Pascal Engman’s No One, the seventh installment in the bestselling series about detective Vanessa Frank, ranks No. 1 on both the hardcover and e-book lists this week.
Less than a week after its release, the Russo brothers’ adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s narrative art book, has become the No. 1 film on Netflix worldwide, with more than 25.2 million views.
The Electric State follows a young woman (played by Millie Bobby Brown) who embarks on a perilous journey across the robot-ravaged US, accompanied by a mysterious toy robot and a roguish smuggler (Chris Pratt). Together, they’ll unravel a mechanical conspiracy at the center of the American heartland.
Lisa Ridzen’s bestselling debut, When the Cranes Fly South, ranks No. 5 in the fiction category on Bog og Idé, Denmark’s largest book retailer, this week.
Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker, the tenth novel about detective Joona Linna, holds the No. 2 spot on the hardcover list for the second consecutive week.
The highly anticipated The Electric State, the Russo brothers’ adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s international bestselling narrative art book, premieres globally on Netflix today, March 14.
Set in a retro-futuristic past, this epic adventure from filmmakers Anthony and Joe Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame), written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, follows Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown), an orphaned teenager journeying across the American West in search of her younger brother. Accompanying her is a mysterious robot and an eccentric drifter named Keats, played by Chris Pratt.
The film also features Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Woody Norman, Giancarlo Esposito and Stanley Tucci. Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Hank Azaria, Colman Domingo and Alan Tudyk join the cast in voice roles.
The Ria Awards is initiated by the Swedish Film & TV Producers’ Association to promote the best creators in Swedish television.
Daniel Espinosa is nominated for Best Storyteller of the Year, for The Helicopter Heist. The series, produced by B-Reel, is also nominated for Best Scripted Program of the Year and Best Scripted Original Idea.
The 1 Minute Film Short Film Competition at Stockholm Film Festival Junior is one of Sweden’s largest short film competitions for children and young people between the ages of 6-19. Entries from all over the country have been submitted to the festival and amongst these, three winning films will be selected in this year’s edition of 1 Minute Film.
This year’s exciting jury for the competition consists of actor Erik Svedberg-Zelman, actor Philip Oros and screenwriter Lisa Ambjörn.
The winners will be presented during the Stockholm Film Festival Junior awards ceremony on Friday April 11.
Registration is still open for competition entries with a deadline of March 25.
Pascal Engman’s newly published No One, the latest installment in the Vanessa Frank series, enters the official Norwegian bestseller list at No. 1 on both the hardcover and e-book list.
Photo: Saga Sig
Kristín Eiríksdóttir (b. 1981) is one of the most tone-setting and influential Icelandic authors of her generation. Her breakthrough novel A Fist or a Heart earned her the Icelandic Literature Prize and the Women’s Literature Prize, as well as a nomination for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. Her latest novel Tool similarly went on to receive prestigious accolades, including securing her second nomination for the Nordic Council Literature Prize.
This week, The Sleepwalker, the latest installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, ranks No. 2 on the hardcover list.
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
The Waste Land is a suspenseful novel with good tempo, and its menacing atmosphere is heightened by the setting descriptions and Sakka’s bipolar disorder.
– BTJ
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
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.
