Official series trailer for ‘Detective Agency No. 2’
Detective Agency No. 2 and the city of Riverton come to vivid life in this animated trailer for the children’s detective series by Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes. Created by the talented Sandnes – the illustrator half of the author duo – the trailer gives a sneak peek at the series’ lushly imaginative universe and thrilling adventures!
Erik Axl Sund and Yrsa Sigurdardóttir shortlisted for ‘The Mörda Award’
Erik Axl Sund’s The Crow Girl and Yrsa Sigurdardóttir’s The Undesired have both been shortlisted for The Mörda Award for ‘Captivating Crime in Translation’. The winning novel will be announced on July 22nd at Harrogate. To vote for your favorite, click the “Read more” button below.
‘My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry’ and ‘A Man Called Ove’ on The New York Times Best Seller List
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove jumps up once more to the No. 2 spot on the New York Times Best Seller List. This week marks the novel’s 24th consecutive week on the bestseller list. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry climbs the list as well, coming in at No. 5 in its 8th consecutive week featured.
‘The Crow Girl’ chosen as one of the New York Post’s best summer reads
Erik Axl Sund’s The Crow Girl has been chosen by the New York Post as one of this summer’s must-read books. Calling it one of the “buzziest books” of the season, the Post hails the novel as “an extraordinary, complex, unpredictable piece of work.”
The Crow Girl, a merged edition of all three books in the Victoria Bergman trilogy, will be published in the US on June 14th.
Fredrik Backman on Shelf Awareness’ and New York Times’ top lists
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove has been voted the No. 1 book club pick for May by 120.000 book club readers and 39.000 book clubs in the US. That places A Man Called Ove firmly at No. 1 on Shelf Awareness’ Top Book Club Picks in May. Fredrik Backman’s second novel, My Grandmother Told Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, is also listed as a Rising Star.
A Man Called Ove continues to place in the top also on The New York Times Best Seller List, coming in at No. 3 in its 23rd consecutive week on the list. My Grandmother Told Me to Tell You She’s Sorry follows closely behind at No. 6, having featured on the list for 7 consecutive weeks. On the combined print and eBook list, A Man Called Ove is No. 13.
‘The Search for the Queen of the Jungle’ published in Norway
Detective Agency No. 2 on a dangerous mission in the jungle!
Grandpa Franz, a seasoned explorer and adventurer, has gone to Africa to find the Queen of the Jungle. That’s all Tiril and Otto know about it until they get a secret message from Grandpa asking for their help. But where is he? And what on Earth is the Queen of the Jungle?
In Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ second activity book for children, The Search for the Queen of the Jungle, the reader is invited to join Detective Agency No. 2 on a breathless chase through the jungle while the mysterious Toffen Gang is hot on their heels. Help Tiril and Otto solve the mystery and find Grandpa Franz by joining the hunt for evidence, following clues, and solving puzzles.
Official ‘Three Minutes’ book trailer
Roslund & Hellström’s seventh novel about Ewert Grens, Three Minutes, was published yesterday on June 1st in Sweden. Here is the thrilling book trailer made for the novel by Roslund & Hellström’s Swedish publisher Piratförlaget.
Translation of the text in the trailer:
Both sides demand his loyalty
Both sides sentence him to death
The difference between life and death is three minutes
A stand-alone continuation of the worldwide success that was THREE SECONDS
Roslund & Hellström are back
‘My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry’ and ‘A Man Called Ove’ on The New York Times Best Seller List
Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry rises to No. 4 in its sixth week on The New York Times Best Seller List. A Man Called Ove remains a steady No. 2 in its 22nd consecutive week on the list, and No. 10 on the combined print and ebook list.
‘Three Minutes’ published in Sweden
Three years later and Piet Hoffman is still on the run with his family: his beloved wife Sofia, from whom he can no longer hide the truth, and his sons, Hugo and Rasmus. Far away from his old haunts in Sweden, Piet has infiltrated the heart of a cocain cartel on a mission for the American police. There he’ll be reunited with Police Detective Ewert Grens.
This time, however, they’ll be fighting on the same side.
Three Minutes is the seventh installment in the Ewert Grens series.
‘The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep’ record-breaking No. 1 in Japan
Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s children’s book turned international phenomenon continues to wow parents and guardians across the globe. Today on June 1st, Amazon Japan and Oricon, the largest sales ranking company in Japan, announced that The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep became the No. 1 most sold book in Japan during the first half of 2016, across all categories. This is the first time ever that a non-Japanese author has claimed the No. 1 position, as is it the first time ever that a children’s book has done so.