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Books of the month for June

Published on Mon, 2015-06-01 20:49

General Fiction: Judy Chicurel – If I Knew You Were Going To Be This Beautiful, I Never Would Have Let You Go

British Crime: Frances Brody – Death of an Avid Reader (Kate Shackleton Mysteries #6)

Tough Crime: Bryan Quertermous – Murder Boy

Science Fiction: Charles Gannon – Fire with Fire

Fantasy: K. M. Mcinley – The Iron Ship

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith – Shadow Revolution (Crown & Key)

Classic of the Month: Flann O'Brien – Third Policeman

Teen reading: Steve Brezenoff – Guy in Real Life

Judy Chicurel – If I Knew You Were Going To Be This Beautiful, I Never Would Have Let You Go Frances Brody – Death of an Avid Reader (Kate Shackleton Mysteries #6) Bryan Quertermous – Murder Boy Charles Gannon – Fire with Fire K. M. Mcinley – The Iron Ship Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith – Shadow Revolution (Crown & Key) Flann O'Brien – Third Policeman Steve Brezenoff – Guy in Real Life

Meet the new wave of Swedish speculative fiction writers – The English Bookshop in Uppsala

Published on Thu, 2015-05-21 18:25

Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep Come and meet the new Swedish authors of speculative fiction. Hans Olsson, Oskar Källner, Markus Sköld, Björn Engström and Andrew Coulthard will be in the bookshop signing books and hanging out for a chat. Don't miss it!

Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep contains 26 stories covering themes – as the authors describe it – "Stories ranging from space horror and post-apocalyptic nightmares to tender dramas. Stories with steampunk horses, android uprisings and cheeky goblins. Stories that are action-packed, wise, silly, beautiful, surreal and horrifying.".

At The English Bookshop in Uppsala, May 24th, 15:30

Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep at the pulbisher Affront

Books of the month for May

Published on Wed, 2015-05-13 20:02

General Fiction: Luke Brown – My Biggest Lie

British Crime: Mark Sanderson – Robin Hood Yard

Tough Crime: Lou Berney – The Long and Faraway Gone

Science Fiction: Jane Lindskold – Artemis Awakening

Fantasy: S. Andrew Swann – Dragon Princess

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: John Birmingham – Emergence: Dave vs. the Monsters

Classic of the Month: Joseph Conrad – The Secret Agent

Teen reading: Cammie McGovern – Say What You Will

Luke Brown – My Biggest Lie Mark Sanderson – Robin Hood Yard Lou Berney – The Long and Faraway Gone Jane Lindskold – Artemis Awakening S. Andrew Swann – Dragon Princess John Birmingham – Emergence: Dave vs. the Monsters Joseph Conrad – The Secret Agent Cammie McGovern – Say What You Will

Celebrate spring! Literary Afternoon Tea at The English Bookshop in Uppsala

Published on Mon, 2015-05-11 23:39

Literary Afternoon Tea, The English Bookshop in Uppsala

You are hereby invited to our Literary Afternoon Tea, Sunday 31st of May at 4 pm.

Enjoy tea, sandwiches and cake while you listen to classic spring and love poems being read to you – and all are encouraged to bring their own favourites to read, too.

Get your tickets at the bookshop, 50:-
Limited number of seats.

Storytelling for Children, 9th May at The English Bookshop in Uppsala

Published on Tue, 2015-05-05 10:11

We’re thinking about the summer coming.
We’re hoping for tigers creeping and flowers growing in our summer garden.

The last story-time before the summer break is at eleven o’clock, Saturday 9th May at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

Tiger Tom by Mary Green, illustrated by Stephen Gulbis
Doing the Garden by Sarah Garland

Tiger Tom by Mary Green, illustrated by Stephen Gulbis

Ogoola Game Night at the Stockholm shop May 7th

Published on Mon, 2015-05-04 09:18

Ogoola Game Night

Welcome to a game playing evening in the Stockholm bookshop. We'll play the Ogoola Karuta Poetry Game– an English version of the Japanese game Karuta.

