
‘It Takes Two’ nominated for the British Academy Game Awards
The spectacular, creative and lauded video game It Takes Two has received a staggering nine nominations for the 2022 British Academy Game Awards, including ‘Best Game,’ ‘Artistic Achievement,’ ‘Narrative,’ ‘Original Property’ and ‘Game Beyond Entertainment.’
The Bafta Game Awards have been recognizing the cultural impact of games since 2004 and the awards are arguably the most prestigious in the gaming industry.
It Takes Two is written by Soni Jorgensen together with game director Josef Fares.

‘Rat Island and Other Stories’ No. 1 in Hungary
Jo Nesbø’s story collection Rat Island and Other Stories has gone straight to No. 1 on the Hungarian bestseller list upon publication.

Arvin Kananian joins Salomonsson Agency
Filmmaker Arvin Kananian grew up in Stockholm, Sweden and in Yokohama, Japan. In his late teenage years he moved to the UK to study law, but instead found his calling for acting and began studying Sanford Meisner and Lee Strasberg’s methods at acting schools in London and Stockholm. Kananian quickly made a name for himself in the Swedish film and TV business, becoming well known for his memorable performances in awarded and acclaimed feature films and TV shows such as Aniara (2018) and Caliphate (2020). His upcoming acting projects include Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness and Swedish Television’s Christmas Calendar.
Having worked in front of the camera for several years, Kananian felt increasingly drawn towards filmmaking. He started writing and directing and in 2017 he debuted with his first short film Affect. The following years saw the premieres of his short films Tomorrow the Birds will Sing (2018) and I, Julia (2020). The latter was among else selected for the prestigious Telluride Film Festival.
Currently, Kananian is working on a project with production company Nexiko.

Björn Natthiko Lindeblad No. 8 in the UK
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad’s I May Be Wrong enters the Sunday Times Bestseller List for hardcover nonfiction at No. 8 this week in the UK.

Kristina Ohlsson on the Norwegian bestseller lists
Kristina Ohlsson’s Icebreaker comes in at No. 5 in e-book and No. 7 in hardcover on this week’s official bestseller lists in Norway, meanwhile Storm Watch grabs the No. 3 spot on the paperback list.

Heine Bakkeid No. 1 in Iceland
Just published in Iceland, Heine Bakkeid’s third Thorkild Aske installment We Shall Not Awaken goes straight to No. 1 on the bestseller lists for all books and formats of leading book retailer Eymundsson.

Jørn Lier Horst on this week’s bestseller lists in Denmark
Jørn Lier Horst’s A Will To Serve claims two spots on this week’s bestseller list for Saxo, Denmark’s biggest online book retailer. The book comes in as No. 1 on the list for e-books and No. 3 for audiobooks.

‘Bäckström Season 2’ premiere on C More
The second season of hit crime drama Bäckström premieres today, February 28, on C More and subsequently on TV 4 March 8.
Murder isn’t often good news. But Detective Sergeant Evert Bäckström (Kjell Bergqvist) can’t help but rejoice when he is told that Thomas Eriksson, a celebrity lawyer and his rival, has been killed. Bäckström’s good mood is however spoiled when he is assigned to the frustrating case and finds the list of people who wanted Eriksson dead to be endless.
Bäckström Season 2, directed by Andreas Öhman and Manuel Concha and written by Jonathan Sjöberg and Dennis Magnusson, is based on the novel The Sword Of Justice by acclaimed author Leif GW Persson.

Jørn Lier Horst No. 1 in France
Jørn Lier Horst’s The Katharina Code, just published in paperback in France, is No. 1 on the French bestseller list for crime fiction.

‘Fandango Calling’ published in Sweden
Ever since his arrest in Israel in 1979, the name Stig Bergling has been synonymous to espionage. He has been portrayed as a master spy and a true original. A lady’s man, married many times over but never to the love of his life. Time after time, he eluded Swedish justice, not least through the spectacular prison escape in October 1987.
But was Stig Bergling the spy all that successful? Who benefited from his escapades and who was sacrificed in order for him to gain his freedom? Jonas Bonnier’s skillfully constructed novel Fandango Calling challenges the myth surrounding Bergling and invites the reader to a breathtaking adventure in the bizarre world that agents live and work in.