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Kristoffer Hatteland Endresen

A LITTLE LIKE US A PIG'S TALE Winston Churchill said: ‘Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us. Give me a pig! He looks you in the eye and treats you as an equal.’ But the relationship between pig and human is complicated. The pig is a living metaphor for all that is filthy, ugly, shameful and sinful. The pig is cast out – or more accurately, penned in, carefully concealed from the human gaze. Industrially farmed pigs never have the experience of lumbering out into the fresh spring air after being shut in for half a year like cows, and few people seem to care. At the same time, the pig is an invaluable medical model for the human body. And it is the animal we have eaten most of in the past fifty years. To get to the bottom of its essence and its mysteries, Kristoffer Hatteland Endresen cared for a litter of pigs from birth to slaughter in Jæren’s intensive pork industry. The result is a fascinating tale of appetite and aversion, meat and morals. And of a question that has haunted us across the ages: where, in fact, is the dividing line between humans and animals? Original title: Litt som oss En fortelling om grisen Publisher: Spartacus, 2020 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 283 pages

Kristoffer Hatteland Endresen Kristoffer Hatteland Endresen (born 1983) has a background in journalism, history and teaching. This is his first book.

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Janne Stigen Drangsholt

FROM SHAKESPEARE TO KNAUSGÅRD 66 CLASSICS YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO READ BUT MOST LIKELY DIDN’T Have you ever felt that there are books you really ought to have read? Do you fear that you’ll end up in awkward social situations because there are huge holes in your literary formations? Here is the solution! Janne Stigen Drangsholt (The Ingrid Winter books) has for many years contributed to the immensely popular Norwegian Broadcasting podcast "Classic Literary Works in 4 Minutes". Now she has teamed up with cartoonist Therese G. Eide ("All Quiet on the Home Front”) to create a fun, accessible, and incredibly useful introduction to 66 classic literary works. The selection ranges from Homer to Astrid Lindgren, Shakespeare, Knausgård, Neil Gaiman, Woolf and Mantel, and each and every work is presented in a lucid, humorous and compelling manner. You'll laugh and learn at the same time.

Original title: Fra Shakespeare til Knausgård 66 klassikere du naturligvis har lest Publisher: Tiden, 2020 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 240 pages

Full score for easy to read list over the classics... Here you get an entertaining book that makes you wiser than other books and thus a little smarter, and makes you smile. Bergensavisen

A shortcut to edification [...] Drangsholt's book is not only useful for those who wish to bluff their way to success. There is also a lot to gain here for avid readers who would like a little more insight into literary theory. Dagbladet

A shortcut to the classics. Stigen Drangsholt gives you all the help you need by extracting the essence from the classics. BOK365

Janne Stigen Drangsholt Janne Stigen Drangsholt is a Norwegian writer and academic scholar. Her debut, The Bumblebee Catcher, was published in 2011, but she is best known for her books about the neurotic academic Ingrid Winter, featured in The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter (2015), Winter in Wonderland (2016), and Winter War (2018).

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Siri Helle

THE HAND MADE TALE CHAINSAW MINDFULNESS We humans have always used our hands to create the world around us. Until now. Today we have gone from being practitioners to theorists, from being producers to consumers. What happens to us when we no longer use our hands? What happens to society? This is the story of building a small, but absolutely necessary house on your own and feeling an intense joy of doing it by yourself.

Original title: Med berre nevane Eit forsvar for praktisk arbeid Publisher: Samlaget, 2020 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 143 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO World English, Granta

Siri Helle inherited a cabin of 25 square meters, without electricity and without inlet water, and without an outhouse. She decided to build the outhouse herself, a bit like a protest, but mostly to find out if she was able to do it. The outhouse is being built with material found at sight, different from any other outhouse since it is built by an amateur, and Siri learns a lot. She manages to make the planks from the large threes, she builds the turf, she braids walls of juniper twigs, uses her knife to make shavings – and her sense of achievement grows. A feeling stronger and warmer than many other in this world. And together with these feelings she feels a growing connection to her own roots. She never met the grandfather who built the cabin. But the feeling of belonging, and the feeling of contributing to his work with her bare hands is strong. To create, to build something with your own hands, create something useful – is something everyone should try, she thinks. Not at least, those who think they can’t.

I nod my head with pleasure when I read this book. Siri Helle swings the pen as surely as the chainsaw. ...It is not written for trained craftsmen, but for those of us who long to do more with our hands, but who do not think we have it in us. NRK

Inspirational. The fact that Helle doesn't know what she is doing - or has enough Socratic irony to pretend - makes her book more accessible and inspiring for a practical klutz like me. Aftenposten

Stunningly lots of wisdom may come out of building an outhouse. Bergens Tidende

Siri Helle Siri Helle (b. 1982) is an agronomist in organic farming. She occasionally works as a writer and journalist, carpenter assistant and goat herder.

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Line Nagell Ylvisåker

MY WORLD IS MELTING TO LIVE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE ON SVALBARD In 2006 Line Nagell Ylvisåker moved to Svalbard. In Desember it was clear that it would be the warmest year in Svalbard since the temperature measurements started. A climate scientist warned the archipelago would get several degrees warmer in the decades to come. Line did not pay much notice.

Original title: Verda mi smeltar Å leve med klimaendring på Svalbard Publisher: Samlaget, 2020 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 160 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO Sweden, Modernista Group Germany, Hoffmann und Campe

In 2015 a snow avalanche thundered down from the mountain Sukkertoppen and hit 11 houses in Longyearbyen. A two-year-old girl and a family father died. There were landslides, and houses were evacuated when the earth burst up after heavy rain. Line suddenly became uneasy when there was bad weather on the horizon. What was happening with her dear town? She needs some answers, and begins to investigate her own surroundings. She talks to the meteorologist who herself was buried in the snow masses in 2015. She seeks climate scientists and a trapper with 40 wintering behind him. She is shown how the deep sea is systematically warmed up, meets three polar bears on a hike with her kids, and follows the relocation of houses in Longyearbyen. It is evident that the times are changing. This is a story about a rising unrest and about living in the midst of the hot spot of climate change.

