the use of afrikaan terms in the English versions of his novels. Also in a similar way Campbell explores and explains the societal nerve of modern Scottish life and it is completely intriguing.

Earwig and the Witch

Submitted by Stina on Wed, 2011-06-01 19:55
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This is possibly the last book Diana Wynne Jones wrote before her death earlier this year. Earwig and the Witch tells the story of 10-year old Earwig, who gets adopted from an orphanage by a very strange couple indeed: they turn out to be a witch and someone called the Mandrake. She misses her friends and is being forced to help out with the witch's potions, but is never allowed to learn.

Plugged

Submitted by Jan on Thu, 2011-05-26 20:07
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Just finished this first noir novel by acclaimed creator of the Artemis Fowl kid's books. This is about an Irish ex-military working as a bouncer at a strip-joint in New Jersey when things start to go abysmally wrong. I enjoyed it, it has lots of humour and violence and I'm looking forward to reading more by Mr Colfer.

By Nightfall

Submitted by Jan on Mon, 2010-11-01 18:59
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This is the story of Peter Harris, a 44 year old gallery owner in New York and what happens to him over a period of a few days. This is a wonderful novel, a contemplation on encroaching middle age, on values, marriage, parenthood, art and ideals. The writing is exquisite, the language occasionally stunning. It surprised me, and I like being surprised.

Black & White

Submitted by Jan on Mon, 2010-08-02 21:27
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This is a terrific novel about american race relations in the 60s and the fallout in one man's life. Michael Cooper comes back to his city of birth Durham, NC, when his father who is dying from lung cancer decides he wants to die there. The returns triggers events and secrets start to unfold. Beautifully written with strong characters this book poses interesting questions on identity and morals. This is the man we all should be reading instead of Messrs Foer and Eggers.

 

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