‘The Happiness Cure’ No. 2 in Finland
Anders Hansen’s international bestseller The Happiness Cure enters the official Finnish bestseller list for non-fiction, taking the No. 2 spot on the March list.
Anders Hansen’s international bestseller The Happiness Cure enters the official Finnish bestseller list for non-fiction, taking the No. 2 spot on the March list.
Unscientific Studies: Nine pieces of evidence for things that likely haven’t happened is a collection of hilarious, brutal, surprising and thought-provoking short stories that take the reader for a true literary roller-coaster ride. In these stories, dads’ fingers may turn into delicious hotdogs, saffron buns might come alive and clouds can be tamed as pets. The nine featured short stories are each a piece of evidence for something that likely hasn’t happened…only one can’t really know for sure.
Scintillating with imagination and magnificent eccentrics, Unscientific Studies, written by Emma Karinsdotter and illustrated by Marcus-Gunnar Petterson, expands the horizons for what children’s literature can contain and demonstrates just how spectacularly text and image can play together.
Photo: Nikolaj Moeller
Gustav Möller has just completed shooting of his new psychological thriller Vogter, produced by Nordisk Film. For Vogter, Möller reunited with producer Line Flint, co-writer Emil Nygaard Albertsen, and cinematographer Jasper J. Spanning, the team that created his multi-awarded debut The Guilty (2018).
Danish star actress Sidse Babette Knudsen (Borgen, Wildland) plays the idealistic prison guard Eva, who is caught in the dilemma of her life when a young man from her past is placed in the prison where she works. Without revealing her secret, Eva asks to be moved to the young man’s ward, the toughest and most violent ward in the prison. There, an electrifying and unpredictable psychological game starts between them, where Eva’s sense of justice puts both her morality and future at stake.
The Danish theatrical release via Nordisk Film Distribution is scheduled for February 29, 2024.
Anders Hansen’s The Happiness Cure has now been sold to 35 territories! In his bestselling book, Hansen explores how our brains work in modern society and provides us with knowledge on how to best take care of both our bodies and minds.
Photo: Kiefer Lee
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).
Photo: Ronald Plante/Redpoint
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.
Photo: Robin Skjoldborg
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.
Anders Hansen’s The Happiness Cure climbs the Slovakian bestseller list, landing at No. 1 this week.
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.
Ukraine, Vydavnytstvo
Closed by Emma Granberg
UK, Michael Joseph
Two-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Finland, Otava
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Faroe Islands, BFL
Two-book deal closed by Ida Schabbauer
Serbia, Vulkan
Closed by Ida Schabbauer
Slovakia, Grada
Closed by Emma Granberg
[The Seven Wonders] is suspense at the highest level, with a fast pace, unexpected twists, an intricate story, and language that beats most others in the genre. Additionally, it’s seasoned with a lot of humor. Simply a delight to read.
– Norrtelje tidning
Whether you love books in translation or young adult literature in general, you won’t want to miss this hidden gem. /…/ In Butterfly Heart, Moa Backe Åstot perfectly captures the combination of grief and angst (…)
– Book Riot
The result is intense action, surprising twists, and a good insight into psyches that are pressed to the max. Hats off.
– Aftonbladet
There are novels written by many different authors, and then there are novels written by Monika Fagerholm. No one else I know can create an entire universe out of their own stylistic voice the way she does. Nowhere Land/Women In Revolt makes me dizzy with awe at what language can express. It’s the first part of a trilogy – and I take that as a wonderful promise.
– Dagens Nyheter
[Ridzén] brilliantly describes the feelings and behavior of elderly people who suspect that they have reached the end of their lives. /…/ We spend half a year with Bo, but he will forever be etched in my memories.
– La Cultura
Diamonds and Rust is a story about wounds that never heal, about envy, betrayal and revenge, and about a crime so well and thoroughly thought out that it may never be solved. Not unless Hanne Wilhelmsen gets a chance to try.