The feature film-rights to Jonas Bonnier’s The Helicopter Heist, the novel based on the spectacular helicopter robbery that took place in Stockholm in 2009, have been acquired by Netflix on behalf of Jake Gyllenhaal and his production company Nine Stories. Jake Gyllenhaal is attached to star and Jonas Bonnier and Niclas Salomonsson will executive produce. The deal was brokered by Sylvie Rabineau at WME.

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Katrine Engberg is shortlisted for the Danish book fair’s BogForum Debutant Prize 2016 for her novel The Courser. The BogForum Debutant Prize is an annual award given to the best debutant author in fiction in connection with the book fair BogForum. This year’s BogForum will take place during November 11th-13th.

Bobbie Peers and Ingar Johnsrud both top the Norwegian bestseller list this week. Bobbie Peers’ latest children’s book, William Wenton and the Cryptoportal, is the No. 1 best selling children’s book. The novel is the second installment in Peers’ thrilling William Wenton series, which began with William Wenton and the Luridium Thief.

On the bestseller list for paperback novels Ingar Johnsrud makes his mark by coming in at No. 1 with his debut novel Those Who Follow. Those Who Follow is the first installment in Johnsrud’s critically acclaimed series about Superintendent Fredrik Beier and his colleague Kafa Iqbal.

Michael Katz Krefeld is the official winner of the Martha Award 2016. The Martha Award is the largest Danish bookseller Bog & idé’s annual prize in which the reading public are able to participate by voting for their favorite author. Earlier recipients of the award include J.K. Rowling and Jussi Adler-Olsen.

Sofi Oksanen’s Norma has been shortlisted for the Young Aleksis Literature Prize 2016 in Finland. The nominees for the prize are selected by a jury consisting of young Finnish readers, who each year pick their favorite authors and titles. The winning author will receive the Prize on October 29th.

Jonas Bonnier (b. 1963) is a novelist, screenwriter and journalist. He was the CEO & President of the Bonnier Group from 2008 until 2014. Jonas Bonnier lives with his wife and two children in Miami.

Michael Katz Krefeld has been shortlisted for the Martha Award 2016 in Denmark. The award, which was first handed out in 1989, is the largest Danish bookseller Bog & idé’s annual prize. After Bog & idé’s shortlist is announced, the reading public can vote for their favorite among the nominated authors. To cast your vote, click “Read more” below.