Stina Jackson the winner of the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award
Stina Jackson is the winner of the 2018 Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award for ‘Best Swedish Crime Novel’. Her powerful and evocative debut novel The Silver Road is lauded by the Academy’s jury, who gives the following motivation:
“Darkly and hypnotically [written] about marginalized existences in an atmospheric Norrland.”
Stina Jackson is the first author in the award’s 36-year history to receive it for a first novel.
Lars Kepler, Jørn Lier Horst, and Stefan Ahnhem on the Norwegian bestseller lists
The official weekly bestseller lists from Norway see Lars Kepler’s Lazarus claim the No. 1 spot in the e-book category once again. The seventh Joona Linna novel also comes in at No. 5 on the hardcover list.
No. 2 on the e-book list is Jørn Lier Horst’s The Innermost Room, the second installment in the Cold Case Quartet. Stefan Ahnhem’s Motive X, book four in the Fabian Risk series, takes home the last top three spot and comes in at No. 3.
Sofia Lundberg shortlisted for the Suomalainen kirjakauppa Book of the Year Award
Sofia Lundberg’s debut novel The Red Address Book has been shortlisted for the Suomalainen kirjakauppa Book of the Year Award 2018. Suomalainen kirjakauppa is the biggest bookseller chain in Finland. The winning author and title will be chosen by a jury consisting of Suomalainen kirjakauppa’s employees. The winning author will be announced on November 23rd.
Tom Malmquist and Jo Nesbø on The New York Times’ ‘100 Notable Books of 2018’ list
Tom Malmquist’s In Every Moment We Are Still Alive and Jo Nesbø’s Macbeth have been chosen as two of 2018’s most notable titles by The New York Times.
The prominent American newspaper calls Malmquist’s In Every Moment We Are Still Alive, “[A] searing autobiographical novel depict[ing] a father struggling to cope with the tragic loss of his partner just as their daughter is born.”
Nesbø’s Macbeth receives the accolade: “The Norwegian crime writer emphasizes the noir aspects of Shakespeare’s tragedy by turning it into a fast-paced thriller about murder and corruption in 1970s Glasgow. The result has a sharp social edge as well as a timely political resonance.”
‘Lazarus’ No. 1 in the Netherlands
Lars Kepler’s seventh installment in the Joona Linna series, Lazarus, was published by Cargo in the Netherlands last week and has gone straight to No. 1 on the official Dutch bestseller list for thrillers.
‘Beartown’ longlisted for the International DUBLIN Literary Award 2019
Fredrik Backman’s Beartown is longlisted for the International DUBLIN Literary Award 2019.
Nominations are made by libraries in capital and major cities throughout the world, making the award unique in its coverage of international fiction. A panel of distinguished international judges then narrow down the list to a shortlist of approximately 10 titles, announced on April 4. The final winner will be presented on June 12.
Photo: Kiefer Lee
Lars Lundström joins Salomonsson Agency
Lars Lundström is one of Scandinavia’s most acclaimed and established screenwriters. His TV series have been praised all over the world.
Lundström is the creator and writer of the incredibly successful sci-fi drama Real Humans. The series, set in a parallel, modern-day Sweden, was released in 2012 and was quickly sold to more than 50 countries. In 2015, a remake of the series aired on Channel 4 in the UK and is now in its third season. Lundström is executive producer for the applauded British adaptation, retitled Humans.
Lundström is presently working on an English language crime drama series about a celebrity chef, called Julius’ Kitchen, and on the Danish-Belgian sci-fi project Hope, about the colonization of the planet Mars.
‘The Red Address Book’ shortlisted for LovelyBooks’ Der Leserpreis
Sofia Lundberg has been nominated for LovelyBooks’ Der Leserpreis 2018. Der Lesepreis is the biggest readers’ choice book award in the German speaking region, and Sofia Lundberg is nominated in the ‘Fiction’ category for her debut novel, The Red Address Book.
Click on “Read more” below to cast your vote. The voting ends on November 27th.
‘SKAM Season 4: Sana’ published in Norway
The SKAM books are the original scripts of the worldwide hit web drama series of the same name, just as they were written.
Each SKAM book contains one of the four seasons that aired between 2015 and 2017. The scripts have never recorded scenes, lines that were later cut, newly written prologues and epilogues, and Julie Andem’s own comments and unique mind maps.
SKAM Season 4: Sana gives the leading role to Sana Bakkoush, who guides the reader through tough contemporary issues like cyberbullying and religion’s impact on love and friendship. Sana, a Muslim, has her beliefs tested when she falls for Yousef, who doesn’t share her religion. But she also has to navigate clashes between her brother and her friends, and the malicious actions of Sara. Sana creates an Instagram hate account, but later confesses. The final episode of the season, which switches between characters, deals with parental depression, rejection, jealousy, friendship, abandonment, and mutual support.
The SKAM books are the ultimate key to the universe that absorbed an entire generation of viewers. Get ready to get to know Eva, Noora, Isak and Sana like never before.
The official movie trailer to ‘The Informer’ released
The Informer is the movie adaptation of Roslund and Hellström’s bestselling novel Three Seconds and it is set to premiere internationally in March next year.
The Informer, produced by Thunder Road Pictures (The Town, Sicario, John Wick), is directed by Andrea Di Stefano (Escobar: Paradise Lost) and written by Matt Cook (Patriots Day). The cast stars Joel Kinnaman (The Killing, Suicide Squad), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Jack Reacher), Clive Owen (Closer, Children of Men, Sin City), Common (Selma, Suicide Squad) and Ana de Armas (Blade Runner 2049).