The Winners, Fredrik Backman’s final installment in his beloved trilogy about Beartown, comes in at No. 1 on the official Swedish bestseller list for hardcover fiction this week.
The opera Innocence, with the libretto written by Sofi Oksanen, has been nominated for the Cultural Achievement of the Year in Finland. Innocence is also nominated in the category International Achievement.
Voting for Cultural Achievement of the Year will continue through November 9th, and the winners will be announced at the Culture Gala in Tammerfors on November 25th.
The just published ‘As You Sow‘ by Hjorth & Rosenfeldt enters the official German bestseller list for hardcover fiction as No.1.
Liza Marklund and Johan Theorin have both been shortlisted for the prestigious 2021 Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award for ‘Best Swedish Crime Novel’. Marklund is nominated for The Polar Circle and Theorin for his upcoming title Weathered Bones.
The winning author will be announced during the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Festival in Eskilstuna on November 19-21.
A round-up of the bestselling titles of July, August and September in Sweden has been released and it features Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt’s ‘As You Sow‘ in the No. 1 spot across all genres. As You Sow is the seventh installment in the Sebastian Bergman series. Hans Roslund’s stand-alone installment in the Hoffman & Grens series, ‘Trust Me‘ nabs the No. 3 spot.
As Amazon UK lists the Top 20 Most Sold Books of the Week, Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People can be found at No. 4 in the fiction category.
The trailer has been released for the awaited TV series The Day of the Lord.
The Day of the Lord is set to premiere on C More November 1 and then on TV 4 November 11.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama endorses Björn Natthiko Lindeblad’s I May Be Wrong with the following quote:
“With our potential to maintain a peaceful state of mind, it is possible to remain optimistic in the face of difficulties. Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, a former forest monk in Thailand, relates his experience of training to properly direct his thoughts which can benefit all.” – His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Photo: Ida Borg / TV4 / C More
C More has released the first photos of Aliette Opheim in her role as the Bride of Christ in the anticipated TV series The Day of the Lord.
The six-part drama is based on the novel of the same title (orig. title: Knutby) by Jonas Bonnier. Bonnier also serves as screenwriter on the series, accompanied by head writer Fredrik Agetoft and episode writer Anna Platt.
The Day of the Lord is set to premiere on C More November 1 and then on TV 4 November 11.
Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1795 continues to top the official Swedish bestseller list for hardcover fiction, keeping its No. 1 spot for the third consecutive week. Simona Ahrnstedt’s just published The Queen of the Night enters the e-book list at No. 4.
Sweden, Wahlström & Widstrand
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Iceland, Ugla
Closed by Miha Alvesson Due Billing
Sweden, Nordic Drama Queens
Closed by Niclas Salomonsson
Korea, Dasan
Closed by MOMO Agency on behalf of Miha Alvesson Due Billing
Spain, HarperCollins Español
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Brazil, Record
Two-book deal closed by Tassy Barham Associates on behalf of Miha Alvesson Due Billing
Horst captures the zeitgeist of our time with A Will to Serve […] when he places a spotlight on crowdsolving as a phenomenon. It makes the book particularly interesting.
– Litteraturgarasjen
Jørn Lier Horst is one of our absolute greatest crime writers. /…/ In A Will to Serve, all Wisting fans get their money’s worth.
– Tvedestrandposten
[As You Sow] is shrewdly and concisely told in short and effective chapters where the tension always comes close to boiling point. Beware, this will wreck your night’s sleep; you’ll want to gobble down this clever crime novel as soon as possible.
– Mariestads-Tidningen
I cannot help but to be impressed by the dramatic skill these two [authors] possess. /…/ It’s exciting from the get-go, and the thrills keep on escalating. /…/ This is an accomplishment that makes an eighth installment simply a must.
– Kristianstadsbladet
Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt are extremely skilled crime writers, they build up both plot and tempo with an elegance few others can muster.
– Dagens Nyheter
This is a small story about big questions: What is a family? What is a hockey team? What is a community? And what are we ready to sacrifice in order to protect them?
Two years have passed since the events that no-one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there’s something about this part of the woods that never really lets you. We are a town with sorrow in our heart and violence in the air, we love fairytales with happy endings, but deep down we probably knew this never was one. It begins with a storm, this time, and ends in fire. Someone who’s been gone a long time is coming home. Someone is laid to rest. Someone falls in love, someone dreams of the NHL, and someone dreams of revenge. Someone sleeps back-to-back with their best friend, someone tries to fix their marriage, and someone tries to save their children. Someone hates, someone fights, someone grabs a gun and walks towards the ice rink. All that we fought for won’t make it, all those we love won’t grow old.
So what is a family? A hockey team? A community? They are the sums of our choices. What are we willing to sacrifice in order to protect them?
Everything. Just that.
This is the final installment in Fredrik Backman’s beloved trilogy about Beartown. The Winners is a powerful, violent, and deeply loving end to the story of the small hockey town and its people.
