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The English Bookshop Annual Coolest Christmas Signed Books Contest Ever, 2021 Edition

Published on Sun, 2021-12-26 10:36

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So it’s that time of the year again and we thought we’d treat you to some stunningly cool signed books! Just join our contest by the end of the year and you’ll have a chance to win one of these beauties – all signed by the authors!

What to do?
1. Fill in the form, answering three terrifyingly complicated multiple-choice questions
2. No, that’s it. Then just wait and keep your book-loving fingers crossed.

The winners have been announced:
» Winners Christmas Signed Book Contest 2021

Support Matkassen this Christmas

Published on Thu, 2021-12-16 10:24

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We’ll wrap your Christmas book gifts for free in our shops, and instead ask you to kindly consider supporting the project Matkassen at Uppsala Stadsmission, fighting food waste and supporting people in need at the same time – a double whammy!

We have teamed up with Uppsala Stadsmission and Rotary to support the social project Matkassen.

Click Read more below for information on how to support Matkassen and more about the project.

Last call for special orders

Published on Wed, 2021-12-15 11:52

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Last call for special orders

Last Orders!! There’s still a chance to get your special orders in for Christmas for books not already in our 20.000 title stocked range!

Visit, call, email or send us a message and we’ll check with our UK wholesaler that they have stock and include it with our final Christmas order placed on Thursday morning. The deadline for you is Wednesday 15th at midnight.

And if Santa’s reindeer don’t get held up crossing the channel, your book will be here mid next week. Fingers crossed!

If you want to order anything from our regular hoard of books, we’ll be posting books to you for another week!

» email the Uppsala shop uppsala@bookshop.se
» send a facebook message to the Uppsala shop

» email the Stockholm shop stockholm@bookshop.se
» send a facebook message to the Stockholm shop

”The Squirrel’s Tail” – Author reading for children

Published on Mon, 2021-12-06 11:31

The Squirrel’s Tail – author reading for children

UPPSALA | Saturday 11th December at 11:00

Join us in the bookshop to listen to the story about the bouncy squirrel Hazel and what happened when she lost her tail.

The Squirrel’s Tail is read by author Julian Reisz, who also will tell the story about how the book came to be. A great Christmas gift – get it signed by the author!

No need to sign up, just show up and join the fun!

» Visit the author’s website

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”In Every Mirror She’s Black” – Meet Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

Published on Mon, 2021-11-29 12:18

UPPSALA | Friday 3rd Dec at 18:30. Free, but ticketed – book your seat today!

Meet Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström, award-winning author, speaker, and photographer. Nigerian-American, based in Stockholm.

Presenting her praised debut novel In Every Mirror She’s Black, crowned by The Independent the “most thought-provoking” book on its list of 2021 Best Books by Black Authors.

An arresting debut novel for anyone looking for insight into what it means to be a Black woman in the world.

Friday 3rd December at 18.30
Free, but ticketed – book your seat today!
Email: uppsala@bookshop.se

Click Read more for more information.

The Pastor – online event with Hanne Ørstavik & Martin Aitken

Published on Mon, 2021-11-29 11:24

ONLINE | Thursday 2nd December at 19:00.

Join us online for a conversation about language, belonging, a sense of home and community – and how to convey that in translation, as Hanne Ørstavik and Martin Aitken talk about Hanne’s in English recently published praised novel The Pastor (Presten), together with Hedda from the bookshop.

Give-Away! Join the livestream for a chance to win in a give-away! (Or catch the replay any time.)

» Watch on facebook
» Watch on youtube

Best Books of 2021 by Publisher’s Weekly!

Click Read more to read more about the book and author.

Meet Jen Campbell – online event

Published on Fri, 2021-11-19 14:47

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Meet Jen Campbell – online author event

ONLINE | Wednesday 24 November at 19:00

Meet Jen Campbell, author and booktuber, live in an online conversation with Fanny from the bookshop about Jen’s latest book The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers – and other gruesome tales.

They’ll talk about discovering and reclaiming old fairy tales from around the world, and about queer representation and positive representation of disfigurement and disability.

Give-Away! Join the livestream for a chance to win in our give-away, or catch the replay any time.

» View the livestream on youtube
» View the livestream on facebook

» Order personally signed books

» Share&Like the facebook event

Click Read More for more information.

Send in your Christmas orders

Published on Mon, 2021-11-15 17:14

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Get your Christmas orders in

SANTA’S WORKSHOP | ’Tis the season

Give Santa (and yourself) a stress free Christmas season – get your wishlists and orders in now!

Santa would like to remind everyone it’s time to get one’s wishlists (and book orders) in – especially since the lack of lorry drivers in the UK and general pandemic disruptions might make deliveries a tad slower than usual.

