Following its publication in Germany last week, Glass Bodies has already climbed to No. 2 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list. Glass Bodies is the first stand-alone installment in Erik Axl Sund’s new Melancholia trilogy.
Photo: Sofia Runarsdotter
Bobbie Peers (b. 1974) made his mark on Norwegian film history when he in 2006 won a Palme d’Or for his Sniffer, written and directed by Peers himself. The award became the first of many milestones in the London International Film School graduate’s career as a director and film writer. 2015 has witnessed the multi-talented Peers’ debut as a children’s books author. William Wenton and the Luridium Thief is the first book in a forthcoming series featuring the code breaking whizz William.
Palme d’Or winning film director and scriptwriter Bobbie Peers makes his literary debut with William Wenton and the Luridium Thief, a novel for ages 8-12. A ticklish tale of mysterious disappearances and near-magical code breaking skills, William Wenton and The Luridium Thief charms its readers with a wondrous mix of wild adventure, wisecracking robots, and a young hero who might just be too clever for his own good…
When a savaged body is found in the waters outside of the governing party’s conference centre, the case lands on detective Julia Gabrielsson’s desk. Who is the deceased and why has somebody gone to such trouble to make sure the body is unidentifiable?
UltiMatum is an adrenaline-charged and suspenseful thriller set in a ruthless world where all means are permitted in the fight for power. It is the second, stand-alone volume in the series that began with MemoRandom.
The TV series Another Time, Another Life (2014), written by Sara Heldt and Johan Widerberg, has been nominated at the Prix Europa 2015 in the category ‘TV Fiction’. The series is based on the second installment in Leif GW Persson’s Story of a Crime trilogy.
Death of a Pilgrim (2013), the first part of the popular series, was also nominated for a prestigious Prix Europa in 2014. This too was written by Heldt and Widerberg, and was based on the best-selling novels by Leif GW Persson.
The award ceremony of this year’s Prix Europa will take place 23 October in Berlin, Germany.
SVT’s new comedy Vårdgården began filming this week. Created by Daniel Ottosson and Alexander Kantsjö and written by Daniella Mendel-Enk and Sara Young, the series centers on a private hospital owned by the severely dysfunctional family Leijon. The lead roles are played by Swedish stars like Loa Falkman, Jonas Malmsjö and Therese Andersson Lewis. The series will premiere in spring 2016 on SVT.
Anders Rydell’s The Book Thieves is the gripping examination of how the Nazis plundered thousands of private libraries on their march across Europe, effectively erasing the emotional and cultural heritage of an entire people. It is also the chilling story of how these books were turned on their former owners, and used by the Nazis to justify the planned genocide of Europe’s Jewish population.
The night of 10 May 1933, the squares and streets of Germany are illuminated by the flames of innumerable bonfires. At Berlin’s Opernplatz 40,000 people have gathered to listen to the Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels. In front of his audience he declares the end of the Weimar Republic’s decadent cultural lifestyle. Books by Marx, Mann, Brecht and Hemingway all fall victim to the flames.
In the shadows of the book burnings lies another, less known story – the story of how the Nazis plundered thousands of libraries on their march across Europe. The Book Thieves is Anders Rydell’s gripping examination of this methodical looting and its tragic consequence: the erasure of an entire people’s emotional and cultural heritage.
A bomb goes off in the Islamic Council’s building in Oslo, killing several of the Council’s members. The Police and Security Service suspect an Islamist organization to be behind the attack; a feeling that only grows stronger when yet another, bigger explosion rocks the capital.
Offline is the ninth and penultimate book in Anne Holt’s series about Hanne Wilhelmsen.
IFC Films has acquired the 3D car crash drama Every Thing Will Be Fine, written by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen and directed by Wim Wenders. The film will have its North American premiere in Toronto and stars James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rachel McAdams and Marie-Josée Croze.
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.