RIGHTS CATALOGUE Cappelen Damm Agency 2018
Published by CAPPELEN DAMM AS www.cappelendamm.no Layout: CAPPELEN DAMM AS Print: AiT Bjerch AS, Norway 2018 ISBN: 978-82-02-59201-1 Cover Illustration from Benedicte Meyer Kronebergs book Where it burns © CAPPELEN DAMM AS 2018
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Fiction 6 Flamme 26 Graphic Books
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Crime Fiction
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Narrative Non-Fiction
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Self-Help 52 Music 54 Parenting 56 Crafts 58 Food 72 Fitness 86
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ECHOES OF THE CITY EWALD AND MAJ A new epic story from Lars Saabye Christensen! We've all stood on a street corner and let the city's lights and sounds pass by. What do we hear when we listen to the sounds of the city? What traces do they leave in us? Who is at the other end of the line when the phone rings? What story can we deduce from the protocols from Fagerborg's branch of the Red Cross in the postwar years? How do the stories all connect? When someone loses something, someone else finds something different. The city and the streets are the same as before, but the people who emerge in Echoes of the City (Byens spor) have never been seen before.
AUTHOR:
LARS SAABYE CHRISTENSEN
At the center are Ewald and Maj Kristoffersen, but their fates are closely interwoven with the city and the streets they live on.
TITLE ENGLISH:
ECHOES OF THE CITY TITLE NORWEGIAN:
BYENS SPOR
We become acquainted with all these characters and more when we put our ears to the city's conch and listen to it. There are few – if any – who can conjure up a time and place in a way that makes it alive for us here and now like Lars Saabye Christensen. Through epic works like Beatles, The Half Brother and Magnet, Lars Saabye Christensen has created a universe that has become common property. With Traces of the City, he has written a breathtaking and magnificent start to what will be a new trilogy.
FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 448 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
CZECH REPUBLIC (Kniha Zlin) DENMARK (Grif) GERMANY (btb) POLAND (Wydawnictwo Literackie Sp. z.o.o.) UNITED KINGDOM (MacLehose Press)
PHOTO: MAGNUS STIVI
Lars Saabye Christensen (1953–) has published a number of novels, poetry and short story collections since his literary debut in 1976 with The Story of Gly (Historien om Gly). His breakthrough came with Beatles (1984), one of the greatest literary sales successes in Norway that, over the years, new generations continue to hold close to their hearts. The author received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Half Brother (Halvbroren) in 2001. He has also received the Riverton Prize, the Critics' Prize, the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, the Dobloug Prize and the Norwegian Reader's Prize. The author has been published in 36 countries.
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‘Lars Saabye Christensens writing put you in a good mood, and sometimes make you laugh out loud. But the characteristic vulnerability is strongly present, both in the written sentences and between the lines. Even more so than before.’ ★★★★★ ADRESSEAVISA
‘A portrait formulated with the poetic melancholy, so typical to Saabye Christensen when he is at his best.’ ★★★★★ DAGBLADET
‘In the references, but maybe foremost in the loaded dialogue between the people in the book, echoes a certain lingual musicality delivered by one of our foremost literary impressionists.’ ★★★★★ VG
‘This is a story that reaches far into the roots of your heart. Warmth, sympathy and the ability ‘to live with’ characterize this novel, telling the tale of life in Oslo just after WWII.’ ★★★★★ FÆDRELANDSVENNEN
‘Here Saabye Christensen is at his best. May he stay like this for a long time.’ NRK
‘A novel of the kind that does not shout loudly, but is carried by fine personal portraits and wisdom disguised as sparkling gold grains, in turn, consolidating Lars Saabye Christensen's position as Oslo's premier home town poet.’ DAGSAVISEN
‘But it is this he wants to show us; all the details, looks and gestures, all the sensible and human that we are missing out of in our time, with our vision glued to an iPhone. I do not think that I am completely mistaken if I say that the fans, the hard core ones, are going to really love this perspective.’ AFTENPOSTEN
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WILLS AND TESTAMENTS
119 000 COPIES IN PRINT IN NORWAY
Vigdis Hjorth's new novel starts as a classic story of inheritance, centred on two summer cabins on Hvaler. Two children have been looking after the place and their parents for many years. They are due to inherit the cabins. But there are two other children, who have partly broken away from the family. How do they fit into the inheritance dispute? AUTHOR:
During the inheritance discussions another story emerges which brings violent forces into play. It's all about family history.