She writes temperamental literary non-fiction - with elements of surprising, striking and poetic images. Dagbladet

In Ylvisåker's book, the personal experience of the environmental changes is an excellent framework for communicating - knowledge...This easy-to-read and engaging book should have great potential to create understanding for the seriousness of the situation to many - in an ideal world. Klassekampen

Line Nagell Ylvisåker Line Nagell Ylvisåker (b. 1982) is a trained journalist and worked from 2006 to 2018 at the newspaper Svalbardposten. She has received several awards for her writing from Svalbard.

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Erik Martiniussen

THE WAR AGAINST BACTERIA A HEALTH DISASTER AND HOW TO FIGHT IT Antibiotic resistance is an insidious, worldwide epidemic that threatens to destroy the global health system from within. The World Health Organization warns: Without antibiotics, medical science is going to be set back 100 years in time. Without antibiotics, even simple surgery becomes impossible.

Original title: Bakteriekrigen Om helsekatastrofen som møter oss og hvordan vi kan bekjempe den Publisher: Forlaget Press, 2020 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 380 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO Sweden, Modernista Group World English, MIT Press

Diseases such as pneumonia, whooping cough, scarlet fever and measles will again be very deadly - even cholera and plague can return as global pandemics. By year 2050, 10 million people will be at risk every year. The biggest health disaster the world has seen is right at your doorstep. Huge amounts of antibiotics are used in the agricultural industry to secure cheaper meat while research shows how resistant bacteria easily spread from animals to humans. The War against Bacteria is a fascinating exploration of the opportunities we have for solving the crisis. The author talks to health care workers about how antibiotic use can be drastically reduced. He visits farmers and agricultural leaders in the UK, Belgium and Norway to learn more about animal husbandry without antibiotics. And he explores the forgotten cures and the new knowledge about the nature of the bacteria that makes it possible to imagine a medicine much less dependent on antibiotics.The second print run is now out with a new foreword on antibiotics and Covid-19.

Page-turner about the silent plague. The impressive "The War against Bacteria" is scary reading, but no dystopia. ...He impresses with his clarity, thoroughness and a huge amount of substance - and not at least the linguistic clarity that makes the book easily readable. Dagbladet

He has written a sober book where the facts speak for themselves. The result is natural science research journalism of highest class. Stavanger Aftenblad

Erik Martiniussen Erik Martiniussen is a Norwegian feature journalist and author. He has previously written the book Greenhouse Effect (2013) - in which he argues that there are major mistakes in Norwegian climate quota purchases.

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Camara Lundestad Joof

I TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME I talk about it all the time is a testimony, an appeal and a self-examination. Camara Lundestad Joof was born in Norway, with a Norwegian mother and a Gambian father. The book depicts how the racism she constantly experiences, infects her days and controls her thoughts. I call one of my girlfriends. Did the man in the bar call me a coon when I didn't want to give him my number? That time we had agreed to drink beer, but we ended up drinking tequila instead? She becomes quiet. No. He called you a nigger. Thank you, I say. Thank you so much for remembering.

Original title: Eg snakkar om det heile tida Publisher: Samlaget, 2018 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 94 pages

She ransacks her memory. What if she misremembers something? How can someone believe her then? How many details does one have to remember in order to appear credible? Does she believe herself? And can anyone ever free themselves from the question of skin colour? The book is now in it's fifth print run.

I talk about it all the time speaks straight to my heart. It tears and shudders my skin and stirs my emotions. VOKS Magazine

Impressively, she brings out the complexity and nuances in her experiences. Strongest impression is probably the text about an elderly woman who hit her when she, as a child, wore a traditional national costume on Norway’s Constitution Day. Joof handles this sore memory with a steady hand and puts the limelight on the woman’s silent girlfriend. She neither intervened nor protested. Expressed and visible racism is easy to be against, instead Joof often focuses on the small comments, the neglect and the silence. It's a very strong read and an impressive debut! Dagbladet

Camara Lundestad Joof Camara Lundestad Joof (1988) is a Norwegian-Gambian documentary performance artist, playwright and author. She’s currently a house playwright at Dramatikkens Hus (The Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting ) and in June she released her first book I talk about it all the time.

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Anders Bortne

SLEEPLESS A THOUSAND WAKEFUL NIGHTS, ONE SOLUTION For sixteen years, Anders Bortne has been sleepless. Several times he has tried to get help, without result. He has a family with two young kids and can no longer go on with the scant hours of sleep every night. He just can't. Therefore, nothing shall be untested - sleeping medicine, yoga, herbs, acupuncture, hypnosis. Anders is searching high and low, and the answers he receives are both gruelling, eyeopening and ridiculous. During the hunt another story appears. What do we know about the most important hours of the day? What is the history of sleep? And why do we really have to sleep? Sleepless is an exciting, fun and wise book for anyone who is awake at night and is wondering why. And for those sleeping next to them. The solution is often closer than you think. In Anders's case, it was just across the street. Original title: Søvnløs Tusen våkenetter og en løsning Publisher: Tiden Norsk Forlag, 2019 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 200 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO World English, Sandstone Press Denmark, Gads Forlag The Netherlands, Volt Germany, Mairisch Verlag

...fabulous non-fiction about a problem that more than half a million Norwegians are struggling with. ... It is high literary quality over the depictions of the many nights he walks between bed and sofa, couch and bed, and he does not lose the tension in the language when he renders research results. Stavanger Aftenblad

... for those who want to learn more about sleep and insomnia, Sleepless is an excellent place to start. ...Facts about sleep and insomnia are easily and effortlessly interwoven into the text, it flows like a novel. His troubled musings are almost poetic. Aftenposten

Anders Bortne Anders Bortne is a writer and musician. He has written five acclaimed books and has released eight albums (one was even nominated as album of the year in Norway).

