Jørn Lier Horst’s The Katharina Code has been shortlisted for the Petrona Award 2019 for ‘Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year’.

The judges praise the novel, calling it a “finely plotted thriller with a strong sense of unresolved justice.” They also give the following glowing review of Horst’s novels about William Wisting: “Horst’s ‘William Wisting’ novels are distinguished by their excellent characterisation and strong plots.”

The Petrona Award’s winner will be announced on May 11th during the annual international crime fiction convention CrimeFest, held in Bristol.

Fredrik Backman is back with this year’s rowdiest novel.

Anxious People is an unreasonably riotous comedy about a hostage drama during an open house. A failed bank robber locks themselves in with an over-enthusiastic real estate agent, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a pregnant woman, a suicidal multi-millionaire and a damn rabbit. In the end the robber gives up and lets everyone go, but when the police storm the apartment it is…empty.

In a series of dysfunctional testimonies afterwards, the witnesses all tell their version of what really happened, whereupon a classic puzzle mystery develops around the questions: How did the robber manage to escape? Why is everyone so angry? And: What is WRONG with people these days?

Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s A Higher Justice is No. 4 on the Dutch hardcover bestseller list for crime fiction this week.

Sofia Lundberg’s second novel, the heartwarming and moving A Question Mark Is Half a Heart, has been nominated for the Feel Good Festival’s Feel Good Novel of the Year Award. The award will be handed out in connection with the festival, which will take place on August 10th in Mariefred, Sweden.

Readers will be able to vote for their favorite until June 1st, when a jury will choose between the a shortlist comprised of four titles. To vote for your favorite title, click “Read more” below.

Stina Jackson and Jonas Gardell have both been shortlisted for Bonnier’s Book Clubs’ Book of the Year Award. Jackson for her internationally bestselling debut The Silver Road, and Gardell for his In Memory of an Unconditional Love, the most sold literary novel in Sweden last year.

Bonnier’s Book Clubs is the home of five Swedish book clubs, among them the biggest one in Sweden. The winning book and author will be announced during the Gothenburg Book Fair. To see the list of the nominees and vote for your favorite, click “Read more” below.

Salomonsson Agency is greatly honored to have been entrusted by the Bergling family to represent the exclusively authorized biography of Tim “Avicii” Bergling (1989 – 2018), for publication worldwide in 2020.

Soni Jorgensen is a Swedish screenwriter with extensive international experience, crossing borders and genres. Jorgensen is particularly known for her skill in balancing drama with comedy and is also passionate about writing thriller/crime.

Jorgensen has worked as script consultant for numerous films, including the Swedish box-office hit As It Is in Heaven (2004), which was nominated for an Academy Award for ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ and sold worldwide. In 2015, Jorgensen worked as a dialogue coach on Fox’s TV Show American Horror Story Hotel for showrunner Ryan Murphy (The People v. O. J. Simpson, Glee, Nip/Tuck).

2019 saw the premiere of the feature film King of Atlantis, which Jorgensen co-produced. Jorgensen is also writer for a video game together with director and game creator Josef Fares, for Hazelight Studios and EA.

Wisting premiered April 11 on Viaplay and became an immediate success. It is the most viewed drama series premiere in Norway, beating all other premieres for Viaplay originals in the Nordic countries.

Wisting has also received great attention in Nordic press as a whole, and been reviewed in newspapers all across Scandinavia:

“[Wisting] has everything that the wider crime audience would expect and like.”
–NRK, Norway

“Wisting: A solid crime series with international potential. /…/ [Sven] Nordin is marvelous in the role of Wisting and plays him with an excellent mix of wisdom and weariness. /…/ Wisting has non-stop momentum from its first episode onwards.”
–Aftenposten, Norway

“Wisting has everything necessary to become this year’s big crime series. /…/ Series creators Kathrine Valen Zeiner and Trygve Allister Diesen have crafted a classic crime series with great audience potential.”
–Cinema, Norway

“Wisting […] is a sure winner. Jørn Lier Horst’s bestselling crime series about William Wisting has been made into a new, solid Nordic noir that will go right to the head of series addicts. /…/ We’re not just talking about excellent craftsmanship here; there’s also an embedded humor and a hint of welfare-society innocence.”
–Jyllands-Posten, Denmark

“[The series has] an intricate and riveting criminal mystery […], a brilliant Sven Nordin in the lead role, and satisfyingly frozen, atmospheric milieus wherein a variety of shady characters lure, and that radiates a Nordic, rural noir.”
–Aftonbladet, Sweden

Wisting is based on the best-selling novels of Jørn Lier Horst, and co-created and written by director Trygve Allister Diesen and Kathrine Valen Zeiner.

U – July 22 has since its premiere at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival received rave reviews and numerous prestigious awards and nominations. The New Yorker has now joined in the chorus of praise, applauding the film for its one-take concept among else.

“[The] combination of extreme subject matter, supercharged emotional stakes, and the one-take approach make for a transformative cinematic experience. /…/ They succeed in making us feel as though we are legitimate eyewitnesses to the action.”
-The New Yorker

U – July 22 is written by Anna Bache-Wiig & Siv Rajendram Eliassen, and directed by Erik Poppe.