VIGDIS HJORTH TITLE ENGLISH:
WILLS AND TESTAMENTS
Wills and Testament is a very powerful and interesting novel, which certainly created great debate when it was first published in 2016.
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
ARV OG MILJØ FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 352 pages
Winner of the Norwegian Booksellers Award 2016 and The Norwegian Critics Award 2016.
RIGHTS SOLD TO:
AZERBAIJAN (Qanun Publishing House) BULGARIA (Aviana) DENMARK (Turbine) ESTONIA (Eesti Raamat) FAROE ISLANDS (Sprotin Forlag) FRANCE (Actes Sud) GERMANY (Osburg Verlag) HUNGARY (Polar Egyesület) LITHUANIA (Alma Littera) NETHERLANDS (Ambo Anthos) (Den Nationale Scene A) POLAND (Wydawnictwo Literackie Sp. z.o.o.) SPAIN (Nórdica Libros) SWEDEN (Natur & Kultur) UNITED STATES /UNITED KINGDOM (Verso Books)
Nominated to The Nordic Councils Literature Prize 2016. ‘Wills and testaments is a very strong and thought provoking story about a person that has to give up reconciliation to save herself.’ ★★★★★ NORDJYSKE, DENMARK
‘The way Vigdis Hjorth writes takes us straight into the lives and life-choices that most people recognize around us and within us.’ VG
‘Vigdis Hjorth's new novel, about heritage and the guilt in all words' meaning, is abhorrent. But good Wills and Testament is a hopeless book about a desperate yearning for justice. Definitely interesting, extremely well-written, and with wellportioned suspense. But dark, without the humorous oblique glance that tends to be Hjorth's trademark.’ DAGSAVISEN
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TO SPEAK OUT AND TO STAY SILENT Vigdis Hjorth has been at the centre of Norwegian literary debate during the last year. She's stayed silent herself, for the most part. Now she speaks out, indirectly but pointedly, in four essays about Alf Prøysen and Rolf Jacobsen, Agnar Mykle, Bertolt Brecht and Alexander Kielland. Life and truth, guilt and responsibility are central themes. Throughout invigorating readings, she examines how writers appear and portray themselves.
VIGDIS HJORTH
‘Vigdis Hjorth's books make life less lonely.’
TO SPEAK OUT AND TO STAY SILENT
AUTHOR:
TITLE ENGLISH:
BERGENS TIDENDE
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
Å TALE OG Å TIE FORMAT:
‘Thematically really interesting. Psychologically believable and contesting.’
130x205 mm
WEEKENDAVISEN, DENMARK
‘Only Vigdis Hjorth is able to handle a serious topic in such a strong, intelligent and poetic way.’ DAGBLADET
She has won a number of prizes and awards, amongst them: The Gyldendal Prize in 2011, the Critics Award in 2012, The Honorary Brage Award and the Amalie Skram Award in 2014, The Aschehoug Award in 2015 and the Booksellers Prize in 2016.
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PHOTO: AGNETE BRUN
Vigdis Hjorth (1959–) has made an exciting literary career and has written many popular books for both children and adults. Today she is an awardwinning author and one of Norway's most interesting, contemporary writers.
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THE EYES OF RIGEL The tale about Ingrid Barrøy, which started with The Unseen and continued with White Ocean, marked yet another break through for Roy Jacobsen. With these books he has captured new readers in Norway – and abroad. The first book in the series has been sold to 15 countries and was nominated to The Man Booker International Prize. The Eyes of Rigel is the third book in the trilogy. A strong, epic novel about a country and a people after a great war. In this moving story about a woman that does what everyone tells her not to – Ingrid ventures out on a hazardous quest to find the young Russian Alexander, a man she had a love affair with and who is the father of her child.
AUTHOR:
ROY JACOBSEN TITLE ENGLISH:
THE EYES OF RIGEL
The Eyes of Rigel is a very rich novel, and you are left with a well of impressions after the just over 200 pages – both moved and impressed!
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
RIGELS ØYNE FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 240 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
‘Jacobsen'simages of a society in rapid development, is as sharp and detailed as his pictures of nature, woods, bird song and the absence of the ocean – in what becomes Ingrid Barrøy´s peculiar journey. This book is a highlight!’