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Thomas Reinertsen Berg

THEATRE OF THE WORLD THE MAPS THAT MADE HISTORY What is a map? How have people seen the world up through history? What do maps say about us? Theatre of the world. The maps that made history is a unique book with the full and incredible history of maps. Thomas Reinertsen Berg takes us all the way from the mysterious symbols of the Stone Age to Google Earth in a fascinating tale on science and the view of the world, about art and technology, about power and ambitions, about practical needs and distant dreams of the unknown. Along the way, we encounter visionary geographers and heroic explorers along with the unknown heroes of the history of maps. A fantastic visual material allows us to immerse ourselves in the history of maps with our own eyes.

Original title: Verdensteater Kartenes historie Publisher: Forlaget Press, 2017 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 350 pages AWARDS The winner of the 2017 Brage Prize for Best Non-Fiction Book in Norway RIGHTS SOLD TO UK, Hodder & Stoughton US. Little, Brown Netherland, Athenaeum Norway, Forlaget Press Sweden, Lind & Co. Germany, dtv Poland, ZNAK Italy, Vallardi China, CITIC Press Denmark, Lindhardt & Ringhof Estonia, Eesti Raamat Taiwan, Fantasy Foundation Publications Japan, Seidosha Inc Russia, Ad Marginem

I will not be the least surprised if the book wins Brageprisen for Nonfiction. It will be rightly deserved, because the book is thorough, original, well written and simply beautiful. Aftenposten

The detailed book is a pleasure to read. It makes complicated things easy to understand. Dagbladet

...A tour de force with the history of the maps. He starts with the very first pictures of the world... and takes on the images of the world, systematically, well written, fun and educational. The book is exceptionally well illustrated... An exquisite and distinctive nonfiction book. From the jury's statement, Brageprisen 2017

Thomas Reinertsen Berg Thomas Reinertsen Berg (born 1971) is a journalist and writer. He has written for several Norwegian papers such as Morgenbladet, Klassekampen and Dagsavisen, where he has worked especially with cultural and scientific subjects.

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Nazneen Khan-Østrem

LONDON AMONG GANGSTERS, RABBIS, OLIGARCHS, REBELS AND OTHER CHILDREN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Who were the people who built this glamorous, dirty, infinite metropolis, and what is it about their descendants that makes London such an exhilarating experience today? The author goes on a quest in London to meet the people who have shaped the most cosmopolitan city in the world – but also to understand more about her own identity. With Britain being more divided than it has been in a generation, and with many calling for an end to ’the experiment of immigration’, London has held firm. No other book has ever captured the diversity of London in such a rich and remarkable manner. Where would London be without the hard work of the Irish, the sweetness of the Italians, the music of the Caribbean, the Indian food or the wealth of the Russians – to mention some of the communities that feature in this book. It offers both a historical backdrop and insight about the British Empire and the immigration that has created London’s unique fabric. There is no doubt: every impression you have had about this city will change as you read this book. Original title: London Blant gangstere, rabbiner, oligarker, rebeller og andre ektefødte barn av det britiske imperiet Publisher: Kagge Forlag, 2019 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 350 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO World English, Robinson/Little, Brown

Nazneen Khan-Østrem has written the ultimate book about Great Britain's capitol. Dagbladet

One of the best books of the year! London is a book that got me to dread going to sleep and look forward to waking up to continue reading. When the last page is read, it feels like I have read a book that is not just about London, but about the nature of the city itself. This is a book about what a city is and can be: a kind of organism consisting of many conflicting interests and religions, of food and music, dance and prayer. Aftenposten

Nazneen Khan-Østrem Born in Nairobi, Kenya of Pashtun-origin, raised in the UK and Norway, Nazneen Khan-Østrem (b.1968) is an author and a commissioning editor. She published her first book My Holy War about Islam and identity in 2005.

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Morten Traavik

TRAITOR'S GUIDE TO NORTH KOREA Throughout the present decade, Norwegian director Morten Traavik made more than 20 visits to and travels around North Korea, conducting a series of groundbreaking art projects in close collaboration with the notoriously secretive country’s authorities.

Original title: Forræderens guide til NordKorea Publisher: Aschehoug, 2018 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 330 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO Germany, Suhrkamp Russia, Individuum

In the autumn of 2017, a geopolitical standoff, a nuclear test and a death threat made him suspend the relationship. Now the stories he has been keeping under wraps for several reasons, can finally be told. Traitor’s Guide to North Korea is an honest, revealing and affecting «user’s manual» to this enigmatic nation that many hold strong opinions about, but very few have experienced from the inside. Through his unexpected and evolving friendship with the civil servant and Party member «Mr Win» Traavik brings us closer to the daily lives of North Korea’s silent majority and their striving against all odds to live normal and dignified lives in the ever-looming shadow of the Kim dynasty. With human warmth, sharp-eyed insights and a wry sense of humour, Traavik opens up to the reader both the more flamboyant and the less known sides of North Korean society, from «Ground Zero» at the world’s most militarized border (DMZ) with South Korea, through the showcase capital Pyongyang and up north to the Yalu river and the bridge to big brother China.

Makes one feel like being inside the world's most closed country. A humorous and inventive travel guide... The Traitor's Guide stands out and opens up to a deeper understanding of North Korea Aftenposten

What makes this book unique is that Traavik is able to see the world through North Korean eyes, while at the same time being naturally familiar with the Western perception of the country (...) A book that makes you wiser. Friheten

Morten Traavik Morten Traavik is a Norwegian director and artist working across a wide spectrum of artistic genres and international borders. Trained as theater director in Russia and Sweden, the notion of the world as a stage and identity as role play is never far away in his works, as well as a characteristically blurred distinction between art, activism and social issues.

