Reading Group Uppsala 24th of March
The Reading group meeting in Uppsala will be on Wednesday the 24th of March at 7pm in the bookshop. The book to be read is:
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
"With America quietly gearing up for war in the Middle East, 20-year old Tassie, from the plains of the Midwest, goes to university in the hope of escaping the complex world of culture and politics. As the year unfolds, she is led to new and formative experiences, and the future bursts forth in dramatic and shocking ways."
Interested? Talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.
Reading groups - One Day; David Nicholls
Uppsala, Tuesday 24/2 at 7pm.
Stockholm, Wednesday 10/3 and 17/3 at 7pm.
Read more about the details and talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.
Reading groups - Still Alice; Lisa Genova
Uppsala, Tuesday January 26 at 7pm.
Stockholm, Wednesday February 3 and Wednesday February 10 at 7pm.
Read more about the details and talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.
Reading groups - Burnt Shadows; Kamila Shamsie
Uppsala, Wednesday November 18 at 7 pm.
Stockholm, Wednesday December 2 at 7 pm.
Read more about the details and talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.
Stephen King's new novel - Under the Dome
Release Tuesday 10/11!
Stephen King -
Under the Dome, Hardback 275 kr.
On a beautiful fall day, the town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one knows what this barrier is and when -or if- it will go away.
Robert Jordan - The Gathering Storm
Released today 27/10!
Robert Jordan's - The Gathering Storm, Hardback 250 kr.
The Gathering Storm is the first of three novels that will make up the final volume of The Wheel of Time series, A Memory of Light. This short sequence will complete the struggle against the Shadow, bringing to a close a journey begun almost twenty years ago and marking the conclusion of the Wheel of Time, the preeminent fantasy epic of our era.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009
Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed" is awarded with the 2009 The Nobel Prize in Literature.
Reading groups - The Magicians; Lev Grossman
Uppsala, Wednesday October 21st, 7 pm.
Stockholm, Wednesday November 4th, 7 pm.
Read more about the details and talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.
Winner of The 2009 Man Booker Prize
Hilary Mantel wins the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction with her novel Wolf Hall.
Read more about the prize
English Bookshop at the Gothenburg Book Fair!
We're off for a few days, the Stockholm shop will be closed Thursday, Friday and Monday, but the Uppsala shop is open as usual.
If you happen to be at the fair, do drop by our stand and say hello! We're at C04:29
We have three authors signing:
Simon Kernick Friday 3.30am
Robert Goddard Friday 2.30pm
Simon Beckett Saturday 11.15am
See you in Gothenburg!
The third Stieg Larsson book in English on October 1!
Stieg Larssons third book,
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, will be released October 1st at 10 am at The English Bookshops in Stockholm and Uppsala!
Reading groups: The Last Days of the Lacuna
Cabal
Uppsala, Wednesday September 16th, 7 pm.
Stockholm, Wednesday September 23rd of September, 7 pm.
Read more about the details and talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.
Reading groups: The Other Hand by Chris Cleave, Stockholm 19/8, Uppsala 20/8
In Stockholm Wednesday the 19 of August, 7pm.
In Uppsala Thursday the 20 of August, 7pm.
Read more about the details and talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.
Pharmakon by Dirk Wittenborn: Stockholm 25/6, Uppsala 8/7
Reading groups in Stockholm the 25 of June and in Uppsala the 8 of July.
Read more about the details and talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.
LM Montgomery Conference Bookshop at the University of Uppsala August 20-23
We will be running the bookshop at a conference on the writings of the Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) in Uppsala late this summer.
Titles on sale at the conference
Information on book signings will be available. If you have any questions please contact us.
Conference web site
An Evening of Poetry, Uppsala 11 June
Double summer evening poetry reading with:
Anna Franklin � Ice Flowers, with Bj�rn Ullhagen's pictures on display.
Shailja Patel, who also is the Guest Writer at the Nordic Africa
Institute in Uppsala during the spring of 2009.
Don't miss this unique opportunity at The Uppsala English Bookshop, Thursday June 11, 18:30.
Photos from Our One Year Celebration
Check out the photos from the Celebration in The English Bookshop in Stockholm Old Town.
Jeremy Duns' Launch Movie
Jeremy Duns signing books |
Jeremy Duns, Christer
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One Year Celebration Saturday 9 May!
The English Bookshop in Stockholm Old Town is celebrating by giving a 10% discount on everything in the bookshop. Between 12-14 o'clock Jeremy Duns is signing his debut novel– Free Agent.