CHINA (Writers Publishing House) CZECH REPUBLIC (Pistorius & Olšanská) DENMARK (Rosinante & Co) ESTONIA (Eesti Raamat) GREECE (Hestia) POLAND (Wydawnictwo Poznanskie sp. z o.o.) SWEDEN (Norstedts) UNITED KINGDOM (MacLehose Press)
NRK
‘The magic of Jacobsen continues.’ FÆDRELANDSVENNEN
‘When I close the book I think – like I always do with Jacobsen; Damned, how good he is!’ DAGBLADET
PHOTO: GURI PFEIFER
Roy Jacobsen (1954–) has since his literary début in 1982 with the short story collection Fangeliv evolved into an original, strong and analytical writer with a special interest in the underlying psychology at play in human relationships and actions. He is a wonderful storyteller with obvious political engagement. He has twice been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literary Award: for Seierherrene in 1991, and Frost in 2003. He was also short-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2009 for his novel Hoggerne. His books are translated into 31 languages. He was longlisted for The Man Booker International Prize in 2017 for De usynlige, as the first Norwegian writer ever.
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THE UNSEEN DE USYNLIGE
The Unseen (De usynlige) is a monument over human courage and life-saving practical and social knowledge.
175 500 SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
Jacobsen's descriptions of man and nature are breathtaking. There is plenty of light here, even humor. The family's daily work is a balancing act between refining the riches that wild nature so generously offers, and surviving in the very same wild nature that takes lives. AUTHOR:
RIGHTS SOLD TO 24 COUNTRIES
ROY JACOBSEN FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 256 pages
‘This is a profound interrogation of freedom and fate, as well as a fascinating portrait of a vanished time, written in prose as clear and washed clean as the world after a storm.’ THE GUARDIAN
WHITE OCEAN HVITT HAV
This is the stand alone sequel to the successful novel The Unseen. White Ocean is a dramatic love story from the small island Barrøy in the year 1944–45. Ingrid thinks she is alone on the island, but experiences an unusual love affair in the course of several intense winter-weeks. In this novel Roy Jacobsen gives us a welcome reunion with the people of Barrøy. This time he unrolls an even bigger canvas as he delivers a powerful and eventful novel about a fateful year in Norwegian history.
AUTHOR:
ROY JACOBSEN
RIGHTS SOLD TO 14 COUNTRIES
FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 240 pages
‘This hushed chronicle of northern Norwegian islanders life during World War II is a captivating read.’ INFORMATION, DENMARK
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WHERE IT BURNS B. lives in Singapore and works at a shelter for women who have fled from their employer. They have arrived in the country looking for a better life, but the working conditions are demanding, and for many, life has become a nightmare. We follow B. over the course of a dramatic day, both for herself and for the women, balancing precariously between safety and danger. An intense depiction of happiness and misfortune. Where It Burns is a disturbing novel about modern slavery and personal responsibility.
AUTHOR:
BENEDICTE MEYER KRONEBERG TITLE ENGLISH:
‘... Where it Burns is a novel where the author and the protagonist are taking the title seriously by literally turning where it burns right now, both for themselves and in the world.’
WHERE IT BURNS TITLE NORWEGIAN:
DER DET BRENNER FORMAT:
VG
PHOTO: MONICA KOPPPERDAL HELLEM
130x205 mm / 240 pages
Benedicte Meyer Kroneberg (1972–) was born in Oslo. She graduated from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology with a degree in Nordic Literature.
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MORE BOOKS BY BENEDICTE MYER KRONBERG
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HER LYING FACE In Kristiania in April 1897, the newspapers Morgenbladet and Verdens Gang announced that Knut Hamsun had reported Mrs. Anna Munch to the police and asked that her mental state be investigated. That spring, several anonymous letters slandering Hamsun had appeared in Kristiania. Hamsun was convinced that the letters had been written by the authoress Anna Munch, who was married to Edvard Munch's cousin, Peter Anker Ragnvald Munch. Anna Munch and Knut Hamsun first met during his lecture tour in 1891, when he went on the offensive against Ibsen and others.
AUTHOR:
SELMA LØNNING AARØ
To put it mildly, she was entranced. She began to follow him, even to Paris, and on several occasions she booked in to the same lodgings as he had.