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Torolf Kroglund

THE LAST EEL The story of the eel (Anguilla anguilla) fascinates us. What seems to be the main source of fascination is how little we know about this slimy, snake-like and slivering fish. What we do know by now is that the eels are disappearing, European eels is said to have lost well over 90% of its numbers the last ten years. It is one of the species that may be extinct in our lifetime (like the Dodo, the Geir-bird or the Mammoth). The Norwegian author, journalist and sports fisherman Torolf Kroglund tries to find out why - starting on an remote island in the middle of Norway - and then travels through Europe, and to the Sargasso sea to find answers, in a journey that is both a personal one and a quest for big answers. He not only finds the extraordinary tale of the eel but is also able to connect this unto a bigger and broader perspective. The Last Eel will show the close connection between culture and nature, between use and protection - and also how every living creature on earth, even the more unlikely and ugly, reflects man and mankind doings and undoing’s. A book that combines personal storytelling with narrative nonfiction in a manner lastly seen in books like The Sheperd's Life, H is for Hawk and The Sixt Extinction. Original title: Reise med ål En omvei hjem Publisher: Cappelen Damm, 2018 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 200 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO Germany, Edel Books Sweden, Norstedts Förlag

It is essentially the consistent environmental perspective, combined with the close, personal writing style that makes the book an engaging experience. Fædrelandsvennen

Torolf Kroglund is behind one of autumn's most exciting books within nature writing. The Last eel is a small artwork for us with heart for nature, and especially for fish and animals. (...) Njff.no

The Last Eel is like a perfect cocktail consisting of abundant facts (spirits), narrative (mixed water) and politics (a fresh lemon slice). Fredrik Sjöberg

Torolf Kroglund Torolf Edgar Kroglund is an author, journalist and a sportsfisherman. He has published several books on fishing and hunting before. He is currently cultural director in Risør.

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Nikolaj Frobenius

SWAN SONG Swan song is an intense psychological thriller from a super-privileged family in Bærum, Norway's richest municipality. In a hallucinatory style, a world of wealth and harmony is transformed into nerve-wrecking horror. Real estate king Adrian Svane disappears on a hike in the mountains while his friend and colleague is found brutally killed in the same area. Adrian's three grown children are all left in despair and wonder. When the youngest son, the journalist Jon Svane, reveals questionable business practices in the family's own company and unexpected connections to the heroin trade, the situation becomes threatening. The aging heroin baron Ernst Damm makes a surprising financial claim against the family and forces them to realize that Adrian may not have run the business as cleanly as they previously thought.

Original title: Svanesang Publisher: Gyldendal, 2020 Category: Crime/Thriller Pages: 300 pages AWARDS 2013: Nominated for the Riverton Prize 2013: Nominated for the Young People's Critics' Prize 2013: Nominated for the P2 Listeners' Prize 2011: Prix Jean Monnet des Jeunes Européens (for I Will Show You Fear) 2008: The P2 Listeners' Novel Prize 2008: The Young People's Critics' Prize 2008: Nominated for the Brage Prize 2008: Nominated for the Booksellers' Prize 2004: The Oslo Prize 2004: Nominated for The Brage Prize 1998: Nominated for The Aristeion Prize 1997: Anders Jahre’s Prize for Young Artists

At the same time, Jon is diagnosed with a serious illness. He feels that only rage can make him well and it gives him a surprising drive to find his missing father and take up the fight against Ernst Damm and his brutal helpers. But there are things in the family history that constantly floats to the surface and little by little the strongly pressured Jon discovers that the family history is a cover for something far more serious. Swan Song is a nerve-wracking psychological thriller about paranoia and dysfunctional family relationships, but it is also a story of fatherhood, about being a father, missing a father, finding your father again. It's about forbidden emotions, jealousy, rage and love. About not feeling being understood. And it is also about genetics. What have we inherited from our parents, and to what extent does it depend on who we actually become?

Nikolaj Frobenius Nikolaj Frobenius (b.1965) is a novelist and screenwriter known for his talent in juxtaposing the past and present, fact and fiction. Frobenius’ novels have been translated into numerous languages and he has since his international literary breakthrough in 1996 received many international awards.

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John Kåre Raake

THE ICE The Ice is a tense international thriller that plays out at one of Earth’s most inhospitable places – the North Pole. Former Special Forces commando Anna Aune has abandoned the world and everyone in it, and is hiding out in a hovercraft at the North Pole. She’s there for the duration of the Arctic winter to document the destruction unleashed by climate change. On All Saints’ Day, the pitch-black sky is suddenly lit up by a distress flare shot up from a Chinese research station. Anna and her colleague are the only ones close enough to come to their rescue. But is the flare a cry for help, or a warning sign? At the Chinese base, a vision from a nightmare awaits them. In the laboratory, they find the researchers dead, frozen solid and covered in ice. It quickly becomes clear that they were brutally murdered. At the same moment, a furious Arctic storm blows in. A savage power struggle has provoked a full-scale international conflict – by any means necessary – for Arctic resources. And Anna Aune is caught in the middle of it all.

Original title: Isen Publisher: Gyldendal, 2019 Category: Crime/Thriller Pages: 300 pages

I love how the writer just plunges straight into the action and keeps the tension up throughout book.

RIGHTS SOLD TO Germany, Goldmann Finland, Bazar France, Michel Lafon Czech republic, Dobrovsky s.r.o. Estonia, Helios Lithuania, Balto Leidybos Norway, Gyldendal Catalonia, Simbol UK and the Commonwealth (Ex. Canada): Pushkin Press

The Ice is technically close to a perfect thriller.

