Jo Nesbø has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the department of Archival, Library and Information Studies, of the University of West Attica in Athens, Greece.

Nesbø is being honored for his rich body of work, his contribution to literature, and the promotion of reading. The award ceremony took place today at the Conference Center of the Alsos Egaleo Campus. Professor Georgios Giannakopoulos handed over the award with a motivation which reads:

“Over the past 25 years, Nesbø’s dark, compelling novels, as well as his screenplays for film and television, have established him as one of the leading representatives of the genre. The narrative of his novels sustains the interest of the reader undiminished by skillfully balancing between tradition and innovation. Respecting the conventions of the genre, Nesbø carefully selects the characters of his stories, while placing the basic elements of myth, in a way that activates the reader with an invitation to participate. /…/ In his fiction, Nesbø examines the endurance of traditional values in contemporary evolving societies, where technological changes also have an impact in the world of crime. The speed of the narration captures almost cinematically the stressful and irregular situations that the characters face. In this way, Nesbø delimits the time frame within which the characters need to act and react. Therefore, redemption is not guaranteed, while murder seems more natural in the dark urban environment which is usually the background of his books.
Indeed, Nesbø is not just another writer of detective fiction, but he is in dialogue primarily with the tradition of social novel and secondarily with the psychological novel. This way, he manages to be faithful (in time and quality) to his audience and has evolved into an ambassador of reading, constantly gaining new readers of every age.”

Jill and Isabelle are half-sisters with a tight-knit bond. Isabelle relies on her younger sister Jill for a semblance of structure in her rootless existence, stemming from the void that her mother’s sudden disappearance during her childhood has left her with. Isabelle has in turn always had Jill’s corner and encouraged her to break out of her shell to pursue her dreams.

Then Isabelle goes missing. All evidence seems to suggest she has left on her own accord, but Jill refuses to believe it. She knows that her sister’s obsession with local true crime cases saw her investigate a disappearance of a young woman, could Isabelle’s own disappearance be linked to information she stumbled upon there? Jill initiates her own investigation that leads her to cross paths with a family that both intrigues and frightens her. Soon, she finds herself deeply entangled in a situation that will be hard to escape from…

Anna E. Wahlgren’s In Her Footsteps is an atmospheric and unnerving psychological thriller about unbreakable family ties and obsessions.

In the midst of Midsummer celebrations in Stenträsk, a body surfaces out in the mire. It is assumed to be Wiking Stormberg’s missing wife. But the body in the mire is soon identified as a man, and he didn’t die by drowning. Someone plunged a stake through his heart, nailing his corpse to the bottom of the mire. For Wiking, the discovery means a dizzying journey back into his family history. Before long, he can no longer be sure of what is the truth and what is a lie – or even, who he himself is.

Storm Mountain is the final part in the trilogy about Stenträsk in Northern Sweden. The novel is an epic drama with police chief Wiking Stormberg and his family at the center, but also the land itself, the river, and Storm Mountain.

The first two installments about Stenträsk, The Polar Circle and The Mire, were instant successes and became that year’s most critically acclaimed and bestselling books.

Here, Liza Marklund uses the stories she grew up with as a child. She writes about longing and secrets, and history’s ruthless exploitation of people and nature.

Katrine Engberg has been shortlisted for the 2023 Author of the Year Award by the Danish book chain Plusbog for her success with her two bestselling crime series, Copenhagen and Liv Jensen.

The winner will be announced at Bogforum in Copenhagen on November 3rd.

Milad Alami’s film Opponent is selected as Sweden’s submission for the Best International Feature Film Academy Award.

Opponent – which had its world premiere at the Berlinale earlier this year, and has been screened at more than 30 festivals – stars Payman Maadi, Ardalan Esmaili, Björn Elgerd and Arvin Kananian.

The acclaimed author Niklas Natt och Dag is back with a new epic and gripping series.

Year 1434: The Kalmar Union is cracking at its seams. From Denmark, Erik of Pomerania rules with an uncertain hand. A rebellion erupts in the north, led by the miner Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson. To his side, the young Måns Bengtsson is sent to win Engelbrekt’s trust to promote his family, which bears the coat of arms in gold and blue. At Göksholm’s castle by the shores of Lake Hjälmaren, he leaves behind his mother, father, and sister. One is lost in longing, another forges plans for the throne and crown, and one is given the opportunity to rise from her brother’s shadow.

In Hope and Destiny, Natt och Dag unravels the most infamous murder of the Swedish medieval era in the only way possible today: through fiction.

Niklas Natt och Dag is the fifteenth-generation grandson of Måns Bengtsson.

Kelly Gale is a Swedish-Australian actress and model of Indian descent. She was raised in Gothenburg, Sweden but lived in Ghana and Australia during her younger years.

Gale most recently participated in the coming Netflix film, Uglies, directed by McG. Previously, she starred opposite Gerard Butler in The Plane (2023), directed by Jean-Francois Richet. She was also featured in Enrique Iglesias’ music video for the hit single “Duele el Corazon”.

Gale is a Victoria Secret Angel and has posed for a variety of publications including: GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, and Playboy. She has also participated in numerous high level campaigns and walked runways for: Chanel, H&M, Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, Tom Ford, Jean Paul Gautier, Rag & Bone, Diane von Fürstenberg, and Vivienne Tam among many others. Gale has also been featured on the cover of French Revue des Mondes, and on editorials of Elle, Teen Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue India, and Lucky.

She brings a massive social media following as well, with over 1 million followers just on Instagram.

Netflix sets release date with first-look footage for the anticipated crime thriller series A Nearly Normal Family. The series is based on Mattias Edvardsson’s best-selling novel of the same name. Anna Platt and Hans Jörnlind are the series’ writers, with Per Hanefjord directing.

A Nearly Normal Family premieres globally on Netflix on Friday, November 24.

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David Sundin’s You Must Be QUIET Now! makes a splash as it enters the children’s books bestseller list at No. 1. Martin Widmark follows close behind at No. 2 with The Dinosaur Mystery, and Kristina Ohlsson’s Wheel of Fire keeps its placement at No. 4.