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.
Following its world premiere in the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival, Frida Kempff’s Knocking has opened in US cinemas to great acclaim. The movie will be released in Sweden on November 5.
Knocking, based on Johan Theorin’s short story Knocks, revolves around a woman who moves into a new apartment after a tragic accident and begins to hear a disturbing knocking, which sounds like a call for help or a message in Morse code. She confronts her neighbours as the knocking intensifies but it becomes clear that no one else can hear it.
“Gripping from first scene to last.”
– The Hollywood Reporter
“With Knocking, Kempff masterfully crafts the slow steady decline of a mind on edge. /…/ A real masterclass of building tension and character work. /…/ All will be kept on the edge of their seat.”
– The Hollywood News
“Knocking is a Aronofsky-like knockout.”
– Pajiba
“A stifling, claustrophobic nightmare. /…/ A smouldering slow-burn of a movie that will linger in your mind for some time.”
– Starburst Magazine
“A sharp debut. /…/ Strikingly atmospheric cinematography and an intense central performance.”
– Screen Daily
Finland, Johnny Kniga
Two-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini
Denmark, Modtryk
Two-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini
Czech Republic, Grada
Closed by Federico Ambrosini
Serbia, Laguna
Closed by Emma Granberg
Finland, Docendo
Three-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Lithuania, BALTO
Closed by Emma Granberg
The prose is brief and driven, which creates high tempo through the novel’s many twists. The War is a burning portrayal of society.
– BTJ
Salted Pearls is truly a wonderful historical gem! /…/ It’s fantastic throughout […] but the best part and what really stands out are the descriptions of all the food! One can tell it’s a star chef who’s written those parts. /…/ As I read, food-related memories rear their head…
– Boknjutaren
Fact and fiction are woven together into a wonderful, rich, fragrant tale about passion for life’s delicacies. /…/ Salted Pearls has everything one could wish for in a novel…
– Ölandsbladet
There is a sense of simultaneity in the narrative that brings it to life. /…/ The final resolution is bold, surprising, and highly dramatic.
– Dagbladet
Let it be said right away: this collaboration works. /…/ The storytelling is even sharper in the second book. /…/Revenge, old sins, broken paternal dreams, and carefully planted red herrings collide in a spectacular, breathless, and unpredictable finale.
– Fredriksstad Blad
Recently divorced and disillusioned by life, freelance journalist Desiree Swahn is handed a job by her new boss: to write a portrait of legendary star chef, Pierre Bernard. It’s an assignment far from the prestigious one she’d been promised. But Desiree and Pierre’s meeting will come to be more transformative than she could have ever imagined. Pierre Bernard’s life hasn’t only been filled with culinary accomplishments, but also passionate love and heart-rending sorrow. He takes Desiree on a journey through time, from the Grand Hotel in Stockholm in the 1920s, to Paris and a war-torn London, to a Budapest in upheaval, and the most iconic wedding of the century.
