As Amazon UK lists the Top 20 Most Sold Books of the Week, Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People can be found at No. 4 in the fiction category.
The trailer has been released for the awaited TV series The Congregation.
The Congregation is set to premiere on C More November 1 and then on TV 4 November 11.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama endorses Björn Natthiko Lindeblad’s I May Be Wrong with the following quote:
“With our potential to maintain a peaceful state of mind, it is possible to remain optimistic in the face of difficulties. Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, a former forest monk in Thailand, relates his experience of training to properly direct his thoughts which can benefit all.” – His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Photo: Ida Borg / TV4 / C More
C More has released the first photos of Aliette Opheim in her role as the Bride of Christ in the anticipated TV series The Congregation.
The six-part drama is based on the novel of the same title (orig. title: Knutby) by Jonas Bonnier. Bonnier also serves as screenwriter on the series, accompanied by head writer Fredrik Agetoft and episode writer Anna Platt.
The Congregation is set to premiere on C More November 1 and then on TV 4 November 11.
Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1795 continues to top the official Swedish bestseller list for hardcover fiction, keeping its No. 1 spot for the third consecutive week. Simona Ahrnstedt’s just published The Queen of the Night enters the e-book list at No. 4.
As Oprah Winfrey lists her picks for the 21 Best Translated Books of 2021, Sofi Oksanen’s Dog Park is featured on the list.
When the blues artist Nils loses his father, he’s unable to make it to the funeral. A few weeks later, Nils finally travels back to the small town, By, and the memories he left behind twenty-five years earlier. By is a magical place, with hop fields, mining pits and the eccentrics who live there.
It is also where Nils meets his aging mother again. Her and the butterflies she loves, butterflies which can camouflage themselves as dead leaves.
Tom Malmquist’s Dead Leaves is a warm and willful novel about finding your way home.
Jonas Gardell has been bestowed with Växjö Municipality’s Literature Prize in Pär Lagerkvist’s Memory 2021. The award was established in 2011 with the purpose of highlighting outstanding authorships in the spirit of Pär Lagerkvist and is handed out biannually. Gardell is praised with the following motivation: ”An authorship that with its strong anchoring in contemporary structures and historical roots alike, actualizes eternal fundamental moral issues and provides a voice to the vulnerable and those repeatedly rendered invisible.”
The award ceremony will take place on November 4th at the Växjö City Library.
Jo Nesbø’s recently published The Jealousy Man and Other Stories is No. 1 and Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1793 is No. 2 on the bestseller list for crime & thriller fiction in Russia.
Niklas Natt och Dag’s third and final part of the Bellman noir trilogy, 1795, stays put at No. 1 on the official Swedish bestseller list for the second consecutive week, claiming the top position in hardcover, audio and e-book this week.
Lithuania, Alma Littera
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Finland, Otava
Two-book deal closed by Ida Schabbauer
Azerbaijan, Alatoran
Closed by Emma Granberg
Romania, Editura Trei
Closed by Emma Granberg
France, Gallimard
Two-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Georgia, Karchkhadze Publishing
Closed by Emma Granberg
Thomas Enger & Johana Gustawsson weave together an appropriately thrilling narrative about violent death with a body language-expert at its heart. The ending is one hell of a hair-raiser.
– Senioren
With his blood-soaked thriller Wolf Hour, the Norwegian author Jo Nesbø has written the novel of the hour – set on what is currently the most crucial battleground in US politics. /…/
– Marcus Müntefering, Der Spiegel
Moa Backe Åstot draws on her own traditions – yet creates a universally understandable, quietly queer story.
– Queer.de
When the Cranes Fly South is a touchingly sad book that tells the story of how a person gradually loses everything. However, Lisa Ridzén’s impressively masterful debut reads even more powerfully as a moving plea for empathy.
– Deutschlandfunk Büchermarkt
In a world where disconnection is increasingly common, this book becomes a beacon illuminating the need for belonging and love.
– Cadena 3
‘It’s You I’m Writing About’ is a concentrated and lyrical novel about the first love. About betrayal, longing and daring to be yourself.