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.
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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.
Bulgaria, EMAS
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Greece, Memento
Closed by Emma Granberg
China, Beijing Science and Technology
Five-book deal closed by The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Ida Schabbauer
Poland, Smak Slowa
Two-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Lithuania, Pflaŭmbaŭm Publishing House
Closed by Emma Granberg
Germany, Hoffmann und Campe
Closed by Julia Angelin
[A] brilliant thriller. /…/ [Winter Grave] is unsettling, occasionally hilarious and constantly thrilling. /…/ I make no secret of the fact I’m a fan of Heine Bakkeid’s writing (…). Winter Grave is also dark noir on an elite level.
– Harstad Tidene
You’re the One I Write About tells a tale as old as time. But it does so with fire and not without finesse. /…/ The result is a book you can read during a free period, but will carry with you much longer. Why? Perhaps because Åstot succeeds in capturing exactly how words fall between young people in this moment.
– Expressen
The Clan /…/ is recommended for anyone looking for a hard-hitting, contemporary thriller that delves into themes of power, loyalty, and violence.
– Münchner Merkur
The most gripping thriller of the summer.
– Frankfurter Rundschau
Engman’s book is more than a thriller; it portrays a society in rules no longer apply, and power is wielded at will.
– Bremer Nachrichten
Machines are getting smarter while humans seem to have succumbed to brain rot. Tasks that once required human brainpower are increasingly being handled by AI. But what happens to our brains when we stop making an effort?