TITLE ENGLISH:
HER LYING FACE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
HENNES LØGNAKTIGE YTRE FORMAT:
She constantly sent him letters, to which she eventually received no replies. In other words, she was a good old-fashioned ‘stalker.' The police were not sure that Anna Munch had written the letters. For a while they even wondered whether Hamsun had written them himself.
130x205 mm / 304 pages
This epistolary mystery is the starting point for Selma Lønning Aarø's artistic novel, which brings a forgotten author to life and, not least, says something about the major struggle female authors had to be seen and heard. The author has made some amazing biographical discoveries which help to cast light on the most highly debated author in Norwegian history, Knut Hamsun. ‘Selma Lønning Aarø has written one of the autumn's most interesting novels, with life as it is really lived at its core. the result is an amazingly artistic portrait.’
PHOTO: AGNETE BRUN
STAVANGER AFTENBLAD
Selma Lønning Aarø (1972–) made her debut in 1995. She has been a newspaper columnist for Dagbladet and Klassekampen for a number of years. Her novel, I'm Coming was translated into several languages. Her Lying Face was praised by critics and readers.
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THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT Doppler is back. After years deep in the woods, Doppler remembers that he has a family. He puts Bongo, the moose, into a kennel for deer and makes his way into Oslo. AUTHOR:
He is looking forward to seeing his wife and children, but his old house looks strange. On the name labels on the mailbox, his name has been crossed out and a new one put in its place: EGIL HEGEL.
ERLEND LOE
Doppler thinks he has reached rock bottom, but his troubles have only just begun.
SLUTTEN PÅ VERDEN SLIK VI KJENNER DEN
TITLE ENGLISH:
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT TITLE NORWEGIAN:
FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 288 pages
‘Probably this year's funniest book.’ ADRESSEAVISEN
RIGHTS SOLD TO:
CZECH REPUBLIC (Kniha Zlín) DENMARK (Gyldendal) FINLAND (Johnny Kniga) HUNGARY (Scolar Kiado) MACEDONIA (Tabernakul) SERBIA (Geopoetica) SLOVAKIA (Premedia) SWEDEN (Alfabeta) TURKEY (Yapi Kredi)
‘The End of the World as We Know It is dystopic cultural critique with high entertainment value.’ VG
‘The observations are good. Sharp. The themes Erlend Loe lets him reflect upon are definitely contemporary. A book for our time.’ DAGSAVISEN
‘The crusade against cleverness and conformity continues.’ DAGBLADET
Erlend Loe also writes books for children and has had great success with the Kurt series.
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PHOTO: FREDRIK ARFF
Erlend Loe (1969–) is one of Norway's bestselling authors. His work have been published in thirty-nine countries so far. He made his literary debut with Captured by the Woman in 1993. His breakthrough both in Norway and internationally came with the publication of his second novel Naiv. Super in 1996. His 2004 novel Doppler was critically acclaimed for its depiction of the modern man.
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THE MAYOR OSLO The Mayor of Oslo continues where the critically acclaimed Lofoten wall left off. The main character is being hounded by the Unemployment Office. He still needs a job. We find him on a job-seekers course, at the café, on a trip to Australia, at football training with his son, back to his mother's sudden death, the break-up and arguments with his father. The Major of Oslo is a dark, funny, desperate and original novel. AUTHOR:
STIG AASVIK
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED: THE LOFOTEN WALL:
TITLE ENGLISH:
THE MAYOR OSLO
The narrator of this novel is sitting trapped in a job-seeking course through NAV, the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration. Among all the other job seekers, he lets his thoughts wander here and there in violent thrusts back and forth in time.
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
ORDFØREREN I OSLO FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 336 pages
This is an ambitious story, an inner struggle, a complex, musical, dark, dreamy and lyrical tale about being a human being – here and now.
‘He writes the way a meticulous and sensitive Knaugård might do, merciless but carefully and tender about his close ones. The text grows in a well-groomed and rich inner language.’
PHOTO: TANYA HANZALOVA WIBYE
STAVANGER AFTENBLAD
Stig Aasvik (1970–) lives in Oslo. His debut was Den elektriske elefanten from 2002. Indre anliggender from 2012, his third novel, was awarded The Booksellers Scholarship for Authors. It received great reviews and was nominated for Book of the Year in the publication Natt & Dag.
