Lars Kepler No. 1 in Norway
The Mirror Man, Lars Kepler’s eighth novel about Joona Linna, is No. 1 also this week on Norway’s official bestseller list for paperbacks.
The Mirror Man, Lars Kepler’s eighth novel about Joona Linna, is No. 1 also this week on Norway’s official bestseller list for paperbacks.
The eight-part Norwegian drama series Nach (After Party) is co-created by Anne Bjørnstad, Head of Drama at Rubicon, Ernst De Geer and Mads Stegger. De Geer and Stegger are the series’ writers and De Geer is also directing together with Fanny Ovesen.
Nach follows university dropout Selma. After being thrown out of her share house, Selma moves in with her half-sister Elin and her boyfriend August, only to find herself growing increasingly caught up in her feelings for August. The drama unravels during eight very different after parties throughout the summer.
The coming-of-age drama Nach is produced by Banijay-owned scripted label Rubicon and will premiere on Discovery+ in the Nordics March 25.
Niclas Larsson is one of the nominees for The Directors Guild of America’s annual award that honors the outstanding directorial achievement in feature films, documentary, television and commercials of the prior year. Niclas Larsson is shortlisted for his commercials See the Unseen (for Volkswagen) and The Parents (for Volvo).
The winner in each category will be announced on April 10th, 2021.
Photo: Katrine Rohrberg
Danish screenwriter Maja Jul Larsen graduated from Denmark’s National Film School in 2007 and has since then made a rapid rise in the film and TV industry. She has worked on some of the biggest Danish TV dramas, including the international sensations Borgen, Follow the Money and The Legacy.
In 2020 Jul Larsen made her debut as creator and head-writer with the acclaimed and awarded Cry Wolf. The gripping family drama was an immediate viewer ratings hit, was lauded in the Scandinavian press and is now sold to over 40 territories. Cry Wolf was selected in competition at Series Mania, won a Golden Eye for ‘Best Drama’ at the Zurich Film Festival and won five awards at the Danish Film Awards including ‘Best TV Series.’ Jul Larsen also emerged as the winner of the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for her “outstanding writing of a Nordic drama series.”
Currently, Jul Larsen is working on Borgen season 4 for DR and Netflix, and developing her next TV series.
David Sundin makes another appearance at No. 1 on the official Swedish bestseller list for children’s books, placing first with The Book That Did Not Want To Be Read. The paperback list’s No. 1 meanwhile goes to Anne Holt’s A Necessary Death and the e-book No. 1 to Jens Lapidus’ The No-Go Zone.
Lars Kepler and Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger reprise their placements on last week’s paperback bestseller list, coming in at No. 1 with The Mirror Man and No. 2 with Unhinged respectively. The e-book list meanwhile sees two names making a comeback: Katrine Engberg with The Tenant, which places at No. 3, and Anders de la Motte with Rites of Spring, which places at No. 4.
The new crime drama Huss is a series of five films starring Karin Franz Körlof as the daughter of the iconic detective Irene Huss, the protagonist of twelve classic films based on the novels by Helene Tursten.
A fresh graduate of the Swedish police academy, Katarina Huss has just started her job patrolling the streets of Gothenburg. But there’s more to the work than just solving crimes, as Katarina will discover. Besides getting to know her new colleagues and the local community, she must also win the support of her mother, Irene, who isn’t convinced by her daughter’s choice of career.
Jörgen Bergmark is the director and writer of the series together with Anna Platt, Hans Jörnlind and Peter Lindblom.
Huss premieres March 19 on Viaplay across the Nordic region.
It’s now official that Hans Rosenfeldt’s When Crying Wolf has sold more than 100.000 copies in Sweden alone. For this achievement, Hans received the “Norstedtaren” – a trophy from his publishing house Norstedts.
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir’s The Prey is the winner of the 2020 Blood Drop Award for ‘Best Crime Novel of the Year.’ The Blood Drop Award is an Icelandic crime fiction award, annually presented by the Crime Writers of Iceland association and the winner becomes the Icelandic nomination for the Glass Key, an award given annually to a crime novel from one of the Nordic countries.
British daily newspaper The Times has compiled a list of the best thrillers and crime novels of 2021 so far. Featuring on the high-profile list are Katrine Engberg and Stina Jackson, with The Butterfly House and The Last Snow respectively.
The Times on The Butterfly House: “Original and absorbing. [Katrine Engberg] is a name to look out for.”
On The Last Snow: “A gripping novel, full of love and dread, that leaves you reeling when the killer of one of Sweden’s richest men is revealed.”
Latvia, Zvaigzne
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
India, Chaaya
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Greece, Patakis
Closed by Emma Granberg
Finland, Bazar
Closed by Julia Angelin
Spain, Salamandra
Two-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini
Czech Republic, Dobrovsky
Two-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Nesbø’s Kill Shot is so beautifully written. /…/ I sat and read until my eyes burned. Nesbø has a unique ability to shock and move at the same time
– Romsdals Budstikke
Nesbø at his very best! The new Harry Hole novel is just as intense, suspenseful and macabre as we could expect. /…/ The author has mastered the art of creating horror to the point of perfection
– Verdens Gang
Harry was a success also on the screen and Nesbø has learned a lot about the [film and TV] industry. There he found the inspiration for Kill Shot. /…/ And let there be no doubt whatsoever: the researcher phenomenon Jo Nesbø KNOWS film!
– Nettavisen
A blistering pace, witty dialogue and clever cliffhangers. /…/ [Nesbø] is a professional entertainment writer right down to his fingertips. /…/ Jo Nesbø once again shows his eerie flair for putting together an unexpected and suspenseful plot.
– NRK
Kill Shot is a delicious book to read.
– Aftenposten
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.