The paperback of Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry is this week’s No. 10 on the New York Times Best Seller List, returning to the list for the third week in a row. It’s joined by A Man Called Ove, which remains a steady No. 4 in its 17th consecutive week on the list.
Erik Axl Sund’s The Crow Girl has been hand-picked by The Observer as their Thriller of the Month. The Observer’s reviewer goes even further in his praise of the sinister thriller, saying it’s “very likely to be the most disturbing book you’ll read all year.”
Published on April 4 in the UK, The Crow Girl is a merged edition of all three books in the Victoria Bergman trilogy.
The award-winning film adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s novel A Man Called Ove has now been seen by over 1,7 million moviegoers in Sweden alone.
The paperback of Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry is No. 8 on the New York Times Best Seller List, returning to the list for the second week in a row. It’s joined by A Man Called Ove, which celebrates its 16th consecutive week on the list, this time at No. 4.
Kristina Ohlsson’s The Glass Children has won the Latvian National Library Children’s Literature Centre’s Award for best book in the category ‘Ages 11+’. The award, which now celebrates its 15th year, is handed out every February. The winning authors are chosen by the readers of Latvia, who can vote for their favorite after the candidates are announced by an expert jury. In 2015, 18.963 young readers and 680 libraries and schools participated in the vote.
Jo Nesbø is shortlisted for the most prestigious crime fiction award in Europe, The European Crime Fiction Star Award (The Ripper Award).
The award is handed out once every two years during the international crime fiction festival of Mord am Hellweg.
The European Crime Fiction Star Award honors a crime fiction author who has rendered outstanding services to crime literature in Europe. The prize will be awarded to a living contemporary author whose work testifies responsibility for crime literature in a special way, along with a lively and modern development of the genre. His/her work is of importance in Europe and/or has received significant reception.
The other nominees are Sebastian Fitzek, Arnaldur Indriðasons and Ingrid Noll. The winner will be announced in spring 2017 at the Mord am Hellweg festival.
In its 40th consecutive week on the official German bestseller list, the paperback of Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove has once more climbed to No. 4.
Dark As My Heart by Antti Tuomainen and The Caveman by Jørn Lier Horst are both shortlisted for the Petrona Award 2016 for ‘Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year’.
In their comments, the judges praise Tuomainen’s “mesmerizing” Dark As My Heart, saying that “Rarely has atmosphere in a Nordic Noir novel been conjured so evocatively.”
The Caveman by Jørn Lier Horst receives equal acclamation in the jury’s motivations: “Beautifully written, this crime novel is a gripping read that draws on the author’s own experiences to provide genuine insights into police procedure and investigation.”
The winning novel will be announced on May 21st, 2016. The award will be the fourth one handed out since the Petrona Awards’ establishment in 2013. Its previous winners are Liza Marklund (2013), Leif GW Persson (2014), and Yrsa Sigurdardóttir (2015).
The TV series Trial for Life created by Erlend Loe, Bjørn Olaf Johannesen and Per Schreider has received a staggering 7 nominations in the 2016 Norwegian TV Awards Gullruten. The categories are ‘Best TV Drama’, ‘Best script’, and ‘Best director’, to name just a few. The winners will be announced during the prestigious TV award gala, on April 27th.
To see all nominations please visit:
http://gullruten.no/gullruten/gullruten-2016#nominerte
http://gullruten.no/fagprisen/fagprisen-2016
The feature film The Pyromaniac depicts the story of an arsonist haunting a small peaceful village. An inferno lurks under the surface as a local policeman uncovers the shocking truth: the pyromaniac is the village fireman. The film, based on Gaute Heivoll’s novel Before I burn, was adapted for the screen by Bjørn Olaf Johannesen and directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg.
The Pyromaniac is set to premiere in Norwegian cinemas on 22nd of April.
Finland, Into Kustannus
Three-book deal closed by Tor Jonasson
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
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is a masterful plotter and accomplished stylist, with a storytelling style that echoes the Icelandic sagas. Once again, she delivers a gripping and enigmatic crime novel.
– Politiken
I could recognize myself in some of the scenes, and they affected me deeply. /…/ The book is also easy to get into. I was quickly drawn into the story and was very curious to see what would happen next.
– Sundsvalls Tidning
There are a lot of things to unravel in this pitch-black homecoming novel and Bengtsdotter succeeds really well in doing so on just under 300 pages.
– Göteborgs-Posten
It’s a powerful opening. In just a few pages, Selåker paints a portrait of a deeply flawed man on the verge of breaking point, while also capturing loneliness so vividly that the silence inside the house seems to scream from the pages. /…/ I’m looking forward to returning to the Wilderness Road and its surroundings, which Selåker portrays with a sharp eye in this dark and compelling first installment.
– Göteborgs-Posten
[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
Late at night, a doctor burns to death inside the closed forensic psychiatric institution Helix. The interrogations with staff and inmates are complicated due to patient confidentiality and psychotic illnesses. After another death in the same ward, Saga Bauer accepts a top-secret assignment.