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TERMS OF LIFE Ni is a precocious fox. She wants to kill a hen, to know the taste of its blood. She dreams of meeting a male fox beneath a shrub and exploring the longing she feels in her teats. But there are no male foxes. This is the case for many species in the future. A research team is trying to make the soil fertile again. Vemund is different from the rest of the research team. He is silent. Ni follows his scent. But can foxes and humans really meet? AUTHOR:
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED: NEIDEN 1970.
INGEBORG ARVOLA TITLE ENGLISH:
In Neiden 1970, Ingeborg Arvola writes about childhood with her father in the Kven village of Neiden in the far north of Norway, in East Finnmark on the Norwegian-Finnish border. Father eats apples clad only in his underpants and washes the cups and the socks in the same water. The fishing trips last all night and the drinking binges even longer. Their life together is full of joy, a sense of belonging, alcoholic withdrawal shakes and conscientious hard work. Childhood and adult life reflect each other in this powerful and tender novel.
TERMS OF LIFE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
VILKÅR FOR LIV FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 160 pages
‘This is a beautiful book, written with great love, candour and warmth.’ NORDLYS
Ingeborg Arvola (1974–) grew up in Pasvikdalen and in Tromsø. Her first novel was published in 1999. Since then she has written several novels for adults and young people.
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AFTER THIS, WE WILL ALWAYS BE APART After her break-up with Thomas, Sigrid Bakken returns home to her father in the country. She soon adjusts to his quiet existence where everything is solid and built to last. The slow pace of life allows room for thoughts that Sigrid hasn't had time for earlier. What sort of life does she imagine for herself? Why was everything set in motion when Thomas met his ex-girlfriend, Thea? AUTHOR:
Eivind Larssen's new novel has an atmosphere of its own, establishing a silent universe you don't want to leave, even if it's painful sometimes. In this beautiful novel, the writer explores various ways of experiencing the world, how relationships can both hold a person up, and knock them to the ground.
EIVIND SUDMANN LARSSEN TITLE ENGLISH:
AFTER THIS, WE WILL ALWAYS BE APART TITLE NORWEGIAN:
ETTER DETTE SKAL VI BESTANDIG VÆRE FRA HVERANDRE FORMAT:
PHOTO: ANNA-JULIA GRANBERG / BLUNDERBUSS
130x205 mm / 176 pages
Eivind Sudmann Larssen (1984–) comes from Lillehammer and now lives in Bergen. He made his literary debut in 2014 with the novel Nobody misses Edward Niema. End Home is his first collection of poetry.
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WELCOME TO US How to grieve in the shadow of a national grief? In Welcome to us we meet Arild and Sella, who each in their own way are coming to terms with having lost a son in a ferry accident. That was eight years ago, but after 22nd July 2011 their grief is reawakened. Welcome to us is a novel about the people on the fringes of the national catastrophe who are still drawn into its emotional undercurrent. It is also a love story about two people compelled to make the choices which keep them alive. AUTHOR:
‘Evjemo's writing is brilliant, unpretentious, precise and nuanced. He describes the space between people. The distance. The silent sorrow. The loneliness. The despair. And he has the unique ability to do this subtly, using props with which we are all familiar … But he also writes about love, unity and a sense of belonging. It's real. It's important. And it is penned by an author who would appear to be one of the best that Norwegian contemporary literature has to offer.’
EIVIND HOFSTAD EVJEMO TITLE ENGLISH:
WELCOME TO US TITLE NORWEGIAN:
VELKOMMEN TIL OSS FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 232 pages
ADRESSEAVISEN
RIGHTS SOLD TO:
AUSTRIA (Luftschacht e.U.) FRANCE (Grasset)
‘One seldom encounters such accomplished writing. Every sentence vibrates with aesthetic delight and existential solemnity.’ BERGENS TIDENDE
‘I am a great admirer of Evjemo's empathetic and cinematic bird's-eye view and I hope that he goes on to write many more books.’ VG
Hofstad Evjemo is also the editor of the yearly debut anthology SIGNALER. In 2015 he was listed as one of the ten best norwegian authors under 35, by weekly newspaper Morgenbladet and Norsk Litteraturfestival.
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PHOTO: MAJA HATTVANG
Eivind Hofstad Evjemo (1983–) studied writing at Litterær Gestaltning in Gothenburg, Sweden. For his debut novel Wake me if I fall asleep from 2009 he won the Tarjei Vesaas' First Writers Award. For his second novel, The Last Thing You Will See Is A Face of Love from 2012 he recieved The Young Critics Prize, the UT-award and Writer of the year from Trøndelag County. The novel Welcome to Us from 2014 received wonderful reviews, and will be published in France in 2017.
