Northern Stories Fall 2020

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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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Ingunn Myklebust Urban Knitting

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Anders Røyneberg Green Joy

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ILLUSTRATED NONFICTION

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YOUNG ADULT

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Linn Skåber | Being Young

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Therese Tungen | Love, or Something Like it

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Tore Kvæven | When the Land Darkens

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Agnes Ravatn | The Bird Tribunal

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Agnes Ravatn | Seven Doors

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Sigurd Hartkorn Plaetner | Something about Vitus

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Halldor Armand | Brother

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Sven Simonsen | Risk

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Jørgen Jæger | Heartless

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John Kåre Raake | The Ice

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THRILLER/CRIME

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FICTION

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Torolf Kroglund | The Last Eel

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Morten Traavik | Traitor’s Guide to North Korea

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Anders Bortne | Sleepless

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Nazneen Khan-Østrem | London

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NONFICTION

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Camara Lundestad Joof | I talk about it all the time

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Erik Martiniussen | The War Against Bacteria

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Line Nagell Ylvisåker | My World is melting

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Thomas Reinertsen Berg | Theatre of the World

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Janne Stigen Drangsholt | From Shakespeare to Knausgård

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