Anders Rydell has received a scholarship for his work in helping to spread knowledge about the Holocaust. The scholarship, which is handed out by Micael Bindefeld’s Foundation in Memory of the Holocaust, aims to support those who communicate, provide information, illustrate or otherwise convey knowledge about the Holocaust to a wider audience in Sweden.

During his research, Anders has found stories by survivors of the Holocaust that never been published in Swedish before and in collaboration with the Swedish publisher Novellix, they have chosen four of these stories and published them in a collection of short stories. Each scholar receives SEK 200 000 to enable the distribution of these short stories to schoolchildren.

This marks the first time that the Foundation’s scholarship is handed out to a literary project. The board’s motivation is the following:

2019’s scholarship is awarded to author Anders Rydell and publisher Novellix for their efforts to spread previously untranslated stories by surviving authors of the Holocaust. The texts are given life in an innovative way, offering snapshots of an otherwise almost immeasurable historical event. For the new generation of youths, these short stories will become a shortcut to knowledge, empathy, and a continued living history.

The scholarship was handed out yesterday on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day by Archbishop Antje Jackelén at a ceremony at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Among the attendees were the Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Löfven, and other ministers.

Julie Andem’s SKAM Season 2: Noora is No. 2 on Bog & idé’s YA bestseller list. Bog & idé is Denmark’s largest book retailer.

It was recently announced that CBS All Access has ordered the true crime drama Interrogation, created by Anders Weidemann and John Mankiewicz. CBS has now revealed that Peter Sarsgaard will play the detective on the case. Sarsgaard most recently starred in Hulu’s 9/11 series The Looming Tower.

Interrogation is based on the true story of a young man who was charged with and convicted of the brutal murder of his mother. Each episode centers on an interrogation taken directly from the real police case files. The series has an original format and will be experimenting with its release pattern. The first nine episodes of the series will be available to watch in any order, and the conclusive season finale will be released at a later date.

Weidemann is the first Swedish screenwriter to write and produce an American TV series based on his own original idea, and this news has garnered great attention in Swedish media.

Jo Nesbø and Stina Jackson each claim one No. 1 position on the official weekly bestseller lists in Sweden. Nesbø is No. 1 on the paperback list with Macbeth, and Jackson on the e-book list with The Silver Road. Jackson’s debut novel also claims two No. 2 spots on the paperback and audio lists. Lars Kepler continues to feature on the hardcover list with Lazarus, which is No. 4 this week.

Lars Kepler’s Lazarus, the seventh Joona Linna novel, appears at No. 5 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for hardcover fiction in week 2 (January 7-13th). The book is also No. 2 in e-book. This marks the novel’s twelfth week on the hardcover and e-book lists.

When Vincent is born, he is unique. He is the first child in history to have been born from a transplanted uterus.

The Road to Vincent is the story of Malin, who in her teens was told that she’d been born without a uterus, and would never be able to have children of her own. It’s the story of Claes, who meets the girl of his dreams but has to make the toughest decision of his life when he hears of her condition. It’s about Malin and Claes together and their refusal to give up on one another and their wish for a family, even as it takes them on a long and life-threatening journey into the field of groundbreaking medical experiments. The stakes are high, but if they succeed, not only will they have a family – they’ll be the first in the world to become the parents of a baby born from a transplanted uterus.

The Road to Vincent is also the story of the heroes behind the scenes: Ewa, who selflessly donated her uterus despite the risk the procedure entailed, and Professor Mats Brännström and his team, who in the face of nay-sayers, ethical discussions and repeated failure continued to pursue the historical medical break-through that would give new hope to childless couples all over the world.

Together, these iron wills created a miracle: Vincent.

Henrietta Westman (b. 1970) is a Swedish journalist with more than twenty years of experience in the profession. Throughout her career, Westman has written for several of Sweden’s biggest newspapers. The Road to Vincent is her first book and the true story of the miraculous medical break-through that resulted in the birth of Vincent, the first baby to be born from a transplanted uterus.

The official Swedish bestseller lists for 2018 have just been released, and the undeniable champion of the past year is Lars Kepler with Lazarus. The seventh Joona Linna novel comes in at No. 1 in three categories: hardcover, audio, and e-book. Not far behind at No. 4 is Jonas Gardell’s lauded In Memory of an Unconditional Love, a unique portrait of a woman and a mother who lived her own truth.

Niklas Natt och Dag’s long-running international bestseller The Wolf and the Watchman is the second most sold paperback of the year, coming in at No. 2 also on the e-book list. The No. 5 spot on the paperback list goes to the new bestselling phenomenon Stina Jackson and The Silver Road.

Last is the nonfiction category, in which Leif GW Persson’s Master Detective Willy: the Story of My Career comes in at No. 2. The beloved criminologist and author’s memoir also appears at No. 3 on the audio list.