Read more at jeremyduns.com
Reading Group in Uppsala and Stockholm, Thursday 14 may
We meet once a month for a cozy evening
meeting in the
bookshop to discuss the month’s book.
On Thursday 14 may at 7 pm we meet and discuss Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth.
Don Winslow
Don Winslow holding a talk at the Crime Night in Uppsala. Here posing with Jan.
We still have signed copies at the bookshop in Uppsala and Stockholm.
Reading Group in Stockholm, thursday 23/4
We meet once a month for a cozy evening
meeting in the
bookshop to discuss the month’s book.
First meeting in The English Bookshop in Stockholm Old Town. On thursday 23/4 at 7 pm we meet and discuss David Benioff’s City of Thieves.
Finished the
Twilight Saga?
Try these tasty vampires:
Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely #1)
by Melissa Marr.
Urban Faery tale with enticing,
well-researched fantasy. |
The Awakening & The Struggle
(Vampire Diaries #1 & 2) by L. J. Smith.
Tale of two vampire brothers and
the beautiful girl torn between them. |
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1)
by Richelle Mead.
A unique and mesmerizing mystery
with a surprising whodunit ending. |
Marked (House of Night #1)
by P. C. & Kristin Cast.
Awesome new take on vampires!
Marked is hot and dark and funny. It rocks! |
Reading Group in Uppsala, thursday 2/4
We meet once a month for a cozy evening
meeting in the
bookshop to discuss the month’s book.
Next meeting is April 2nd (Wednesday) at 7 pm and the title is David Benioff’s City of Thieves.
We will be starting a reading group in the Stockholm shop second week of April with this title as well! Contact us for more info or watch this space!
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2009
Joseph O'Neill, with his novel Netherland, is the winner of The PEN/Faulkner Award for 2009. Joseph has been shortlisted for several other awards but has now been recognized with a prestigious one. Joseph was born in Cork, Ireland, but is in many ways an international man.
The Graveyard Book won the 2009 Newbery Medal
The Graveyard Book is written by Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean. A delicious mix of murder, fantasy, humor and human longing, the tale of Nobody Owens is told in magical, haunting prose. A child marked for death by an ancient league of assassins escapes into an abandoned graveyard, where he is reared and protected by its spirit denizens.
"A child named Nobody, an assassin, a graveyard and the dead are the perfect combination in this deliciously creepy tale, which is sometimes humorous, sometimes haunting and sometimes surprising," said Newbery Committee Chair Rose V. Treviño.
John Updike dies at age 76
The Widows of Eastwick turns out to be the last novel from the great author. John Updike died of lung cancer on January 27, 2009.
What the judges said:
"This exquisitely written love story takes you on an unforgettable journey - you won't read a better book this year."
13 years with The Uppsala English Bookshop
It's now (18th November) 13 years since The Uppsala English Bookshop opened its door.
Winner of The Man Booker Prize 2008 - Aravind Adiga The White Tiger
The author and journalist Aravind Adiga wins the Man booker Prize 2008 with his debut novel The White Tiger.
Read more about the prize
Review: Garrison Keillor – Pontoon
"I have been a Garrison Keillor-fan ever since I first heard his radio programme Lake Wobegon and countless students of mine have heard and appreciated it..."
More of Sanne's reviews
Just released - Anathem by Neal Stephenson!
Latest novel by Neal Stephenson. Recomended! Plenty of more material about the book at www.anathembook.com
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2008
French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio has been awarded with the 2008 Nobel Prize in Litterature. The academy describe him as the "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization".
Photo report from the Book Fair
Breaking Dawn
The fourth book in the Twilight Saga was welcomed by readers at the Uppsala English Bookshop.
With the words "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny", Doris Lessing is awarded.
Doris Lessing in the bookshop
The Nobel Prize in Literature
The English Bookshop took part of, Bok & Bibliotek '07, the book fair in Gothenburg.
View the photos from the book fair
Among our guests there where:
Who won The Guess the author and the title competition?
At our stand at the book fair we held a competition. 13 first pages from 13 novels where displayed and the winner had to guess the author and the title.
See the winners and the right answers
Thank you all for coming by and listening to our guests and for beeing such a jovial crowd.
Check the Photo Gallery
The Uppsala English bookshop have special services for schools and libraries.
The ELT, teenage fiction and more categories has been restocked with new recommendations. Great reads from all genres and on current topics.
Looking for unabridged audiobooks? Click here!
