The Hanging Sun, a Sky Original film adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s novel Midnight Sun, will close the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 10th September.

The story follows hitman Jon, who is on the run after betraying Oslo’s biggest crime lord: the Fisherman. Fleeing to an isolated corner of Norway so far north that the sun never sets, Jon hopes to find sanctuary hiding out in a shepherd’s cabin in the wilderness. But the midnight sun is slowly driving Jon to insanity. And then he discovers that the Fisherman’s men are getting closer…

Directed by Francesco Carrozzini and written by Stefano Bises, the film features performances from Alessandro Borghi (Devils), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Sam Spruell (The North Water), Frederick Schmidt (Angel Has Fallen), Raphael Vicas (Grantchester), with Peter Mullan (My Name is Joe) and Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) and will air on Sky Cinema later this year.

This week’s bestseller lists in Norway have Stefan Ahnhem appear at the top of the official paperback list, claiming the No. 1 spot with The Final Nail for the sixth consecutive week. The title is followed by Jo Nesbø who features at No. 2  with The Jealousy Man and Other Stories and Liza Marklund who comes in at No. 3 with The Polar Circle on the same list. Johan Theorin claims the No. 5 spot with Weathered Bones on the official list for fiction.

Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 title  The Search for the Camping King comes in at No. 1 on the Norwegian bestseller list for children’s fiction for the second consecutive week.

Jo Nesbø’s Rat Island and Other Stories claims the No. 4 spot on the official list of the best crime fiction in the Netherlands for the second consecutive week.

Jo Nesbø’s Rat Island and Other Stories comes in at No. 4 on the official list of the best crime fiction in the Netherlands.

Jo Nesbø’s short story London, from his story collection The Jealousy Man And Other Stories, is longlisted for the prestigious 2022 CWA Short Story Dagger, an award given to the best crime-focused short story of the year published or broadcast in the UK.

The shortlist will be announced on May 13th at the CrimeFest in Bristol.

This week’s bestseller lists in Norway have Jo Nesbø appear at the top of the paperback list, claiming the No. 1 spot with The Jealousy Man and Other Stories. Anne Holt comes in as No. 1 on the e-book list with The Eleventh Manuscript and makes an appearance at No. 2 on the paperback list with the same title.

The latest addition to the Detective Agency No. 2 series by Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes, Operation Ninja, sails to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for children’s fiction.

Based on Nielsen BookScan’s data, UK trade magazine The Bookseller has announced the top ten bestselling novels in translation over the past 12 months. The Translated Top 10 chart, which include Yuval Noah Harari, Elena Ferrante and Haruki Murakami among else, is led by Jo Nesbø and his stand-alone novel The Kingdom.

The Bookseller says “In the past year, the Harry Hole creator’s all-time TCM total moved to just a smidge under £25m, to edge past Paulo Coelho as the second-bestselling author in translation since BookScan records began.”

For the second consecutive week, Anne Holt’s The Eleventh Manuscript grabs the No. 1 spot on the official Norwegian bestseller list for paperbacks. The novels also claims the top position on the e-book list this week.
Jo Nesbø’s The Jealousy Man and Other Stories and Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s As You Sow comes in at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively on the paperback list also this week.

Anne Holt’s The Eleventh Manuscript comes in at No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for paperback this week, followed by Jo Nesbø’s The Jealousy Man and Other Stories at No. 2 and Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s As You Sow at No. 3.

Jo Nesbø’s story collection Rat Island and Other Stories has gone straight to No. 1 on the Hungarian bestseller list upon publication.

The official Finnish bestseller list for the month of November is out. The list for hardcover fiction sees Jo Nesbø’s Rat Island and Other Stories listed as No. 2 for the second consecutive month, while Liza Marklund’s The Polar Circle climbs to No. 3.

C More is currently shooting its very first Norwegian original production, Headhunters, a prequel to Jo Nesbø’s novel Hodejegerne. Rolf-Magne Golten Andersen has written the script for the series, together with Geir Henning Hopland who is also serving as director.

Headhunters takes place prior to the events in the novel, and sees Axel Bøyum portraying headhunter and master manipulator Roger Brown and Martin Wallström as the star recruiter Jon Christian Wiklund. The series is produced by Yellowbird in co-production with C More and TV2 in Norway and will see its premiere in 2022.