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The Ice is a claustrophobic thriller. Aftenposten

John Kåre Raake

Film/TV: Nordisk Film Productions

John Kåre Raake is one of Norway’s most successful screenwriters. He was one of two screenwriters behind the films The Wave and The Quake, which are sold to more than 120 countries, and has sold more than two million cinema tickets, in Norway alone.

thriller/crime | 16 NORTHERN STORIES, Parkveien 57, 0256 Oslo, Norway – info@northernstories.no – northernstories.no

Jørgen Jæger

HEARTLESS Jørgen Jæger is one of Norway's best-selling crime writers. Heartless went straight to the top of the Bestseller list when published. His latest book, The Judas Fix, was the third best-selling Norwegian crime novel in 2019, and he has sold more than 750 000 books in Norway. A murder shakes the small town of Fjellberghavn. Everything suggests a family tragedy. Then another murder happens, and then another. All tracks lead to two different perpetrators, but is it that simple? Police station chief Cecilie Hopen gets no easy task when her apparently obvious solution may not be so obvious as it seemed. Marte Mellingen's body rejects the heart pump she uses in anticipation of a heart transplant, and she is on the verge of dying in the donor queue. While Ole Vik is desperately looking for a way to save his beloved's life, he gets an offer that he accepts. But something feels wrong. How far is the honorable man Ole Vik willing to go to save the life of the one he loves? Jittering excitement, personal warmth and human relationships are Jørgen Jæger's trademark. Original title: Hjerteløs Publisher: Strawberry Publishing, 2020 Category: Fiction Pages: 460 pages

Since his debut in 2003, Jørgen Jæger has established Cecilie Hopen and sheriff Ole Vik as some of the country's most popular crime heroes. Leif Gjerstad, Bok365

Jørgen Jæger Jørgen Jæger consolidates his position at the top of the Norwegian Crime Arena. Last year he sold one book every forth minute, making him Norway's third most sold crime author. He also enjoys good sales on his crime series in Sweden. Jæger is highly renowned among Norwegian booksellers, and has been nominated to the prestigious Norwegian Bookseller award four times.

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Sven G. Simonsen

RISK Liv Eriksson is a psychologist and has worked in some of the world's toughest emergencies. But when her boyfriend Olav falls to his death while they are mountain climbing in Thailand, she breaks down and isolates herself. Olav was a researcher in Norway’s central police unit for economic crime and an outstanding computer specialist. Someone has posted a clip of his death fall on the internet. Liv realizes that someone out there knows what really happened when Olav died and sets out to find them. She soon realizes that Olav had secrets that neither she nor his colleagues knew about. She makes discoveries that cause her to question: did she really know Olav? The turmoil grows into an obsession. Liv's pursuit of the truth takes her on a journey - to Munich, Cyprus, Beirut - which becomes increasingly dangerous as she approaches the truth about a finance operation of spectacular dimensions.

Original title: Risiko Publisher: Forlaget Press, 2020 Category: Crime/Thriller Pages: 394 pages

The countdown has started for what is to become an unprecedented crime.

A well build and fast paced crime novel, with interesting themes and a supertough female protagonist. Stavanger Aftenblad

In Risk rock climbing is liberatingly correctly described, and just as tense and pulsating as the sport can be at it’s best – and as the rest of the story is. The author manages to unite financial crime and climbing in a trustworthy way. This debut is impressing. Klatreren

Sven G. Simonsen Sven G. Simonsen (b. 1965) is a Norwegian author, journalist, political scientist, and aid worker – with emphasis shifting between those areas depending on urges and opportunities.

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Linn Skåber

BEING GROWN-UP Being Grown-up is to let go of the chaos of adolescence, to stand steadily on your own two feet, to have financial security and control over your own life. It is also responsibility, logistics and freedom. Do we manage to hold on to who we are and still enjoy the fun and curiosity we had earlier in life?

Original title: Til de voksne Publisher: Pitch forlag, 2020 Category: Fiction Pages: 288 pages

Linn Skåber's first book Being Young was the best selling YA-book in Norway in 2018. It received fantastic reviews, several awards, and is sold to six countries so far. Being Grownup went straight to the top of the bestselling list when published this August, and has already sold 10 000 copies. The author uses her own and others' experiences to create fictional stories. She writes about desire and beginnings, about loneliness, wrinkles, exercise hysteria, worries for your children, breakups, thoughts about getting older - and smells we never forget. As in her first book she is describing different aspects and feelings that can occur in life. The hallmark of these stories is that they are recognizable. They are written in a light, humorous touch, but always with an underlying sincerity shining through. Being Grown-up is beautifully illustrated by Lisa Aisato, one of Norway's most celebrated illustrators with numerous bestsellers and awards.

What a lovely book! It gives us a valuable reminder both of what life was, and what life will be again…. It is warm and beautiful, vulnerable and sad, but also very funny. Linn Skåber writes with a light touch – it’s as if you can see the twinkle in her eye between the lines. Lisa Aisato’s illustrations are examples of great storytelling in themselves. VG

This sweet, occasionally sentimental tone is found in many of the short stories. This is a book about menopause, about being abandoned, about leaving, about having children and about infertility. Like Being Young, this book is also illustrated by Lisa Aisato, and with their wryly humorous, moving and sweet take on life the two works make an excellent pair. Dagbladet

Linn Skåber Linn Skåber is an actor, comedian and writer, and has participated in a number of revues, theatre productions and films. She has written for both theatre and TV.

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Halldor Armand

BROTHER In a fit of rage against his widowed father, a passionate young man causes a fatal road accident that becomes a secret between him and his troubled younger sister. The siblings develops differently after the accident. The brother Skorri starts behaving recklessly and gets into all sorts of trouble, while the sister Tinna, starts to retract into herself and becomes a writer. Skorri is concerned Tinna is revealing their secret in all her writing and torments her so much that she in the end leaves Iceland. She moves to Berlin, gets a boyfriend and starts a new life there. When Tinna suddenly disappears in Berlin, Skorri sets out to find her straight away. He soon understand that the past is about to catch up to him, leading him to take some very difficult choices. The story of Tinna and Skorri is a story about the horror and violence of love, it is a story about the cruelty of fate, it is a story about how limited control people actually have over the course of their lives, and how much you are willing to sacrifice for the truth. Original title: Bróðir Publisher: Forlagid, 2020 Category: Fiction Pages: 350 pages

Halldor Armand Halldór Armand (b.1986) is a new and extraordinary voice in Icelandic literature. He received great acclaim for his previous novels, Again and Again, Vince Vaughn in the Sky and Drone.

