’The Sleepwalker’ No. 1 in the Netherlands
The Sleepwalker, the latest installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, ranks No. 1 in the crime genre this week.
    The Sleepwalker, the latest installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, ranks No. 1 in the crime genre this week.
    Series Mania has unveiled its selection of titles which will be competing this year. A Life’s Worth, written by Mona Masri and Oliver Dixon, has been selected for International Panorama.
A Life’s Worth, which is inspired by Magnus Ernström’s autobiographical novel, explores the challenges facing the first Swedish UN battalion in Bosnia, as four young soldiers go on their first mission in 1993. The show stars Edvin Ryding, Johan Rheborg and is directed by Ahmed Abdullahi.
Series Mania takes place in Lille, France, from March 21 to 28.
    Pascal Engman’s No One, the seventh installment in the bestselling series about detective Vanessa Frank, ranks No. 1 on both the hardcover and e-book lists this week.
    Less than a week after its release, the Russo brothers’ adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s narrative art book, has become the No. 1 film on Netflix worldwide, with more than 25.2 million views.
The Electric State follows a young woman (played by Millie Bobby Brown) who embarks on a perilous journey across the robot-ravaged US, accompanied by a mysterious toy robot and a roguish smuggler (Chris Pratt). Together, they’ll unravel a mechanical conspiracy at the center of the American heartland.
    Lisa Ridzen’s bestselling debut, When the Cranes Fly South, ranks No. 5 in the fiction category on Bog og Idé, Denmark’s largest book retailer, this week.
    Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker, the tenth novel about detective Joona Linna, holds the No. 2 spot on the hardcover list for the second consecutive week.
    The highly anticipated The Electric State, the Russo brothers’ adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s international bestselling narrative art book, premieres globally on Netflix today, March 14.
Set in a retro-futuristic past, this epic adventure from filmmakers Anthony and Joe Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame), written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, follows Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown), an orphaned teenager journeying across the American West in search of her younger brother. Accompanying her is a mysterious robot and an eccentric drifter named Keats, played by Chris Pratt.
The film also features Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Woody Norman, Giancarlo Esposito and Stanley Tucci. Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Hank Azaria, Colman Domingo and Alan Tudyk join the cast in voice roles.
    The Ria Awards is initiated by the Swedish Film & TV Producers’ Association to promote the best creators in Swedish television.
Daniel Espinosa is nominated for Best Storyteller of the Year, for The Helicopter Heist. The series, produced by B-Reel, is also nominated for Best Scripted Program of the Year and Best Scripted Original Idea.
    The 1 Minute Film Short Film Competition at Stockholm Film Festival Junior is one of Sweden’s largest short film competitions for children and young people between the ages of 6-19. Entries from all over the country have been submitted to the festival and amongst these, three winning films will be selected in this year’s edition of 1 Minute Film.
This year’s exciting jury for the competition consists of actor Erik Svedberg-Zelman, actor Philip Oros and screenwriter Lisa Ambjörn.
The winners will be presented during the Stockholm Film Festival Junior awards ceremony on Friday April 11.
Registration is still open for competition entries with a deadline of March 25.
    Pascal Engman’s newly published No One, the latest installment in the Vanessa Frank series, enters the official Norwegian bestseller list at No. 1 on both the hardcover and e-book list.
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
            Those who have read and appreciated The Crow Girl trilogy will find the same creeping sense of unease in The Peacock Man. Erik Axl Sund excels at creating that unsettling atmosphere. The authors also have a remarkable talent for portraying wounded, broken individuals in a way that feels authentic. /…/ The greatest reward lies in the depiction of Mauritz Möller—pitiful, even repulsive, yet utterly fascinating to follow.
– Gefle Dagblad
            Rosenfeldt is undeniably a talented writer of suspense. I find Harvest Child a step above its predecessor.
– Göteborgs-Posten
            – Senioren
            – Västra Nyland
            The author duo writes with a constantly turned-on drive and creates scenes that are difficult to shake. /…/ [SON] is a book you’ll struggle to put down and once you finally do, you’ll have to pick your jaw up from the floor following an ending that hardly anyone saw coming.
– Göteborgsposten
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                
                                                        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.