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THE END OF OUR FLAG In Rottenhof, brothers Adam and Florian are very much left to themselves in a small community where things aren't quite as they should be. They scout for robbers and jugosers in a barren landscape, and both look forward to and dread the impending war. Since their mother spends all her time with their little sister and their father is Rottenhof's most important man, it becomes Adam's job to watch over and educate Florian. And Adam is a rather special educator. He shows Florian all the rituals that must be performed so that the robbers don't put them in their bags and take them with them, and concocts gruesome ways to kill the Pröll-child.
AUTHOR:
PETER FRANZISKUS STRASSEGGER
Behind this veneer of childlike imagination, we are able to sense a society in ruins and a world constantly on the verge of war. It is also a story about how a small community is forced to react to abuse. And when the war ends and Florian gets sick, Adam's high ideals of bravery and love for the fatherland are broken down in the face of reality.
TITLE ENGLISH:
THE END OF OUR FLAG TITLE NORWEGIAN:
SLUTTEN PÅ FLAGGET VÅRT FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 256 pages
The End of Our Flag is an enjoyable, brutal and substantial story about the crises mankind can't avoid. ‘This is a psychologically believable, occasionally very fascinating story about personal and political-social problems that are central also in the conflict-filled Europe of today.’ STAVANGER AFTENBLAD
‘Sharp and wise about family and nationalism.’ DAGSAVISEN
‘An original novel where profound insight is communicated by someone who barely knows anything. The consequent perspective is outstanding and non-compromisingly completed in this novel. The End of Our Flag is to put it in short, penmanship of high class.’ PHOTO: THOMAS WINJE ØIJORD
DAG OG TID
Peter Franziskus Strassegger (1984–) was born in Austria but has lived in Norway since he was 12 years old. He was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debut award for his novel Stasia.
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WE'LL JUST DRIVE, AND THEN SEE VI BARE KJØRER, SÅ SER VI
A young woman moves to a small town on the coast, where the highlight of the day is the passing cruise ship which docks for an hour each night, attracting people to the quayside. Otherwise, life consists of chatting with friends, waiting for her partner and driving along the two routes the road takes: towards the ferry, or towards the bridge. We'll Just Drive, And Then See is a novel which, through sober realism, concerns some of the most common aspects of human life: the longing for something out of reach.
AUTHOR:
HILDE STÅLSKJÆR OSEN FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 112 pages Hilde Stålskjær Osen (1978–) was educated as a documentary director at The Danish Film School. In addition to working with movies, she is also a writer and chef. We'll just drive, and then see is her first novel.
PELARGONIA PELARGONIA
TARJEI VESAAS FIRSTWRITERS AWARD
Pelargonia is a novel about the process of growing up rather than a narrative plot. It is a collection of texts and descriptions of a childhood in Norway at the beginning of the 1990s, which now and then opens connections to both youth and young adulthood. Everyday objects and events are described with sensitivity, and although the book can appear enigmatic and inaccessible, it is also openhearted and communicative. AUTHOR:
‘It's enthralling!’
FREDERIK SVINDLAND
LITTERATURLINJER.DK, DENMARK
FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 96 pages Frederik Svindland (1985–) grew up in Porsgrunn. He has studied at the School of Creative Writing in Bø. He made his debut with the novel Pelargona in 2016, which he was nominated to the Tarjei Vesaas First Writers Award for. In 2017 he was awarded the Saabye Christensen Grant.
RIGHTS SOLD TO:
DENMARK (Forlaget Silkefyret)
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TO THE WESTERN ICE At the start of the seal-hunting season a sailboat leaves the quay at Tromsø. On board is a young, newly qualified vet on her first tour of inspection for The Fisheries Department. She is alone with a crew of seal-catchers and hunters, and will be with them in the icy wilderness around Greenland for six weeks. The narration in To the Western Ice is vigorous on every page, consistent in style and shocking and uncompromising in content. ‘An almost faultless novel. The book forces the reader to experience the fear.’
AUTHOR:
TOR EVEN SVANES
KLASSEKAMPEN
TITLE ENGLISH:
TO THE WESTERN ICE
‘First and foremost it is the intensity and spare prose that combine to distinguish this novel from others. … Tor Even Svanes writes in a confident style, developing a well-planned plot in To the Western Ice, a novel that deserves to be read by many.’
