Jo Nesbø’s thirteenth installment in the Harry Hole series, Killing Moon, shoots to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for paperbacks in Sweden.
Jo Nesbø’s thirteenth installment in the Harry Hole series, Killing Moon, was just published in paperback in the UK and entered the official bestseller list for paperback fiction at No. 1 this week.
Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger claim the top spot on Norway’s 2023 bestseller list with Victim, their fifth Blix & Ramm novel. Horst then makes a second showing in the top ten with The Traitor, which features at No. 4. Also appearing twice in the top ten is Jo Nesbø, with Killing Moon at No. 3, and The Night House at No. 8. A non-Norwegian author in the top is Anders de la Motte, whose The Mountain King comes in at No. 6. The highest-placing female writer is Anne Holt, with Twelve Untamed Horses at No. 9.
Moa Backe Åstot’s Fire From the Sky has been named a Printz Honor Book 2024. The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature is an annual award, honoring the best book written for teens, based on its literary merit. In addition, the committee presents four honor books each year. The award is given by the Young Adult Library Association, a division of the American Library Association.
The committee’s motivation reads as follows:
“A member of the Sámi people in Sweden, Ánte wants to preserve his birthright of traditional reindeer herding. However, he worries his emerging romantic feelings for his best friend, Erik, put him at irreconcilable odds with his community and culture. Stark, atmospheric prose invokes an introspective look into individuality within community.”
The Danish audio and e-book service Mofibo has announced this year’s nominees in the Mofibo Awards. Competing for the title of Best Translated Fiction is Liza Marklund’s Storm Mountain and Jo Nesbø’s Killing Moon.
To cast your vote, click “Read more” below. The winner will be announced on March 14th.
Photo: Nikolaj Møller/Nordisk Film
Award-winning director Gustav Möller’s prison drama Sons will be celebrating the world premiere in the International Competition strand of the Berlinale and is one out of two selected Danish films to be screened at the prestigious festival.
Möller’s prison drama follows Eva, an idealistic prison officer (played by Sidse Babett Knudsen), who is faced with the dilemma of her life when a young man from her past is transferred to the prison where she works. Here begins an unsettling psychological thriller, where Eva’s sense of justice puts both her morality and future at stake.
Sons is written by Gustav Möller and Emil Nygaard Albertsen and produced by Lina Flint for Nordisk Film with funding from the Danish Film Institute.
SF Studios has announced that a new feature film about The JerryMaya Detective Agency will premiere in movie theaters this fall. The movie is based on Martin Widmark and Helena Willis’ exceptionally popular book series of the same name, now featuring a new, adventurous mystery.
Tina Mackic is once again set to direct, and Maria Nohra can be found among the cast members, playing a significant role.
Filming for The JerryMaya Detective Agency – The Mascot Who Disappeared will begin in March, and the premiere date has been set to October 2024.
Photo: Gabriel Liljevall
Lisa Ridzén (b.1988) is a doctoral student in sociology, researching masculinity norms in the rural communities of the Swedish far north, where she herself was raised and now lives in a small village outside of Östersund. The idea for her heartrending debut When the Cranes Fly South came from the discovery of notes her Grandfather’s care team had left the family as he neared the end of his life. She began penning the novel whilst attending Långholmen Writer’s Academy.
Lars Kepler’s The Spider shot to No. 1 in paperback this holiday season, and stays at No. 1 also this week.
The Surge, Yrsa Sigurdardóttir’s third novel in the Black Ice series, stays firmly put at No. 2 also on the December bestseller list for all genres. Jo Nesbø’s Killing Moon meanwhile climbs to the top of the translated fiction list.
Slovakia, Ikar
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Italy, Nord
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Czech Republic, Metafora
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Latvia, Zvaigzne
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Finland, WSOY
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Lithuania, LWU Publishers
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The disastrous atmosphere and the vivid characters make your skin crawl with a Patricia Highsmith-like sense of unease
– Dagens Nyheter
Kari is a memorable heroine, and Gustawsson and Enger bring the proceedings to a stunning crescendo.
– Publishers Weekly
You’ll need tissues for this moving story. (…) A powerful read about righting wrongs before it’s too late.
– Good Housekeeping
Limns the volatile peaks and valleys and emotional quicksand of adolescence with compassion and wry humor.
– Kirkus Reviews
Ulf Kvensler is a master at maintaining suspense and introducing new and unexpected twists right up to the final page. He’s also an expert at portraying ordinary people in everyday situations.
– Alingsås Tidning
A touching and poignant tale of an aging father and his middle-aged daughter, exploring themes of nurturing and reconciliation, and the profound layers of life often hidden from those closest to us – a story about love, and about making things right, before it’s too late.