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Sigurd Hartkorn Plaetner

SOMETHING ABOUT VITUS Something about Vitus is a critically acclaimed Danish debut novel about young love, devastating secrets and taking responsibility for ones own life. When Vitus’ girlfriend gets pregnant and insists on keeping the child, he somehow connects it to his mother’s suicide that happened eight years earlier, when he was just a child. He makes the drastic decision to leave his girlfriend and shortly after he falls in love with Emma who is also hiding something and running from reality. Together they embark on a journey that enables Vitus to finally open up and manage his demons. Just when things are falling into place for him, Emma takes him into the night and tells him something that tears his world apart and becomes crucial to both his past and future. This book is also made into a very succesful podcast-based reconstruction called Noget om Emma (Something about Emma). The rights for this is also available.

Original title: Noget om Vitus Publisher: Gyldendal, Danmark, 2015 Category: Fiction Pages: 214 pages AWARDS Apple iBook Award: Best debut 2015 Carl Møller Memorial Foundation: Book of the year RIGHTS SOLD TO Germany, dtv Film/TV: Dansk Radio

If you want to read this year's most beautiful book about young Danish love, then hurry up and buy this book. It is touching, beautiful, funny and tragic. And brilliantly written. Ugebladet Søndag

In his debut novel, Sigurd Hartkorn Plaetner reveals himself as an eminent storyteller (…) Nothing in the novel's rather complicated plot seems strained; on the contrary, the story emanates a surplus of energy and an infectious appetite for life (…) I can not remember having read such a gripping story about life's fragility. Kristeligt Dagblad

The story of the girl that Vitus fell in love with, loved, lost and still loves. It is a story of accepting the things you cannot change, gathering courage to change the things you can - and having the insight to see the difference. A story of how life and death can sometimes go hand in hand. ” Quote from the podcast

Sigurd Hartkorn Plaetner Sigurd Hartkorn Plaetner, b. 1989, is a versatile storyteller in both fiction and nonfiction, in writing, through audio or as film.

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Agnes Ravatn

SEVEN DOORS Agnes Ravatn is finally back with a new novel, six years after the success of The Bird Tribunal which now has been sold to fiftheen countries. Professor in Comparative literature, Nina Winsløff is at a turning point. Her work seems decreasingly relevant, and her home, where she’s spent her entire adult life is going to be demolished. Her husband Mads, also the Vice Mayor for Health and Social Services in the city, is busy at work, and her relationship with her cynical daughter Ingeborg is not the best. Nina and her husband also own a semi-detached house, which is rented out. The tenant – violinist Mari Nilsen - suddenly goes missing the day after Nina and her daughter pays her a visit. The police have no clues, and the investigation is slowly put to a halt. But Nina can’t rest. What happened to their tenant, who left her son behind? She starts pulling a few threads to find out, not realizing that her discoveries will have grave consequences. Seven doors is a harrowing novel of dark secrets and dangerous curiosity. Original title: Dei sju dørene Publisher: Samlaget, 2019 Category: Fiction Pages: 250 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO Germany, btb World English rights, Orenda Books Film/TV-rights: Truewest

This novel has it all! Agnes Ravatn's gorgeous bag of goodies of a novel has everything one could wish for in humor, intelligence and suspense. Dagsavisen

Both fun, exciting and profound. Adresseavisen

Like an electric shock - a real Greek tragedy in a modern Norwegian family becomes extremely powerful to read Fædrelandsvennen

A sophisticated crime mystery Bergens Tidende

Agnes Ravatn Agnes Ravatn is an author and columnist. In 2015 she was chosen as one of the ten most promising authors under 35 in Norway by the Norwegian Festival of Literature. This was the year after her second novel The Bird Tribunal, got fabulous reviews. It was also made into a successful play, and could be seen at the theater for nearly two years.

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Agnes Ravatn

THE BIRD TRIBUNAL Two people in exile. Two secrets. As the past tightens its grip, there may be no escape… TV presenter Allis Hagtorn leaves her partner and her job to take voluntary exile in a remote house on an isolated fjord. But her new job as housekeeper and gardener is not all that it seems, and her silent, surly employer, 44-year-old Sigurd Bagge, is not the old man she expected. As they await the return of his wife from her travels, their silent, uneasy encounters develop into a chilling, obsessive relationship, and it becomes clear that atonement for past sins may not be enough… Haunting, consuming and powerful, The Bird Tribunal is a taut, exquisitely written psychological thriller that builds to a shocking, dramatic crescendo that will leave you breathless.

The whole book is characterised by an uncomfortable and ominous tone and an exquisite writing style. It is dark, thrilling and captivating, as we slowly learn more and more about these two lonely people. Original title: Fugletribunalet Publisher: Samlaget, 2013 Category: Fiction Pages: 208 pages

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Beautiful about to damaged souls living under the same roof. Adresseavisen

AWARDS Winner of the PEN Translate Award, the NRK P2 Listener's Prize, The Youth Critics' Prize and The Book Blogger Award, and nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award 2018 RIGHTS SOLD TO Czech Republic, Albatros Media Denmark, Batzer France, Actes Sud Germany, btb Italy, Marsilio Lithuania, Svajoniu knygo Russia, AST Licence Limited Serbia, Agora Publishing House Turkey, Tünel World English Rights, Orenda Books Bulgaria, MATCOM Sweden, Modernista Spain, Seix Barral (World Spanish) Estonia, Eesti Raamat Hungary, Terikum

The novel remains with you as an electrical charge under your skin. Dagsavisen

It quivers of excitement and surplus (…) about two people, who only wants to be found and loved. Natt og Dag