Thursday May 7th at 7pm. No entrance fee, but limited space.
Drop by the Stockholm shop and sign up, or email stockholm@bookshop.se

A game about listening and finding FAST what you are listening to in the cards you will pick. Grab the correct cards before the others do in order to win! Known as an intellectual martial arts game in Japan. The cards have famous poetry quotes on them but no prior knowledge is needed!

Program: Introduction of the game / Short rule explanation Trials / ”Genpei-gassen” (the Genpei war) / Intermission with Japanese tea and crackers / Tournament with a prize.

Visit www.ogoola.se for more info on the game

Remembering Terry Pratchett – The English Bookshop in Uppsala

Published on Fri, 2015-04-24 10:57

We’ll be raising our teacups to his memory, and celebrate his brilliance with a talk, a quiz, a little exhibition, and all sorts of fun things. Cake will be served, and beware, it just might con- tain more than just the average ingredients...

Tuesday April 28th at 7 pm at The English Bookshop, Uppsala

Buy your tickets in the shop. Seats are limited. Tickets are 80:- (20:- goes to support Alzheimerfonden)

Remembering Terry Pratchett – a celebratory evening at The English Bookshop in Uppsala

Storytelling for Children, 25th April at The English Bookshop in Uppsala

Published on Wed, 2015-04-22 17:12

How many words can you rhyme with ‘spoke’?

Quentin Blake finds 11 in his book about Daisy Artichoke.
How many places can you read a book?
How about in a coconut tree or on a potty?

Stories and jokes at eleven o’clock, Saturday 25th April at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear

By Anna Bark Persson (Blogger) on Fri, 2015-04-10 14:20

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Elizabeth Bear is a very prolific writer – it seems to me that, at this point, she's tried her hand at almost every subgenre the spectrum of SFF literature holds. Her latest novel, Karen Memory, is a foray into the steampunk genre, taking place in the fictitious Rapid City, a frontier town in a parallel nineteenth century where airships fly through the sky and various kinds of advanced mechanical augmentations are an everyday occurrence. Karen Memory, the book's protagonist, is a “seamstress” working at Madame Damnable's the Hôtel Mon Cheri – a lucrative brothel where the clientele is rich and well-mannered and the girls are well taken care of and kept safe by their imposing but maternal Madame and the tight-knit camaraderie they share among themselves. Not everyone is so well off, however –

Storytelling for Children, 11th April at The English Bookshop in Uppsala

Published on Wed, 2015-04-08 10:43

Zac built a beautiful house.
A fly arrived and the trouble started.

Meanwhile Mr Magnolia has only one boot and no trouble at all.

Stories of joy and near-miss disaster at eleven o’clock, Saturday 11th April at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

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Books of the Month – April 2024

Alice Winn In Memoriam Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Toni Morrison Sula Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Beth O’Leary The Wake-Up Call Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the NEW reading group in Uppsala
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 *Join the reading group
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 *Join the reading group	Edith Wharton Ethan Frome Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	J.F. Murray Fling Paperback Feel-Good of the month *Join the NEW reading group in Uppsala
Katie Williams My Murder Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Scott Von Doviak Lowdown Road Paperback Noir of the month	David Koepp Aurora Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Nghi Vo The Empress of Salt and Fortune Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	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 *Join the reading group	Nancy Peach The Mother of All Problems Paperback Feel-Good of the month
Catherine Kirwan A Lesson in Malice Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Daniel Weizmann The Last Songbird Paperback Noir of the month	M.D. Lachlan Celestial Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Hannah Kaner Godkiller Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	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

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Modern Fiction Book of the Month – April 2024

In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They’re too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle – an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood – not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him, always has been. ”It was only because Gaunt knew he might die, that he could be so reckless as to kiss him.” An epic tale of the devastating tragedies of war and the forbidden romance that blooms in its grip. // Discuss in the Modern Fiction reading group //
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Mystery Book of the Month – April 2024

It’s a classic setting: big city detective moves to a small country village for some peace and quiet, not getting much of either as he has barely unpacked when the bones of a young woman are discovered. The quiet country life that Jake Jackson envisioned is no more. Sometimes the quietest villages hide the darkest secrets… // Discuss in the Crime reading group //
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