Porcelain Dolls, the second installment in Erik Axl Sund’s Melancholia series, comes in at No. 8 on this week’s Der Spiegel bestseller list for trade paperbacks in Germany.
Photo: Kiefer Lee
On this week’s official Spanish bestseller list, Niklas Natt och Dag’s debut novel The Wolf and the Watchman nabs the No. 10 spot. The novel has now featured in the country’s top 10 for fourteen weeks in succession.
Jo Nesbø has been awarded the 2019 Riverton Prize for his twelfth installment in the Harry Hole series, Knife. The very prestigious crime writing award is annually given to the best Norwegian crime story. Nesbø has been the recipient of this award previously, in 1997, for the first novel in the Harry Hole series, The Bat.
“Knife is a dark, compelling and sorrowful novel with great solemnity and with a superb conduction of a complicated investigation. It is elegantly crafted with constant surprises and several twists and turns, and with many brilliant individual stories about past events.” said jury member Hans H. Skei during the award ceremony that took place outside the House of Literature in Oslo earlier today.
The television series and the feature film about the characters Eva and Adam became iconic works of popular culture in late 90s’ and early 2000s’ Sweden. Now, a new film about the young couple is in the making.
Adam is new to the class and Eva has made a no-boys pact with her best friend – boys are just too childish. But when a kissing party game brings Eva and Adam together, it’s simply too difficult to put a brake on their feelings. Perhaps even impossible.
Eva och Adam marks Caroline Cowan’s debut as a feature film director. Johan Unenge and Måns Gahrton are the writers, and Francy Suntinger will produce for Filmlance.
Stina Jackson’s The Last Snow scores three No. 2 placements on the official Swedish weekly bestseller lists for week 17. The Last Snow comes in second in hardcover, audio, and e-book. It is joined in the last category by Jackson’s debut novel, The Silver Road, which features at No. 3 also this week. The No. 1 spots on the audio and e-book lists go to Arne Dahl’s Freedom, the just published fourth title in the Berger & Blom series. Freedom also comes in at No. 3 on the hardcover list. Making a three-list appearance is also Anders de la Motte, whose Rites of Spring is No. 3 in audio, No. 4 in e-book and No. 9 in hardcover.
The official bestseller lists for week 17 in Norway see Hedvig Montgomery’s just published The Adolescent Years land the No. 3 spot in the nonfiction category. The Adolescent Years is the fifth installment in the Parental Magic series. Smoke Screen, the second title in Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s Blix & Ramm series, meanwhile nabs the No. 3 spot on the paperback lit, and the No. 2 one on the e-book list.
Erik Axl Sund’s Porcelain Dolls comes in at No. 7 on this week’s Der Spiegel bestseller list for trade paperbacks in Germany. This marks the novel’s eighth week on the German list.
Maj Sjöwall, our dear friend and beloved author, has passed away. Maj fought a lung disease for many years before losing the battle yesterday. The greatest pioneer of Scandinavian crime fiction and loved by readers across the globe, the world has lost a legend and a wonderful person. Our thoughts go out to her family and friends.
We will miss you so much, Maj. Your memory shall live forever.
Photo: Kiefer Lee
Jasper Lake has close to 20 years of experience from the TV industry, working mainly as producer and director. On the list of his numerous TV projects you will find Pluras Kök, Lyckliga gatan, Så mycket bättre and Klass 9A. He has won several awards including the RIA Producer Award for Lyckliga gatan and the Kristallen Award for Pluras kök.
In recent years, Lake has started moving more towards writing, building on and incorporating his aptitude for concepts and characters. In 2019, he graduated from the renowned Alma Löv Script Academy. As a screenwriter, Lake is especially drawn to drama and thriller, and stories about the friction that’s born between individuals and the collective.
Currently, Lake is working on his feature film Drakpojken and a TV series for Meter and Viaplay.
Fredrik Backman has honorably been selected as a recipient of the Helsingborg medal – the author’s hometown’s most prestigious award which is bestowed upon individuals who have contributed greatly towards the city. Previous winners include some well-known actors, journalists and politicians amongst others.
Spain, Duomo
Closed by Linda Andersson
UK, Bloomsbury
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Korea, Dasan
Closed by Emma Granberg
Netherlands, De Geus
Two-book deal closed by Tor Jonasson
Hungary, Libri/Helikon
Closed by Emma Granberg
Croatia, Znanje
Closed by Emma Granberg
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir transforms the story into a dark web of deception, where a murder must be covered up and fate strikes mercilessly more than once. Iceland’s queen of thrillers once again showcases her full skill.
– Kulturnews
This is, in fact, absolutely, absolutely wonderful!
– Sveriges Radio
The villain in Antti Tuomainen’s new novel could have stepped straight out of a Martin Scorsese film or The Sopranos by David Chase. (…) Witty, surprising aphorisms, absurd humour, and vividly portrayed Finnish summer nights give way to bursts of action.
– Helsingin Sanomat
Needless to say, this is really good; Nesbø is a star /…/ At the same time as we are served great suspense, [Nesbø] depicts a nation on the downfall with colossal class divides, hatred and lies, and escalating access to weapons with consequential severe violence.
– Kapprakt
There’s nothing more delightful than the new Saltkråkan.
– SvD
Diamonds and Rust is a story about wounds that never heal, about envy, betrayal and revenge, and about a crime so well and thoroughly thought out that it may never be solved. Not unless Hanne Wilhelmsen gets a chance to try.