SVT has unveiled the trailer for the upcoming crime drama series The Detective from Beledweyne, created and written by Aron Levander.
The six-episode series is directed by Zaida Bergroth and stars Malin Levanon and Nasir Dhagole.
The Detective from Beledweyne will premiere on SVT Play March 10 and on SVT1 March 13.
Martin Widmark and Emilia Dziubak’s Dreams of Near and Far has been chosen by the United States Board on Books for Young People as one of the Outstanding International Picture Books for 2023.
The USBBY’s Outstanding International Books List is an influential list and has been published annually since 2006 and holds large influence on the American market for children’s books. A committee selects books that represent the best of children’s literature from other countries based on a number of criteria such as uniqueness and artistic and literary merit.
Erik Axl Sund’s Paper Souls claims the No. 7 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for trade paperback this week, making it the title’s sixth consecutive week on the list.
Photo: Sara Mac Key
Ia Genberg’s award-winning The Details has been nominated for the 2022 Magazine Vi’s Literary Award.
The jury’s motivation reads as follows:
“With humor and thorough melancholy, in The Details, Ia Genberg shows how we prevail through each other. The novel portrays and casts light on four relationships which once shook existence. With a meticulous psychological ear, the past is written just as vividly as life itself.”
The award was founded in 1947 and has been granted to Astrid Lindgren, Mikael Niemi, Sara Stridsberg, and Lina Wolff amongst others.
Photo: Toni Härkönen
This year, the Crosses of Merit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are awarded to diplomats and partners from Estonia and beyond for their notable contribution to the Estonian foreign service, foreign policy objectives and Estonian statehood.
Sofi Oksanen received the Cross of Merit, Second Class, by virtue of having raised awareness of Estonian history, and boosting Estonia’s profile internationally, through her writing.
As Amazon UK lists their Top 20 Most Sold Books of the Week, Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove claims the No. 2 spot in the fiction category.
Photo: Johan Lindskog
Anders Rydell’s The Book Thieves has been nominated for the much distinguished Hislibris Historical Literature Awards in the category Best Historical Non-fiction.
Hislibris is the largest community of history bloggers in Spain, and each year, its members vote for their favorite books. The winner of each category will then be chosen by a jury consisting of members of the Hispanic community.
Erik Axl Sund’s Paper Souls sails to No. 5 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for paperback this week, celebrating the title’s fifth consecutive week on the list.
Operation Racing Stripes and Other Mysteries, Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ latest title in the Detective Agency No. 2 series, shoots to No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for children’s books.
Katrine Engberg’s The Harbor is No. 5 on the official Icelandic bestseller list for the month of January, 2023.
Italy, Marsilio
Three-book deal closed by Tor Jonasson
Poland, Wydawnictwo Zakamarki
Closed by Linda Andersson
Vietnam, Asia Book
Closed by Emma Granberg
Norway, Tjihkkom Almmudahka
Closed by Linda Andersson
Finland, Tammi
Two-book deal closed by Linda Andersson
Denmark, Turbine
Two-book deal closed by Linda Andersson
A story with near-epic proportions.
– Danish Library Report
[A] shattering new Nesbø thriller. /…/ Be warned: this constantly unsettling and constantly surprising new stand-alone thriller from Jo Nesbø concludes with an increasingly shattering and grisly finale.
– The Anniston Star
Uncomfortable but necessary reading.
– Norrtelje Tidning
Dahl has worked wonders with this one. /…/ Creepy and suspenseful from Dahl, without a doubt his best crime novel ever.
– Randaberg24
It is no coincidence that I get associations to James Bond. (…) The series about Leo Asker also evokes associations with Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander, and even with Adler-Olsen. /…/ The book unfolds at a brisk pace, with several parallel plots (…) it is a grotesquely entertaining thriller.
– Dagbladet
Cecilie Olin never returns home after a night out. Two days later, she is found strangled. Her body is mutilated. The violence was inflicted post mortem and appears deeply personal. Her husband soon appears on the investigators’ radar, but then a new woman is reported missing.