Before commencing his screenwriting career, Alexander Havelda graduated with a masters in international politics and political philosophy and began a path towards diplomacy. However, feeling increasingly drawn to storytelling, Havelda started working as a ghost writer for debate articles, and as a copywriter.

Meanwhile Havelda worked with Burkinabé-French filmmaker Dani Kouyaté for many years, learning how to write for film from him. He then decided to focus whole-heartedly on his screenwriting and has since developed and sold numerous projects to different production companies. In 2022, the comedy drama TV Series Korridoren premiered on C More, of which Havelda is creator and writer.

2021 saw the premiere of Havelda’s Czech short Can You Still Feel the Butterflies?, which has been screened at a multitude of festivals and exhibitions and won prestigious awards.

In his writing, Havelda likes to play with crude humor, balancing on the edge of what is taboo, often with an undertone of political and existential elements.

Havelda is currently working on two drama TV series with Unlimited Stories, a feature film with Jan Marnell and Right2Screen, and a comedy TV series with Toni Prince (Språk för alla).

NRK and Bell Media’s Crave has announced the primary cast of their hotly anticipated, original series So Long, Marianne, created by Øystein Karlsen, which tells the legendary love story of Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen, and his muse Marianne Ihlen. Alex Wolff (The Line, Hereditary, A Quiet Place: Day One) has been cast as Leonard and Thea Sofie Loch Næss (The Last Kingdom, Delete Me, A Storm For Christmas) will play Marianne. Joining them are Anna Torv (The Newsreader, The Last of Us, Mindhunter) as Charmian Clift and Noah Taylor (Preacher, Peaky Blinders, Game of Thrones) as George Johnston.

So Long, Marianne is written for the screen by Øystein Karlsen, who is also amongst the directors, and Jo Nesbø. Principal photography began on March 24 and is shooting in multiple locations including the Greek island of Hydra, Oslo in Norway, and Montreal, Canada.

Read the full article in Deadline by clicking ‘Read More’ below.

Alongside her writing, Simone Mørch Stjer (b.1986) has for many years worked in shelters for homeless women and youths. These experiences are reflected in her novels where she brings to the forefront the perspectives of the vulnerable, the individuals at the margins of society and those caring for them. In literary suspense novel Sunny Hill she portrays the sinister forces stirring beneath the calm façade of a nursing home.

Imagine a world without experts. A bit of a relief to do without all of the know-it-alls and mansplainers, right? But if all of the experts suddenly disappeared, you’d probably feel a bit lost. After all, the experts are the ones that lead you in the right direction. They’re helpful when you want to inspect a suspicious birth mark, get your driver’s license, or check the weather forecast for the weekend. During the last few years, a lot of people have turned to scientific authorities for definitive answers: just to discover that scientists sometimes bicker among themselves and can be wrong. So when should you listen to the experts? And what happens when they’re wrong?

The Expert Paradox shows that, even though it’s valuable to listen to experts, trusting scientific authorities blindly can lead to devastating consequences. Here, you get all the right tools you need to benefit from other’s knowledge in the best way possible.

The most sold authorships of the month of March in Sweden are Lars Kepler and Martin Widmark. Lars Kepler are the most sold hardcover fiction authors, featuring at No. 1 with The Spider. Meanwhile, Martin Widmark occupies three of the top spots on the children’s books list. First, at No. 1, is The Detective Mystery, followed by The Gold Mystery at No. 2, and The Library Mystery at No. 4.

This was just what Carl and Helene needed. A long vacation where they could reconnect with one another. They had just found their dream house in California, and swapped residences with a couple who would spend the summer in their Stockholm Archipelago-villa.

But as soon as they arrive to Santa Cruz, something feels wrong. Did the house really look like this in the pictures? And what does this other couple do in their home? Luckily, he has installed surveillance cameras in every room of the house.

Nothing but the Truth is Stefan Ahnhem’s highly anticipated stand-alone novel. A psychological thriller about how our dreams and fantasies can turn against us, to a point where we don’t even dare to trust ourselves. About how promises are made to be broken, and how the most beautiful of appearances can crumble by the great forces of passion.

The prestigious literary prize of the Vilhelm Moberg-Society is this year awarded to Sofi Oksanen.

The society argues that Sofi Oksanen is a tremendous author that takes great courage in discussing difficult issues and therefore is an obvious winner. She is one of the most influential and important contemporary authors, not least due to her ability to illustrate hardship and different forms of oppression.

The Vilhelm Moberg-Society Prize is awarded annually on April 6^th, and the ceremony takes place August 19^th in Sweden.

On March 22nd, Sofi Oksanen spoke at the Swedish Academy. With reference to the freedom of speech and democracy, the theme of this year’s Academy Conference was “Thought and Truth under Pressure”.

Sofi spoke on ‘Russia’s war against Women’, inquiring into misogyny as a state policy and an instrument of imperialism.

Her speech was incredibly well received, with reviews describing it as “powerful”, “on point” and “important”.

Click HERE to watch the speech.