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
TIL VESTISEN FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 192 pages
VG RIGHTS SOLD TO:
DENMARK (Jensen & Dalgaard) GERMANY (Osburg Verlag) RUSSIA (Paulsen LLC). FILM RIGHTS (Einar Film og Fortellinger AS) SOUTH KOREA (Bookfactory Dubulu)
‘He carries the sequences of the plot forward in short sentences, taking the reader with him. Unease takes hold. It is done well, and identification with the main character is supreme.’ AFTENPOSTEN
‘Svanes borrows techniques from thriller literature and creates an intense and concentrated psychological drama in the confines of the seal-hunting ship, where anything can happen at any time. To the Western Ice is a significant, consistent, uncompromising and disturbing novel.’ STAVANGER AFTENBLAD
PHOTO: ANNA-JULIA GRANBERG / BLUNDERBUSS
‘This novel is so disconcerting that it could be a good alternative to reading a traditional crime novel.’ UNIVERSITAS
Tor Even Svanes (1978–) has a Ph.D in Media Studies. He made his debut as an author in 2006 with The Other Son (Den andre sønnen). Hotel Eldorado followed in 2011 and To The Western Ice (Til Vestisen) is his third novel.
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‘With the help of subdued language rich with association, and brief, vivid flashbacks to events out at sea in the arctic, the author builds the tension with a sure hand. First and foremost it is the intensity and spare prose that combine to distinguish this novel from others …’ VG
‘The book effectively draws the reader into the inspection of Norwegian seal hunting in Greenland. The claustrophobic opening is remarkably good … Rather than telling the story chronologically, Svanes creates a narrative that provides an uncomfortably clear impression of Mari's claustrophobia on board the ship.’ KLASSEKAMPEN
‘The particularly masculine combination of brutality and feline craftiness is skilfully and ruthlessly described. Combining this psychological warfare with the description of the ship and the sea, Svanes earns a place in the darkest corner of seafaring literature …’ DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV
‘What could have been artificial and affected is instead an organic text. And it all really rests on a simple premise: The author knows when to stop.’ AFTENPOSTEN
‘Svanes borrows techniques from thriller literature and creates an intense and concentrated psychological drama in the confines of the seal-hunting ship, where anything can happen at any time.’ STAVANGER AFTENBLAD
‘… Svanes has written a really good novel. With skillful use of narrative technique and language and a tight grasp of the theme, he creates a literary space which almost steps forward to within touch of the reader …’ UNIVERSITAS
‘A stark presentation of seal-hunting on the Greenland ice – and of being a woman in a tough masculine environment … Svanes succeeds both in describing the coarse male milieu in its own terms and in tracing the female inspector's reactions with sensitive understanding …’ ADRESSEAVISEN
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FICTION
BATTLEFIELD A SHORT REPORT FROM THE UNDERGROWTH Familyman Torgrim Eik moves out of his home one weekend to sail over the fjord and go hunting. As he walks through the mountains, memories from a wandering life appear to him. And he begins an internal hunt. Geir Olav Jørgensen reappears as one of our most powerful writers with a novel that descends into the undercurrents of humanity.
AUTHOR:
PRAISE FOR OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR:
TITLE ENGLISH:
ABOUT TALES FROM THE OUTSIDE:
GEIR OLAV JØRGENSEN
‘If this grippingly beautiful story, three times divided in three, had been published in a bigger language than Norwegian, I think it would have been noticed internationally.’
BATTLEFIELD
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
SLAGMARK - KORT RAPPORT FRÅ UNDERSKOGEN
STAVANGER AFTENBLAD
FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 176 pages
ABOUT HELMERS JOURNEY, 1979:
‘An original and engaging tale.’ VG
ABOUT BERLIN MARATHON:
‘He succeeds in writing out the irrational anxiety and worry about a pending catastrophe (…) This tensity stays with you throughout the entire novel. Jørgensen manages to plant the anxiety in the reader, almost physically.’
PHOTO: ARNE BRU HAUG
DAG OG TID
Geir Olav Jørgensen (1971–) and is originally from Husnes in Hordaland. He debuted with the novel Mono (2006), and has since published several critically acclaimed novels.
