Jan Smedh and Stina Björkelid, The English Bookshop, Uppsala, Sweden

In this episode, I chat with Jan Smedh, co-owner of The English Bookshop in Uppsala, Sweden, and the events manager Stina Björkelid about what it's like to live in Sweden during the winter months, the history of the area, and how reading fiction develops empathy and tolerance.

In 2018, The English Bookshop in Uppsala, Sweden was chosen by the London Book Fair as its International Excellence bookstore of the year. Jan Smedh and his colleague Christer founded the bookshop in 1995 in the historic town of Uppsala; since then the bookshop has grown to two other locations. 

 The English Bookshop, Uppsala

Bridgerton, Julia Quinn

Best Men, Sydney Karger

 Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austin

Gorgeous, Paul Rudnick

Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style, Paul Rudnick

The Impossible Us, Sarah Lotz 

Don Winslow Books

Gloriana: Or The Unfulfill’d Queen, Michael Moorcock

Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell