
‘The Queen of the Night’ and ‘Death Goes Antiquing’ longlisted for 2022 Feelgood of the Year award
Simona Ahrnstedt’s novel The Queen of the Night and Anders de la Motte and Måns Nilsson’s cozy crime novel Death Goes Antiquing have been longlisted for the Swedish Feelgood Festival’s award Feelgood of the Year 2022.
To see the list of the nominees and vote for your favorite, click “Read more” below.

Grandin awarded with City of Stockholm’s Culture Scholarship
Philomène Grandin is awarded the City of Stockholm’s Culture Scholarship 2022 for her debut Don’t Forget Me.
The motivation reads as follows: “In her debut, Philomène Grandin portrays the relationship between a child and a beloved father beyond upbringing, fame and illness. It revolves around a proud cultural figure in Stockholm that has meant so much for so many. A dignified story about struggle and aging where that which unfolds cannot be stopped, but where love and friendship prevails.”

‘Corner Office’ to premier at Tribeca
Corner Office, the film adaptation of Jonas Karlsson’s acclaimed novel The Room, is to premiere at Tribeca Festival June 9. The story is about a compulsively meticulous bureaucrat who discovers a secret room. The story is a sharp depiction of everyday life laced with bizarre encounters and misunderstandings.
Corner Office is directed by Joachim Back and starring Jon Hamm.

Jørn Lier Horst No. 1 in Norway
The latest addition to the Detective Agency No. 2 series by Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes, The Search for the Camping King, sails to No. 1 on the official bestseller list for children’s fiction.

Nesbø No. 4 on the Dutch crime list
Jo Nesbø’s Rat Island and Other Stories comes in at No. 4 on the official list of the best crime fiction in the Netherlands.

Ahnhem and Theorin on the Norwegian bestseller lists
This week’s bestseller lists in Norway have Stefan Ahnhem’s The Final Nail claiming the No. 1 spot at the top of the official paperback list for the fourth consecutive week.
Johan Theorin’s Weathered Bones appear on the No. 3 spot on the official fiction list.

Ulf Kvensler No. 4 in Sweden
Ulf Kvensler’s Sarek features on the official list for fiction in Sweden for the third consecutive week, claiming the No. 4 spot.

Spotify releasing audio drama by Henrik Björn
Spotify and the climate tech company Planethon is letting research and art meet in a new audio drama project called Twentyseventytwo. Three prominent Swedish writers and film directors have written audio dramas that take place 50 years in the future and is based on research data and future scenarios from Planethon. Henrik Björn’s story Ragna, told by Gizem Kling Erdogan, is now available for listening on Spotify.
In Ragna we meet Liv who lives in the great primeval forest with her grandfather who teaches her everything he knows about the world around them. But one day he takes her on a journey that will completely turn her world upside down. When everything is revealed, she must start making new difficult choices about the future.
Two audio dramas are also written by Tuva Novotny (The Wild City with Edvin Ryding) and Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (Do not cry over your bees with Maxida Märak).
The project is released in connection with the Stockholm +50 environmental conference to help raise awareness of the climate crisis.

‘The Search for the Camping King’ published in Norway
Detective Agency No. 2 are on vacation. Tiril, Oliver and Ocho will spend the week at uncle Rasmus’ cabin in Sugarbay, but their holiday is soon interrupted. A thief is roaming the camping ground right by the cabin. Pool toys, camping chairs, diving equipment and decorations are among the things that have gone missing. Suspicion quickly falls upon the man known as the Camping King, as he’s got the largest camping van on site. Now he’s disappeared and Detective Agency No. 2 are right on his heels.
The Search for the Camping King is the ninth activity book in the Detective Agency No. 2 series. Along the way we get to take part in the solving of the mystery, just like in the other thrilling activity books from the Detective Agency No. 2 universe.

Stefan Ahnhem No. 1 in Norway
Stefan Ahnhem’s The Final Nail is No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for paperback fiction for the third consecutive week.