‘Beartown’ and ‘Us Against You’ awarded the LiveLib Readers’ Choice Awards 2019
Fredrik Backman has won the Russian LiveLib Readers’ Choice Award 2019 in two categories. Beartown has won ‘Best Translated Fiction’ and Us Against You has won ‘Most Anticipated Novel’. LiveLib is the biggest readers portal in the country.
Trailer release for ‘Witch Hunt’
Siv Rajendram Eliassen and Anna Bache-Wiig’s latest TV-series creation, Witch Hunt, is the story of how one single action can trigger a scandal of national proportions with consequences reaching as far up as Norway’s elite. With a focus on power struggles and corruption, Rajendram Eliassen and Bache-Wiig delve deep into the psychological, relational and political consequences of whistleblowing.
Witch Hunt is produced by Miso Film Norway and will premiere on TV 2 Norway in early 2020.
Click “Read more” to watch the trailer.
The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
Niklas Natt och Dag’s long-running bestseller 1794 lands the No. 1 spot on the hardcover bestseller list for week 48.
Photo: Kiefer Lee
New single from Kleerup
Today Kleerup releases a new single featuring the Swedish duo Rebecca & Fiona. The single, titled I Need Love, is the second one from the forthcoming album _2_, due for release in February 2020. The album will include collaborations with both Swedish and international artists and will be Kleerup’s first solo in over 10 years.
Earlier this year Kleerup released his first new single from the album, with vocals from the UK band AlunaGeorge.
The November bestseller lists in Sweden
The official Swedish bestseller lists for November see Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1794 appear at No. 3 in hardcover, and No. 5 in e-book. Anders de la Motte’s Dead of Winter claims the No. 3 spot on the paperback list.
The weekly Norwegian bestseller lists
The official bestseller lists for week 48 see Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s Death Deserved appear at No. 4 on the paperback list, while Stefan Ahnhem’s X Ways to Die is No. 4 in e-book.
The November bestseller list for children’s fiction in Norway
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes are the undefeated champions of the official bestseller list for children’s fiction in Norway, claiming the top spot also on the latest monthly list. The No. 1 title of November is their latest Christmas short story, The Search for the Snowflake, featuring another adventure with the Detective Agency No. 2 duo Tiril and Oliver. Operation Radius, the sixteenth installment in the Detective Agency series, meanwhile lands the No. 2 spot on the list.
‘The Fallout’ No. 3 in Iceland
The Fallout, Yrsa Sigurdardóttir’s sixth novel about Freyja & Huldar, is No. 3 on the official Icelandic bestseller list this month.
‘Stray Bullets’ shortlisted for the Great Audiobook Award – Mofibo Awards
Katrine Engberg’s thrilling novel Stray Bullets is nominated for the Great Audiobook Award – Mofibo Awards in the category ‘Best Crime and Suspense’. Mofibo Awards is the first ever audiobook award in Denmark. The winners will be presented on February 26, 2020. To vote, click “Read more” below.
The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1794, the sequel to The Wolf and the Watchman, is No. 2 on the hardcover bestseller list in Sweden. The novel also comes in at No. 4 in e-book.