Fredrik Backman has won the Russian LiveLib Readers’ Choice Award 2019 in two categories. Beartown has won ‘Best Translated Fiction’ and Us Against You has won ‘Most Anticipated Novel’. LiveLib is the biggest readers portal in the country.
Siv Rajendram Eliassen and Anna Bache-Wiig’s latest TV-series creation, Witch Hunt, is the story of how one single action can trigger a scandal of national proportions with consequences reaching as far up as Norway’s elite. With a focus on power struggles and corruption, Rajendram Eliassen and Bache-Wiig delve deep into the psychological, relational and political consequences of whistleblowing.
Witch Hunt is produced by Miso Film Norway and will premiere on TV 2 Norway in early 2020.
Click “Read more” to watch the trailer.
Niklas Natt och Dag’s long-running bestseller 1794 lands the No. 1 spot on the hardcover bestseller list for week 48.
Photo: Kiefer Lee
Today Kleerup releases a new single featuring the Swedish duo Rebecca & Fiona. The single, titled I Need Love, is the second one from the forthcoming album _2_, due for release in February 2020. The album will include collaborations with both Swedish and international artists and will be Kleerup’s first solo in over 10 years.
Earlier this year Kleerup released his first new single from the album, with vocals from the UK band AlunaGeorge.
The official Swedish bestseller lists for November see Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1794 appear at No. 3 in hardcover, and No. 5 in e-book. Anders de la Motte’s Dead of Winter claims the No. 3 spot on the paperback list.
The official bestseller lists for week 48 see Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s Death Deserved appear at No. 4 on the paperback list, while Stefan Ahnhem’s X Ways to Die is No. 4 in e-book.
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes are the undefeated champions of the official bestseller list for children’s fiction in Norway, claiming the top spot also on the latest monthly list. The No. 1 title of November is their latest Christmas short story, The Search for the Snowflake, featuring another adventure with the Detective Agency No. 2 duo Tiril and Oliver. Operation Radius, the sixteenth installment in the Detective Agency series, meanwhile lands the No. 2 spot on the list.
The Fallout, Yrsa Sigurdardóttir’s sixth novel about Freyja & Huldar, is No. 3 on the official Icelandic bestseller list this month.
Katrine Engberg’s thrilling novel Stray Bullets is nominated for the Great Audiobook Award – Mofibo Awards in the category ‘Best Crime and Suspense’. Mofibo Awards is the first ever audiobook award in Denmark. The winners will be presented on February 26, 2020. To vote, click “Read more” below.
Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1794, the sequel to The Wolf and the Watchman, is No. 2 on the hardcover bestseller list in Sweden. The novel also comes in at No. 4 in e-book.
Finland, Aula
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Sweden, Wahlström & Widstrand
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Sweden, Wahlström & Widstrand
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Taiwan, Prophet
Closed by Emma Granberg
US, HarperVia
Closed by Senka Hasanovic
North Macedonia, Matica
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
– Sunday Times
The narrative [in The Night Voyager] is smoothly composed. (…) The crescendo, which doesn’t only involve one hell of a storm for the crew at sea, but also an inopportune labour of Helene (and not least Audhild) is masterfully juggled. You shouldn’t underestimate the claustrophobic qualities of a boat in a storm at open sea, or the fear in a first-time visitor to the maternity ward.
– Bok365
Diary of a Ditched Girl is a true ten./…/ A series that’s better than the book it’s based on.
– SR
Diary of a Ditched Girl is this fall’s must-watch Swedish TV show.
– DN
The chemistry between Amanda and her main friendship group is refreshingly authentic, with writers Moa Herngren and Tove Eriksen Hillblom doing a fantastic job of capturing the pitfalls of modern dating.
– Nordic Watchlist
Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he’s got left. Fortunately he still has his beloved elkhound Sixten for company, only now his son insists upon taking the dog away. The very same son that Bo is wanting to mend his relationship with before his time is up.