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

Send us Fan MailIn 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, UppsalaBridgerton, Julia QuinnBest Men, Sydney Karger Sense and Sensibility, Jane AustinGorgeous, Paul RudnickFarrell Covington and the Limits of Style, Paul RudnickThe Impossible Us, Sarah Lotz Don Winslow BooksGloriana: Or The Unfulfill’d Queen, Michael MoorcockHamnet, Maggie O’Farrell    Support the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links