It’s now official that Karin Arrhenius, the screenwriter behind the critically acclaimed The Girl (2009), is working on a new feature film. There’s Nothing to Be Afraid of (Det finns inget att vara rädd för) will be produced by B-Reel Films and directed by Swedish filmmaker Johan Renck, and follows Jonathan, a 16-year-old belonging to the Swedish Christian fundamentalist cult Livets Ord. It is a coming-of-age romance that will center on the love relationship between two teenagers. There's Nothing to Be Afraid of is set to begin filming at the end of 2017.

Roslund & Thunberg’s The Sons, the stand-alone sequel to the award-winning and internationally acclaimed The Father, is No. 3 on the Swedish official bestseller list for hardcover fiction this month.

A Man Called Ove remains No. 1 on all the regional independent bestseller lists in the US this week. The novel holds its position also on the New York times Best Seller List, where it comes in at No. 2. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry likewise stays at No. 4.

Oscar Söderlund was recently a guest on the Swedish podcast Framgångar och Motgångar (Success and Setbacks) where he was interviewed about his success as a screenwriter and his interest for film and television. The result is an honest and interesting discussion with an approach to create a more unobstructed Swedish TV- and film climate.

The podcast can be found on iTunes, as well as by clicking the Read more link below.
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Operation Pirate, the eleventh installment in Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series, is finally out in Norwegian bookstores!

During a beachside investigation Tiril and Oliver happen across a strange, old tin platter buried deep in the sand. The platter turns out to have belonged to the notorious pirate Timian Blest, and when it is stolen just days later the detectives understand that they’re onto something big. Might the thief know where Timian Blest’s treasure is hidden? And what does the platter have to do with it? Detective Agency no. 2 will have to draw on everything they have to solve this mystery!

This January the official Norwegian bestseller list for children’s books features both the Detective Agency No. 2 and William Wenton series. The tenth installment in Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2, Operation Ghost, comes in at No. 2, and Bobbie Peers’ William Wenton and the Cryptoportal at No. 5.

Hjorth & Rosenfeldt hold three of the top five spots on the official Norwegian bestseller list for paperback books. At No. 2 is The Silent Girl, the fourth installment in the Sebastian Bergman series. The novel is closely followed by book two and three in the series: The Man Who Watched Women at No. 4, and The Man Who Wasn’t There at No. 5.

Victim Without a Face, Stefan Ahnhem’s debut novel and the first installment in the Fabian Risk series, has been shortlisted for Lubimyczytac’s Book of the Year Award 2016 in the ‘Crime, Mystery, Thriller’ category. Lubimyczytac is the Polish equivalent of Goodreads, an online community where readers can share reviews and receive recommendations. The winners of the Lubimyczytac’s Book of the Year Award will be chosen by this community in an online vote, open till February 28th.

Only three days after its publication, Lars Kepler’s The Rabbit Hunter went straight to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for hardcover fiction in Denmark. The Rabbit Hunter is the sixth novel in the series about Joona Linna.