Breakfast Talk with Binyavanga Wainaina


Binyavanga Wainaina

STOCKHOLM Breakfast Talk, Saturday 24th October at 10:00

Binyavanga Wainaina is a Kenyan author, journalist and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. In April 2014, Time magazine included Wainaina in its annual TIME 100 as one of the ”Most Influential People in the World”. Earlier that year, as a response to a series of anti-gay laws being passed in Africa, Wainaina had publicly announced that he was gay, publishing a short story titled ”I am a homosexual, Mum”.

Storytelling for Children, Saturday 17th October at the English Bookshop in Uppsala

A really good story can be told over and over again.

Stories and re-tellings at eleven o’clock, Saturday 17th October at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

Goldilocks and Just the One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson

Goldilocks and Just the One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson

Books of the month for October

General Fiction: Patrick Gale – A Place Called Winter

British Crime: Anthony Quinn – Curtain Call

Tough Crime: Jason Starr – Savage Lane

Science Fiction: S. K. Dunstall – Linesman

Fantasy: Evie Manieri – Blood's Pride ( Shattered Kingdoms #1 )

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Jan DeLima – Celtic Moon

Classic of the Month: Mary Shelley – Frankenstein

Teen reading: Chris Priestly – Anything That isn't This

Patrick Gale – A Place Called WinterAnthony Quinn – Curtain CallJason Starr – Savage LaneS. K. Dunstall – LinesmanEvie Manieri – Blood's Pride ( Shattered Kingdoms #1 )Jan DeLima – Celtic Moon Frankenstein - Mary ShelleyChris Priestly – Anything That isn't This

Storytelling for Children, 3d October at The English Bookshop in Uppsala

This week, let’s have some stories all about you!
What could be more interesting?

Saturday 3rd October, eleven o’clock at the English Bookshop, Uppsala.

Things I like by Anthony Browne

Look see, look at me! by Leonie Norrington and Dee Huxley

Things I like by Anthony Browne Look see, look at me! by Leonie Norrington and Dee Huxley

The English Bookshop at the Book Fair

The English Bookshop at the Gothenburg Book Fair

BOOK FAIR There's a new bookshop in town. In Gothenburg town. A well assorted English pop-up in-fair bookshop. Do come by stand C04:29 in you're in town for the book fair. We've got treats for you... 

Authors signing in our stand

Thursday:
Antony Beevor 16.15–16.30

Friday:
Dave Goulson 14.00–14.30
Owen Jones 14.30–15.00
Laini Taylor 15.30–16.00

Saturday:
Sally Green 14.30–15.00
Mhairi McFarlane 15.30–16.00

Sunday:
Conn Iggulden 13.30–14.00

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen ChoSorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho is a difficult book to review, simply because it feels like whatever I write, it will eventually and unavoidably simply collapse into one long list of everything that I love about this novel. To start off and hopefully get it out of the way: Sorcerer to the Crown is a highly atmospheric, beautifully written and wonderfully humorous novel.

Hooray! It’s story time again!

Old favourites and new discoveries, picture books and poetry, laughs and sighs.
Come along at eleven o’clock, Saturday 19th September at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake Mr Magnolia by Quentin Blake

Books of the month for September

General Fiction: Jill Alexander Essbaum – Hausfrau

British Crime: M. J. Carter – The Strangler Vine

Tough Crime: F. H. Batagan – Smaller and Smaller Circles

Science Fiction: Kieran Shea – Koko Takes a Holiday

Fantasy: Joshua Palmatier – Shattering the Ley (Trilogy Two #1)

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Jamie Schulz – Premonitions

Classic of the Month: Dashiell Hammett – Red Harvest

Teen reading: Jenn Bennett – Night Owls

Hausfrau - Jill Alexander EssbaumThe Strangler Vine - M J CarterF. H. Batagan – Smaller and Smaller CirclesKieran Shea – Koko Takes a HolidayJoshua Palmatier – Shattering the Ley (Trilogy Two #1)Jamie Schulz – PremonitionsDashiell Hammett – Red HarvestJenn Bennett – Night Owls

Spend a Cultural Night at the bookshop!


KulturNatten 12 Sept 2015

For the Culture Night in Uppsala, Saturday 12th September,  we’re pleased and honored to present you with three great literary afficionados:

At 18.00: Jen Campbell, poet, short story writer and author of the amazingly accurate Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops-books and also The Bookshop Book.

At 19.30: Marie Phillips will discuss her Baileys prize longlisted novel The Table of Less Valued Knights and Gods Behaving Badly (also made into a film starring Sharon Stone and Christopher Walken!).

And, lastly: our grand finale at 21.00: Ann Charters, beat expert extraordinaire, will read poems and pieces by Sam Charters, among others, Things to do in Piccadilly and What Paths, What Journeys.

Read more about the Uppsala Culture Night at www.kulturnattenuppsala.se

Mini-festival in the Stockholm shop

Jen Campbell and Marie Phillips

The Stockholm shop invites you to a September mini festival. Author Jen Campbell is visiting for an exciting, bookshop themed evening talk on Thursday 10th September, and novelist Marie Phillips will join us for our next Breakfast Talk on the morning of the 11th. Tickets are for sale in the Stockholm shop, please find all info below.

Books of the Month – April 2024

Alice Winn
In Memoriam
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Toni Morrison
Sula
Paperback

Classic of the month

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Beth O’Leary
The Wake-Up Call
Paperback
Stig Abell
Death Under a Little Sky
Paperback

Mystery of the month

*Join the Crime reading group

Jahmal Mayfield
Smoke Kings
Paperback

Noir of the month

Grace Curtis
Frontier
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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P. Djèlí Clark
A Master of Djinn
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

*Join the reading group

T. Kingfisher
A House With Good Bones
Paperback

Horror of the month

Rachel Greenlaw
Compass and Blade
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Négar Djavadi
Disoriental
Paperback

Queer book of the month

*Join the reading group

Sarah Hart
Once Upon a Prime
Paperback

The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – March 2024

Ellen Hawley
A Decent World
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome
Paperback

Classic of the month

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J.F. Murray
Fling
Paperback
Katie Williams
My Murder
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Scott Von Doviak
Lowdown Road
Paperback

Noir of the month

David Koepp
Aurora
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Nghi Vo
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Stephen Graham Jones
Mapping the Interior
Paperback

Horror of the month

Nic Stone
Chaos Theory
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller
Bad Gays
Paperback

– A Homosexual History

Queer book of the month

*Join the reading group

Hua Hsu
Stay True
Paperback

– A Memoir

Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – February 2024

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
A Spell of Good Things
Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

*Join the reading group

Leo Tolstoy
The Cossacks
Hardback

Classic of the month

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Nancy Peach
The Mother of All Problems
Paperback

Feel-Good of the month

Catherine Kirwan
A Lesson in Malice
Paperback

Mystery of the month

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Daniel Weizmann
The Last Songbird
Paperback

Noir of the month

M.D. Lachlan
Celestial
Paperback

Sci-Fi of the month

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Hannah Kaner
Godkiller
Paperback

Fantasy of the month

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Cassandra Khaw
Nothing But Blackened Teeth
Paperback

Horror of the month

Jesse Q. Sutanto
Didn’t See That Coming
Paperback

Teen/YA of the month

Eloghosa Osunde
Vagabonds!
Paperback

Queer book of the month

*Join the reading group