Jens Lapidus’ The No-Go Zone has been shortlisted for the Dutch ThrillZone Awards 2022 for ‘Best Translated Thriller’.
The winners will be announced the 24th of December.
The ThrillZone Awards is awarded by ThrillZone, a fan-run literary blog in the Netherlands. The nominees are selected by the ThrillZone editors and reviewers.
Lars Kepler’s The Spider is back at No. 1 on the hardcover bestseller list in Sweden. Kristina Ohlsson’s Icebreaker is No. 1 on the paperback list, where it has ruled supreme for four weeks and counting.
The nominations for the Guldbagge Awards for the film year 2022 are out, and Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven is presented with seven nominations, including ‘Best Film’, ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Screenplay’.
The Guldbagge Awards Gala takes place at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 23, 2023.
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad’s highly inspirational life story and legacy keeps travelling the world; his awarded and No. 1 bestselling book I May Be Wrong is now sold to 30 territories!
In I May Be Wrong, the late Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, a former Buddhist forest monk, shared his hard-won insights into how one can live a more free and present life, improving one’s mental well-being in the process. Finding hope and beauty in the face of unfavorable odds, and drawing from his experiences of monastery life, where death was ever-present, he also reflected on what stood out as most important when things were coming to an end. Besides brimming with eye-opening perspectives, this life-affirming book further outlines helpful hands-on exercises we can use in our daily lives to find our inner peace.
Jo Nesbø’s international bestseller, Killing Moon, is back at No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for hardcovers this week. Killing Moon is the thirteenth Harry Hole novel.
Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest national newspaper, has announced a list of this year’s best crime novels which features and praises Erik Axl Sund’s Paper Souls, Anders de la Motte’s The Mountain King and Liza Marklund’s The Mire.
Matias Faldbakken’s Poor Thing and Anders de la Motte’s The Mountain King are two of the titles featured on Norweigan newspaper Verdens Gang’s “Best books of the year 2022” list for literature & fiction. The annual list is one put together by renowned critics by picking out their own personal favorite reads of the past year.
Photo: Kiefer Lee
Screenwriter and director Andrej Landin fell in love with filmmaking as a child and never looked back. His evocative and acclaimed short films have moved audiences around the world and his passion for creating unique and original concepts has always come naturally.
To pursue a career in filmmaking, Landin moved to the US to attend the prestigious Chapman University, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, where he graduated at the top of his class. His thesis film, Into the Silent Sea (2013), went on to screen at numerous Academy accredited film festivals, where it garnered more than 30 awards, including a student BAFTA for ‘Best Film’. This paved the way for several more acclaimed shorts produced in both Europe and the US.
Landin also has a background in advertising. As a commercial director he gained industry recognition for several commercials, and received a nomination at Cannes Young Directors. But having always dreamed of writing and directing for film and television, Landin decided to further polish his skills as a screenwriter at the renowned Stockholm University of the Arts. He now has several original projects in-development, including a TV series with Kärnfilm.
The August Prize winning The Details by Ia Genberg shoots to No. 3 on the official Swedish bestseller list for hardcover fiction. The No. 1 spot on the paperback list meanwhile goes to Kristina Ohlsson and Icebreaker, which places first for the third week in a row.
Johanna Holmström’s collection of bloodcurling short stories Lucid Dreams: A User’s Manual has been shortlisted for the Runeberg Award 2022. Holmström “explores the uncanny and ominous which exists in both society and in us” according to the jury, who also state that Holmström’s short stories move from the most unthinkable in the present, towards a fantasy future, where the border between utopia and dystopia is blurred.
Croatia, Ibis Grafika
Closed by Ida Schabbauer
Latvia, Zvaigzne ABC
Two-book deal closed by Ida Schabbauer
Netherlands, Bruna
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Czech Republic, Host
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Slovakia, Ikar
Closed by Emma Granberg
Italy, Nord
Closed by Federico Ambrosini
– De Telegraaf
Entertainingly enough the biggest emotions are here hidden within the smallest of actions, that are also hugely relatable. /…/ The questions it raises are many, the tone is light and the plot firmly down to earth – however flavoured with an astounding psychological insight.
– Familiejournal
Roslund builds an incredibly exciting story that kept me up way too long because I wanted to know how it ends.
– Expressen
Amazingly good, of course. /…/ [Some series] really are so incredibly good that you want nothing else but for them to continue.
– Kapprakt
The Devil’s Trick is, exactly like the other Hoffman & Grens novels, a really cleverly told story. With a combination of social engagement, psychological depth, and action, Anders Roslund shows who is the boss of suspense novels.
– Ljudboksklubben
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.