Bring your wishlists to the bookshop (or send them in) so Santa’s helpers at the bookshop can get your books in for Christmas. (As long as you’ve been nice, and not naughty...)

Santa also would like to add that this wouldn’t have been an issue if freighters would have listened to him and stuck to reindeer deliveries! (And Rudolph agrees).

Meet Elly Griffiths – online author event

Published on Mon, 2021-11-15 17:00

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Meet Elly Griffiths, in conversation with Pekka Heino

ONLINE | Thursday 18th November at 19:00

Meet Elly Griffiths (pen name of British author Domenica de Rosa) in this online conversation with Pekka Heino, book lover, television host, and friend of the bookshop, as they talk about writing and reading mystery novels.

You can also order books by Elly Griffiths and have them personally signed! Link below.

» View the livestream on youtube
» View the livestream on facebook

» Order personally signed books by Elly Griffiths

Click READ MORE to, well, read more.

Storytelling for Children – Sat 13 Nov

Published on Fri, 2021-11-12 16:46

Storytelling for Children

UPPSALA & STOCKHOLM | Saturday 13th November at 11:00. Free!

Time for stories and tales in both bookshops on Saturday! Join Nancy in the Uppsala shop and Angie in the shop in Stockholm for a morning of stories and magic.

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Books of the Month – June 2023

Hernan Diaz Trust Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Sei Shonagon The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon Paperback – The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century Japan Classics of the month *Join the reading group	Sidney Karger Best Men Paperback Feel-Good of the month
Benjamin Stevenson Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone Paperback Mystery of the Month *Join the Crime reading group	Eli Cranor Don’t Know Tough Paperback Noir of the month	Adam Oyebanji Braking Day Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Shauna Lawless The Children of Gods and Fighting Men Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Sonora Reyes The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School Paperback Teen/YA of the month	Laura Kate Dale Gender Euphoria Paperback – Stories of joy from trans, non-binary and intersex writers Queer book of the month *Join the reading group
Mark Hodkinson No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy Paperback – Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – May 2023

Ayşegül Savaş White on White Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Christopher Isherwood Goodbye to Berlin Paperback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Stephanie Butland Found in a Bookshop Paperback Feel-Good of the month
Sulari Gentill The Woman in the Library Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group	Gabriel Iglesias The Devil Takes You Home Paperback Noir of the month	Sequoia Nagamatsu How High We Go in the Dark Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Ava Reid The Wolf and the Woodsman Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Andrew Joseph White Hell Followed with Us Paperback Teen/YA of the month	Yukio Mishima Confessions of a Mask Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group
Edward Chisholm A Waiter in Paris Paperback – Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – April 2023

Bonnie Garmus Lessons in Chemistry Paperback Modern Fiction of the month *Join the reading group	Elizabeth von Arnim The Enchanted April Hardback Classic of the month *Join the reading group	Ashley Poston The Dead Romantics Paperback Feel-Good of the month
Deanna Raybourn Killers of a Certain Age Paperback Mystery of the month *Join the Crime reading group in Göteborg	Hayley Scrivenor Dirt Town Paperback Noir of the month *Join the Crime reading group in Uppsala	Emily St John Mandel Sea of Tranquility Paperback Sci-Fi of the month *Join the reading group
Daniel Abraham Age of Ash Paperback Fantasy of the month *Join the reading group	Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland Chaos and Flame Paperback Teen/YA of the month	Sara Jaffe Dryland Paperback Queer book of the month *Join the reading group
Oliver Mol Train Lord Paperback – The Astonishing True Story of One Man’s Journey to Getting His Life Back On Track Non-Fiction of the month

Books of the Month – March 2023

Stacey Swann

Olympus, Texas

Paperback

Modern Fiction of the month

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Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse Five

Paperback

Classic of the month

*Join the reading group

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Modern Fiction Book of the Month – June 2023

A sweeping, unpredictable novel about power, wealth and truth, set against the backdrop of turbulent 1920s New York. A Wall Street tycoon takes a young woman as his wife. Together they rise to the top in an age of excess and speculation. But now a novelist is threatening to reveal the secrets behind their marriage, and this wealthy man’s story – of greed, love and betrayal – is about to slip from his grasp. Composed of four competing versions of this deliciously deceptive tale, Trust brings us on a quest for truth while confronting the lies that often live buried in the human heart. // »Join the reading group //
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Mystery Book of the Month – June 2023

”I was dreading the Cunningham family reunion even before the first murder. Before the storm stranded us at the mountain resort. The thing is, us Cunninghams don't really get along. We’ve only got one thing in common: we’ve all killed someone. When they find the first body in the snow, it’s clear that only a Cunningham could have committed the crime – and it’s up to me to prove it. There are plenty of killers in my family. But only one murderer…” // »Join the Crime reading group //
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