‘Anxious People’ nominated for a Polish Book of the Year award
Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People is nominated for a Book of the Year award organized by one of the largest literature sites in Poland, Lubimy Czytać.
There are 13 categories and awards in total, and Anxious People competes in the Fiction category. The nominated titles have been selected by the staff at Lubimy Czytać and are based first and foremost upon ratings, reviews and other user activity.
The voting will end February 28th.
Click “Read more” below to access the voting page.
Matias Faldbakken’s ‘Poor Thing’ – Shortlisted for the Norwegian Critics’ Prize 2023
Matias Faldbakken has been shortlisted for the 2023 Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, with his most recent novel Poor Thing. This prestigious literature prize has been awarded to a Norwegian author annually since 1950. The four nominees of each year are selected by the Norwegian Critics’ Association.
The jury’s motivation is as follows: ‘In Poor Thing, the language has a substance rarely observed elsewhere; it is sculpted with great inventiveness and curiosity. A tell-tale sign of good craftsmanship is that form and content work together, just like it does here, because this novel thematizes formation and learning to perfection. It illustrates how categories of loneliness and togetherness, culture and nature, break down in processes where we both reject and embrace different sides of ourselves and others. Both brutality and mercy are unpredictable forces in Poor Thing. Faldbakken explores how such forces continually affect the ways in which we operate, both as simple humans and as a collective.’
‘End of Summer’ Viaplay’s latest big thriller venture
End of Summer, based on the novel of the same title by Anders de la Motte, will be Viaplay’s big new thriller TV-series.
In the series, the main character Vera is played by Julia Ragnarsson, with Erik Enge playing the supporting role of Isak. Ragnarsson and Enge are joined by castmates Simon J Berger, Torkel Petersson, Per Ragnar, Linus James Nilsson, Anna Granath, Emelie Garbers, Henrik Norlén, Bahador Foladi and Vilhelm Blomgren.
Directors are Jens Jonsson and Henrik Georgsson while Björn Carlström and Stefan Thunberg are main screenwriters.
The six-episode TV-series will premiere exclusively on Viaplay later this year.
The third and final season of Scandinavia’s most watched TV-series of all time, Øystein Karlsen’s mega hit Exit has just had its first trailer released.
The Icelandic Storytel Awards 2023 Shortlist Announced
The nominees for this year’s Icelandic Storytel Awards have been announced. The Storytel Awards have been bestowed to highlight the best audio books of the year. The awards are granted within six categories: Suspense, Fiction, Non-fiction, Feelgood, YA, and Children’s books.
Among the nominees for suspense are Johan Theorin’sWeathered Bonesand Yrsa Sigurdardottir’sI See You.
We’re Just Trying to Have Fun by Hálldor Armand Asgeirsson is featured within the non-fiction category.
Simona Ahrnstedt’sHigh Risk is nominated in the feelgood category, whilst Martin Widmark’sThe Saffron Mystery is in the running for the children’s books award.
Readers will be able to vote for their favorite works, after which a jury will pick a winner among the three candidates with the most votes in each category.
Lina Wolff & Tarik Saleh shortlisted for Dagens Nyheter’s Culture Award
The much-esteemed Dagens Nyheter’s Culture Award features both Lina Wolff, in the literary category, and Tarik Saleh, in the film category, among this year’s nominees.
In the literary category, the jury argues that Lina Wolff’s The Devil’s Grip, without any mercy, drags the reader into the darkness. The temperature is at the heights of hell and the madness is eye-opening. It takes a master like Lina Wolff to turn such damage into an irresistible drama adventure.
Lina herself describes the process of writing The Devil’s Grip being “like writing with a razorblade between your teeth”
In the film category, Tarik Saleh is nominated for his film Boy from Heaven, which saw its world premiere at Cannes film festival this year.
The jury argues that Tarek Saleh takes us on a captivating voyage through the Sunni Muslims holy centre of power in Kairo, an isolated world which also becomes the arena for a deadly showdown between religious and secular forces. Boy From Heaven is a spiritual, riveting and profoundly original thriller drama.
Lars Kepler and Kristina Ohlsson the most sold of quarter four in Sweden
The official statistics for the fourth quarter of 2022 have just been published, and Lars Kepler’s The Spider is the clear winner, coming in as No. 1 on both the fiction list and the one for total sales. Kristina Ohlsson’s Dimmed Lights makes a formidable showing at No. 4 on the same two lists.
The star-studded cast has been announced for the much-anticipated thriller series Jana – Marked For Life. Madeleine Martin will portray Jana Berzelius, and is joined by castmates Johan Ulveson, Pernilla August, Moa Gammel, Sigrid Johnson and Suzanne Reuter.
The six episodes are created and directed by Henrik Björn and Felix Herngren. Daniel Sawka is head-writer together with Maria Karlsson.
The series is an adaptation of Emelie Schepp’s bestselling novel of the same name, and it will premiere on Viaplay in the autumn 2023.
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.
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