Jan's Summer Reading
Ava McCarthy - The Insider
Wonderfully exciting thriller about an Irish female hacker somewhat in the Lisbet Salander mold. A real page-turner in the best sense. Great summer read.
I smiled a lot when I read this, it's quite cleverly written.
Ava McCarthy in the bookshop
Lewis Shiner - Black & White
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.
Lewis Shiner - Black & White in the bookshop
Tom Dolby - The Trouble Boy
I didn't like this very much, it's very much a first novel. His second novel The Sixth Form was terrific, set in the prep school world of New England, but this did not give me much. This is about a young gay man trying to make it in New York. It's been told before, less vapidly too.
Tom Dolby - The Trouble Boy in the bookshop
Uppsala English Bookshop at UNT.se
The article at Upsala Nya Tidning
Pictures from the new place
A few pictures showing our customers and the staff moving of the bookshop, the opening cermony and the first week in the new place.
Jan interviewed by Bokhora.se - Möte: Jan Smedh
Read the interview - Måndagsmöte: Jan Smedh
Titles and authors mentioned:
Next weekend the Uppsala shop is moving!
We have been in our current location for almost 9 years and have now outgrown them.
Sales are excellent (thanks guys!) so we feel this is now the right move for us.
But don't worry! We're not moving far, the new place is 25 meters west of the old one; it's actually in the same building but on the corner. Bigger, better, but just as nice.
The actual move will happen during next weekend, most of it during the Saturday. A lot of you have been kind enough to offer to come help out, which is really amazing of you.We do have the best customers.
If you do want to help out, let us know beforehand so we can plan for food and such.
So, wish us good luck and we rely on your forebearance as the start-up will undoubtedly be a bit messy.
Jan, Christer & minions
Barbara Kingsolver wins the 2010 Orange Prize!
The american author Barbara Kingsolver has won The Orange Prize for Fiction 2010 with her sixth novel The Lacuna.
"We chose The Lacuna because it is a book of breathtaking scale and shattering moments of poignancy". Daisy Goodwin, chair of judges.
New Stephenie Meyer book - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
From Saturday June 5 New Stephenie Meyer book - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner available!
Keep Calm and Carry On
We now stock items from "Keep Calm and Carry On":
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There's Trouble at St. Clare's!
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Meet the O'Sullivan twins: Pat and Isabel.
Cheeky, obstinate and determined to make
pests of themselves at their new school.
There are a lot of pranks going on at St.
Clare's. From cats in the cabinets to fire-
crackers in the fireplace, a secret dog in
the attic to a midnight feast, get ready to
have some fun with the troublemaking-
girls at St. Clare's!
Come for tea and talk about your favorite characters and pranks at St.
Clare's. There may be some surprises in store! And there will definitely be
cake.
When: Saturday, June 5; 11:00 to 12:00
Where: The English Bookshop,
Lilla Nygatan 11, Gamla Stan
Talk to (or email) the book sellers to book your seat.
Enid Blyton in the bookshop
Tuesday May 25 or Wednesday May 26
at 7pm in both Uppsala and Stockholm
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Literary Posters from Bookish Design
Available in the bookshop and the web-bookshop. Size 59*84cm, excellent print quality.
All the Literary Posters
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Congratulations Stuart Neville!
Lots of good things are happening in Irish crime writing at present. My favourite from the 2009 crop of novels was Stuart Neville's excellent debut The Twelve (published in the US as The Ghosts of Belfast). The NY Times had it on their list of top 5 crime novels of 2009 and just a few days ago The LA Times awarded it the Best Mystery/Thriller Prize!
I heartily recommend reading this immediately!
Uppsala, Wednesday Apa7 at 7pm.
Stockholm, Tuesday May 4 and Thursday May 6, at 7 pm.
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What I Read on my Easter Vacation!
I brought four books to the south coast of Cyprus and enjoyed them all:
1. Harlan Coben - Caught. Another stand-alone thriller about the suburban soul. Perhaps not his finest, but quite thrilling and his characters are overall believable and engaging.
2. Don Winslow - Savages. Yeah! This is not actually published until June, but I was lucky and got a hold of a prepublication copy. This is great writing, political, smooth, SoCal/Mexico drug wars/philosophy. Great language, solid points made. Highly recommended. When you can find it...
3. Jonathan L Howard - Johannes Cabal the Necromancer. Good, original, English, somewhat gaimanesque, a bit quirky fantasy. Johannes sold his soul to the devil ten years ago and now he wants it back! A deal is struck, but who's fooling who? Read!
4. Karen Campbell - Shadowplay. The third novel about glaswegian police-woman Anna Cameron, this is not actually published until next month, but Karen was nice enough to present me with a sneak preview copy... These novels are so good. Anna Cameron is such an intriguing character and the writing here really shines. Great intrigue. Do not miss out on these books!
Come solve a mystery in Stockholm!
Join us for the NEW interactive book club for ages 9-13.
Saturday, April 24; 11:00 to 12:30
At
The English Bookshop, Gamla stan Stockholm
New weekend opening hours in Uppsala
Saturdays 10.30-16.00
Sundays 12-15
Welcome!
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.
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Reading groups - Still Alice; Lisa Genova
Uppsala, Tuesday January 26 at 7pm.
Stockholm, Wednesday February 3 and Wednesday February 10 at 7pm.
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Reading groups - Burnt Shadows; Kamila Shamsie
Uppsala, Wednesday November 18 at 7 pm.
Stockholm, Wednesday December 2 at 7 pm.
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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.
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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
Our new shop in Stockholm Old Town, at Lilla Nygatan 11 is open!
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What I've been reading...
This Wicked World by Richard Lange
Excellent, well written, SoCal noir. Jimmy Boone tries very hard to do right, but his sense of justice brings him into situations he probably shouldn't be in.
This is a great story of a broken hero battling to right wrongs. Very well written with nods to people like Beckett. Engaging.
Five Days Apart Chris Binchy
Am I the only one who likes Chris Binchy? I've read all four of his novels, and they are terrific novels about the male psyche. This one concerns a love triangle where the protagonists socially stronger best friend edges him out of the love of his life. A direct enough love story that kept me reading relentlessly. Spread the word.
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