The ending literally pounces on you. Dagbladet

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Tore Kvæven

WHEN THE LAND DARKENS The year is 1293. Arnar Vilhjálmsson, a young boy, is rowing out on his first walrus hunt. After the hunt, a girl stands before him. She looks down at the beast he has slain, her eyes full of defiance, and her words full of scorn. Then she turns and runs away from him, without looking back. Her name is Eir. In the Norsemen’s Western Settlement, on Greenland, a sense of unease has been creeping in. The walrus that gave the settlers their wealth have been retreating. The ships that used to sail from Norway and Iceland to trade have become few. The Greenlanders’ own vessels are rotting. The people are wondering: is this the end? Arnar dreams of one day building his own ship and sail towards the lands further west, seeking timber, iron and hope for the future. Eir is part of that dream. In this quest for a future, Arnar is even willing to defy his own chieftain, gods, and the laws of men. When the Land Darkens is a dramatic story of destiny, with highly convincing portrayals of people and nature delivered through colourful and powerful language, transporting readers back to Greenland at a fascinating time. Original title: Når landet mørknar Publisher: Samlaget, 2018 Category: Fiction Pages: 450 pages AWARDS The Brageprize 2018: Best Norwegian Novel Sørlandets litteraturpris 2018: Best novel (South of Norways award for literature) RIGHTS SOLD TO Denmark, Turbine

An absolutely incredible novel! […] When the Land Darkens is great storytelling in every way. It is still early spring at the time of writing this, but it is no bold prediction to say that this book will survive the competition from this autumn’s literary output. Adresseavisen

A superb Norwegian novel! Tore Kvæven’s new historical novel set in the Middle Ages is so exceptional, and superbly well written, that VG’s reviewer went back to re-read some chapters several times. VG

[…] a great author in a genre that is relatively overlooked at present. […] The subject matter, plot and language enthralled me. Fædrelandsvennen

Tore Kvæven Tore Kvæven (b. 1969) made his debut in 2011 with Hard Is the Law of My Land. He works as a school teacher, and as a sheep farmer.

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Therese Tungen

LOVE, OR SOMETHING LIKE IT About love and what it does to us. For the persons we meet in this short story collection, the desire to be close to others is both a beautiful and a destructive force. Magni can't forget the older lover she had as a young student. Erik recognizes his exgirlfriend down the street and wonder if he should say hello or hide. When Astrid's cohabitant leaves for America to study, she finds comfort in a bear costume. Sometimes people meet at the wrong time, other times two people discover that they interpret love in different ways. In Love, or something like it, Therese Tungen explores ancient themes such as reason and feelings, time and destiny. At the same time, the stories appear highly relevant in an era where the premise of courtesy and living together is changing. How much of love is governed by our own choices, and how much is random or circumstance? A new strong short story collection by critically acclaimed Therese Tungen. Original title: Kjærleik og det som liknar Publisher: Aschehoug, 2019 Category: Fiction Pages: 300 pages

There is a finely tuned presence and a moving seriousness in Tungen's short stories. They are close, but not clammy, and stylish without being slick. ... Therese Tungen must have been influenced by Alice Munro.

AWARDS Shortlisted to the European Union Prize for Literature 2020. Therese Tungen was awarded Aschehoug's debut scholarship for 2017, and in 2018 she received the Bjørnson scholarship.

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ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR This book explores people's relationships with each other through densely but low-key short stories, where the author lets the reader recognize her/his own life.

Therese Tungen has again delivered a very good short story collection that engages and touches. Stavanger Aftenblad

Therese Tungen Therese Tungen has worked as an editor for ten years, starting at the publishing house Oktober, where she among other things co-edited Karl Ove Knausgård's My Struggle. She is now an editor for non-fiction at Det Norske Samlaget.

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Anne Elvedal

THE GAME OF DEATH The Game of Death is the first book in a YA-trilogy that explores existential issues around death and love, loneliness and grief, faith and belonging. To oneself, to other people, and to something greater outside oneself. Is it possible that our lives are woven together with past lives, allowing old curses to haunt us and giving love left unspoken another chance? Sixteen-year-old Rebekka is looking forward to the annual motorcycle summer vacation with her father. But plans change abruptly when her father dies in an accident, just after a big quarrel between them. Filled with guilt and despair, Rebekka visits the Barn, her father's car repair shop where he helped troubled kids put their lives back together. Among old vintage cars and tools, she finds a spirit board. Hoping that this may bring her in contact with her father, Rebekka uses the spirit board, which opens up a number of strange and frightening events. In addition, Rebekka receives a surprising message: Her father’s death was not an accident, he was killed. Suddenly Rebekka faces a mystery that is far greater and more complicated than she could have imagined. Original title: Dødens spill Publisher: Cappelen Damm, 2020 Category: Young Adult Pages: 340 pages

“After reading the first draft of this manuscript, we were immediately intrigued by the story and characters created by Anne. There was no doubt that this was a trilogy we really wanted to publish. Excitement from the first page, mysteries, intrigues, and scary appearances from the past - it was simply so captivating that we were sold! Anne Elvedal is totally able to capture the YA-reader.” Marianne Kaurin, Editor at Cappelen Damm and author of Almost Autumn (Scolastic, 2016)

Anne Elvedal Anne Elvedal is one of Norway's most sought after screenwriters for television and film. She has written screenplays for several crime series, and her three feature films have all been nominated to the Amanda award. Anne has also written the international award-winning documentary "Queen Without Land". She has worked as a script writer for the last 14 years but is also qualified as a nurse and previously worked in the psychiatric healtcare. The Game of Death is her first book.

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Linn Skåber

BEING YOUNG Being Young was the best selling YA book in Norway 2018. It received fantastic reviews (6 of 6 stars), as well as several awards. With more than 100 000 copies sold, the book has definitely reached a large audience. Being Young also enjoyed great success at the Norwegian theater stage, and is nominated to the prestigious Hedda award in 2020.

Original title: Til ungdommen Publisher: Pitch forlag, 2018 Category: Young Adult Pages: 256 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO Italy, Giunti Germany, Rowohlt Hungary, Scolar Slovenia, Sodobnost Serbia, Urban Reads Denmark, Koppelwrite

Linn Skåber has interviewed young people and asked them about their lives – about everything from acne to peace and loss. What’s the best thing about being a young person? What’s the worst? What would you change about it? Why are adults so lame? What are you afraid of? Skåber has used this material to compose fictional monologues about this both wonderful and hopeless time – the transition from child to adult – as seen from a young person’s perspective.The hallmark of all these short monologues is that readers will recognise themselves in them – whether as a young person currently navigating adolescence or as someone looking back on this time from adulthood. The texts have been written with a light, humorous touch, but in true Skåber-style an underlying sincerity always shines through. The book is beautifully illustrated by Lisa Aisato.

