‘The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep’ tops the UK’s bestseller charts
Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep rules supreme on The Bookseller’s Children’s bestseller list, and holds the position of No. 2 on its UK Top 50 bestseller chart.
‘The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep’ featured on CBS News
New Author – Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin
We now have the pleasure of working with Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin and his worldwide phenomenon, The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep. Self-published, the book is currently No. 1 in the US, the UK, France, Spain, and several other countries. It is the first time ever that an independent author has topped Amazon’s best seller charts.
‘Midnight Sun’ No. 1 in Norway
Jo Nesbø’s highly anticipated novel Midnight Sun has gone straight to No. 1 on the Norwegian besteller list. The sequel to the groundbreaking Blood on Snow, Midnight Sun tells the story of Ulf, a secretive stranger seeking refuge among the native Sami and Læstadiansin of a small village in the far north.
Johannessen listed among 10 Nordic Talents to Track by Variety
Selected at Norway’s Haugesund Fest, Variety takes its pick of the Scandinavian elite, listing 10 Nordic talents you ought to know – among them screenwriter Bjørn Olaf Johannessen. Best known for the original screenplay of Wim Wender’s Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015), which played at Norway’s Haugesund Fest’s main program, he has also penned Erik Skjoeldberg’s coming drama Pyromaniac. The critically acclaimed comedy drama series Trial of Life (2014) co-written with Per Schreiner and Erlend Loe for NRK, was nominated for the 2014 Prix Europa and awarded the 2015 Golden Screen.
‘The Mine’ published in Finland
Acclaimed Finnish author Antti Tuomainen’s new stand-alone The Mine has now been published in Finland. Told in a beautiful language with shifting points of views and flashbacks, The Mine is a suspenseful crime novel filled with vivid characters and a breathtaking plot. But above all, it is the story of two men – a father and a son – and of the destiny of a family torn apart, only to ultimately reunite.
New Screenwriter – Anders Weidemann
Anders Weidemann (b.1971) is the creator and showrunner of the Emmy Award nominated TV series 30 degrees in February. His unique writing talent paired with an extensive knowledge about the TV landscape has resulted in award winning productions, such as The truth about Marika (Emmy Award for best interactive TV series 2006) and 30 degrees in February (winner of Kristallen for best screenplay, nominated for Emmy Award 2014), among other. On top of holding writing credits for numerous television productions and short films, Weidemann has also worked as Head of drama development at Jarowskij Sweden and as Story editor for SVT.
‘Midnight Sun’ published in Norway
The highly anticipated follow-up to Jo Nesbø’s Blood on Snow has just been published in Norway. Midnight Sun tells the story of Ulf, a secretive stranger seeking refuge in a small village in the far north. He claims to be there for the hunting. Among the native Sami and the Læstadians, adherents of an old-fashioned form of Christianity, he discovers a culture that is both hospitable and exclusive, helpful and unfamiliar. The village sexton, Lea, lends him a rifle and a hunting cabin, where the midnight sun keeps him awake as he restlessly keeps watch on the monotonous expanse of the Finnmark plain. Slowly it dawns on Lea and her son Knut that Ulf isn’t a hunter but someone else’s prey. And that the hunters are on their way.
‘Acquitted’ nominated at the Seoul International Drama Awards
Anna Bache-Wiig and Siv Rajendram Eliassen’s original TV series Acquitted (Frikjent) has been nominated in three categories at the 2015 Seoul International Drama Awards, including for the ‘Best Screenwriter’ and ‘Best Mini Series’ Awards.
The Sunday Times lists the 60 best thrillers and crime novels of the past six years
The Sunday Times has listed the 60 best thrillers and crime novels of the past six years. The list includes four of Salomonsson Agency’s authors: Liza Marklund (Borderline), Roslund & Hellström (Cell 8), Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Someone to Watch over Me) and Leif GW Persson (Falling Freely, as if in a Dream).