Jo Nesbø’s Rat Island and Other Stories claims the No. 4 spot on the official list of the best crime fiction in the Netherlands for the second consecutive week.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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’s Sarek features on the official list for fiction in Sweden for the third consecutive week, claiming the No. 4 spot.
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.
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.
North Macedonia, Antolog
Closed by Emma Granberg
Norway, Cappelen Damm
Two-book deal closed by Tor Jonasson
Slovenia, HKZ
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Germany, HarperCollins
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Italy, Mauri Spagnol / Tre60
Closed by Julia Angelin
Taiwan, Athena Press
Closed by The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Emma Granberg
Beyond the Bridges may be a work of literary fiction and not a crime novel, but being the driven author she is, Kristina Ohlsson can’t resist crafting an intricate and gripping plot…
– DAST Magazine
The book is, unsurprisingly, well written. After all, we are dealing with two of crime fiction’s leading authors. The narrative moves along smoothly and effortlessly, carrying the reader toward a final resolution that is dramatic, unsettling, and a little unexpected.
– Nettavisen
– Mål & Medel
It’s incredible how Swedish author Moa Herngren manages with each book to portray familial grievances from such different perspectives that you believe every character’s feelings and even identify with them. (…) Enlightening!
– Donna
Moa Herngren transports the reader from one perspective to another and does it so skillfully that the reader is almost left shivering with emotions. A stunningly beautiful family portrait!
– Kotiliesi
‘Elizabeth the Third’ is a contemporary novel infused with suspense, delving into family relationships, the search for belonging, and a toxic friendship that changes everything.