What a debut! Skåber and Aisato both have a rare mix of sweetness, poetic depth and twisted humour. It's a cheeky move to steal the title of Nordahl Grieg's famous war poem when debuting. But Skåber is not just any debutant, she can clearly write inbetween all her other talents. The fact that the outstanding Lisa Aisato illustrated the text, makes this a rarely successfull youth book. Cathrine Krøger, Dagbladet

This year it was easy to choose the prize winner. The choice became clear and easy as soon as we became aware of Being Young. It is an exceptionally successful book, and it is a pleasure for us to give Rikmålsforbundet's children's and youth book prize to Linn Skåber. Congratulations! Riksmålsforbundet (The Riksmaalsociety)

Linn Skåber Linn Skåber is an actor, comedian and writer, and has participated in a number of revues, theatre productions and films. She has written for both theatre and TV.

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Linka Neumann

WILDERNESS SWEATERS 2 FOR ADVENTURERS OF ALL AGES Wilderness Sweaters was last year's huge knitting success in Norway and went straight to the top of the bestseller list. It will soon be published in Germany, Russia, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Outdoor life has always been a big part of knitting designer Linka Neuman’s life, and she is dedicated to knit sweaters that not only look tough, but also withstand rough weather. She is inspired by people who have a different lifestyle and dare to invest in what they believe in. Her wilderness sweaters have joined adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts on strenuous trips in forests and mountains – and on expeditions to Canada and Mount Everest. In this new book she shares recipes for sweaters with genuine and distinctive patterns inspired by indigenous people and by nature. The new recipes include new sweaters as well as mittens and hats for outdoorsy wilderness children and adults who enjoy being out in all kinds of weather. Original title: Villmarksgensere Til små og store eventyrere Publisher: Aschehoug, 2020 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 144 pages

Linka Neumann Linka Neuman (b. 1990) knits and designs under the name @valleyknits. She has more than 60 000 followers on Instagram spread around the world. Her first book Wilderness Sweaters is so far sold to 6 countries, and was last years best selling knitting book in Norway.

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Anders Røyneberg

GREEN JOY LIVING AND DECORATING WITH PLANTS Anders Røyneberg, aka @articgardener, has over 100 green plants in his apartment in Oslo. In Green Joy he gives you his best advice on which plants are right for you as well as what they need to thrive. The book will teach you how to take care of seedlings and cuttings and also what to prepare for when traveling away so your plants are just as healthy when you return home. Further it will explain how you may decorate and style your home with plants, with examples of grouping plants as well as using them as room dividers. Which plants would be beautiful in the living room or comfortable in the bathroom? Which ones clean the air in the office and which ones are robust enough to withstand an open bedroom window? You'll get all the answers to your plant needs for each room in your home.

Original title: Plantelykke Stell og innred med grønne planter Publisher: Cappelen Damm, 2019 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 152 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO World English, Quadrille, UK Russia, Mann Ivanov Ferber Estonia, Uhinehud

The book was published late August 2019 in Norway and went straight into the bestseller list. It is now in it's sixth print run.

Anders Røyneberg Anders Røyneberg has gained over 64 000 followers on Instagram as @arcticgardener. He has received a lot of national and international attention in a short time and has been featured on NRK, TV2, Dagbladet, VG and Vanity Fair. He works daily as a therapist, writer and lecturer.

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Ingunn Myklebust

URBAN KNITTING FOR ALL After selling more than 90 000 books in Norway over the past three years, Ingunn Myklebust is still making us “yarn” for more. Luckily, the newest book in Myklebust's bestselling knitting series is finally here. Ingunn Myklebust is one of Norway’s most popular knit designers. She stands out with her beautiful patterns and colour combinations, and her unique and versatile designs has gained her a huge fan base internationally as well as back home. The fourth book in the Urban Knitting series gives us 40 new recipes for grown ups and small ones alike. She has incorporated more of her new Knitting Inna Colours, and timeless designs that never goes out of style. No matter whether you’re picking up your needles for the first time or are a seasoned knitter, the book is so easy to follow that anyone can do it. Original title: #Bystrikk for alle Publisher: Pitch Forlag, 2019 Category: Non Fiction Pages: 190 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO Bystrikk (The first book in this series) is sold to The Netherlands/Belgium (Manteau) and to Turbine (Denmark).

Ingunn Myklebust Ingunn Myklebust is one of Norway’s bestselling knitting authors. From a small start on Instagram three years ago the interest has been growing rapidly, both in Norway and internationally. Since then Ingunn has published two books, both of them went straight to the top of the bestseller lists, she has started the successful web shop knitting_Inna, and developed her own yarn collection in collaboration with the largest Norwegian yarn company - House of Yarn.

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Northern Stories Fall 2020

Articles inside

Ingunn Myklebust Urban Knitting

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ILLUSTRATED NONFICTION

YOUNG ADULT

Linn Skåber | Being Young

Therese Tungen | Love, or Something Like it

Tore Kvæven | When the Land Darkens

Agnes Ravatn | The Bird Tribunal

Agnes Ravatn | Seven Doors

Sigurd Hartkorn Plaetner | Something about Vitus

Halldor Armand | Brother

Sven Simonsen | Risk

Jørgen Jæger | Heartless

John Kåre Raake | The Ice

THRILLER/CRIME

FICTION

Torolf Kroglund | The Last Eel

Morten Traavik | Traitor’s Guide to North Korea

Anders Bortne | Sleepless

Nazneen Khan-Østrem | London

NONFICTION

Camara Lundestad Joof | I talk about it all the time

Erik Martiniussen | The War Against Bacteria

Line Nagell Ylvisåker | My World is melting

Thomas Reinertsen Berg | Theatre of the World

Janne Stigen Drangsholt | From Shakespeare to Knausgård