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FICTION
I'VE HEARD IT'S NICE THERE A mother looks out for her son – who she has lost custody of. It's the Constitution Day Parade and she isn't sure which one of the parading schools he is with. An elderly gentleman occupies his days by riding up and down in a hotel elevator. Malin and Jim are visiting friends. Malin has learned to breathe with her stomach. Jim has finally decided to buy a punch-bag. 80's Country singer Christer Sjögren and boxer Steffen Tangstad lurk in the background. A man has fled from an accident, he tells his wife that he's in Italy. But with the help of a dead cat and a quiet moment in an abandoned tent, everything becomes so much better. These are just some of the many characters you'll meet in this powerful and diverse collection of short-stories.
AUTHOR:
TOM INGAR ELIASSEN TITLE ENGLISH:
I'VE HEARD IT'S NICE THERE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
JEG HAR HØRT DET ER FINT DER FORMAT:
Tom Ingar Eliassen (1972–) was born and resides in Halden. In 2012, he contributed texts to the debutant anthology Signals. In 2013 he published a collection of novels called Nine fathoms and deeper. He has attended Aschehoug's writer's school and debuted as a dramatist at the Dramatist Festival in 2017.
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PHOTO: ANNA-JULIA GRANBERG, BLUNDERBUSS
130x205 mm / 240 pages
FLAMME
I REFUSE TO THINK I Refuse to Think has much of the same sharp and smart humour of her earlier books. We meet Hedda Møller after a traumatic plane landing and hazardous journey back to Oslo, though a Europe in crisis, on buses and trains, dirty hostel rooms and a one-night stand in Berlin that will just not stop sending messages in CAPS LOCK. Back home she discovers that she is unwantedly pregnant. That should be an easily solved problem. It´s not. I Refuse to Think is a dark, feministic contemporary comedy about politics, love – and an abyss that I getting dangerously closer.
AUTHOR:
LOTTA ELSTAD TITLE ENGLISH:
I REFUSE TO THINK
‘Feminist direct hit!’ ★★★★★★
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
JEG NEKTER Å TENKE
STAVANGER AFTENBLAD
FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 240 pages
‘Lotta Elstads energy, wittiness and precision makes I Refuse to Think to one of this years most enjoyable reads. Within it´s comical genre, it is absolutely perfect; stimulating, exciting, funny, sharp – and somewhat dark.’ ★★★★★★
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FRANCE (Marabout) GERMANY (Kiepenheuer & Witsch) DENMARK (Hoff & Poulsen)
FÆDRELANDSVENNEN
‘Lotta Elstad has written a novel that is funny, even if it is political. Elstad writes with energy and good timing. The suspense lasts until the last chapter.’ DAGSAVISEN
‘If you are going to read a book that in a light satirical way deals with heavy issues regarding the right to decide over your own body, then let it be Lotta Elstad – a witty, engaged and intellectual writer.’ BLA
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FLAMME
A ROOM OF ONES OWN Anna Louisa Millisdotter has her own room and a bank account full of money – what more could a 70-year-old want? Anna Louisa is ripped from her quiet retirement by an article in the country's second biggest newspaper. The author is the same woman who once persuaded her to go into public exile. The woman who claimed to have been lured into prostitution by her academic supervisor. Former student Catherine Wolf, now a professor in Anna Louisa's old faculty. And suddenly the game is on for Anna Louisa. She decides to show her face in public again – for the first time in 20 years.
AUTHOR:
LOTTA ELSTAD TITLE ENGLISH:
A Room of Ones Own is priceless feminist satire, a chamber play with room for both bitcoins and saloon guns.
A ROOM OF ONES OWN TITLE NORWEGIAN:
ET EGET ROM FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 208 pages
‘Lotta Elstad writes like a love child of Dag Solstad and Vigdis Hjorth: Intellectual, engaged and witty.’ DAG OG TID
RIGHTS SOLD TO:
FRANCE (Marabout)
‘In light, satirical style and with a precise depiction of distinctly Norwegian societal structures, Elstad explores the need to find a place in the world and give life meaning, and how banal the outcome of this struggle can be no matter how strong the fighting spirit once was.’
Lotta Elstad (1982–) is a writer, journalist, historian and non-fiction editor. She has since her debut in 2008 published several acclaimed books, both narrative nonfiction and novels. Lotta Elstad is one of NORLAs New voices – Program.
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PHOTO: ODA BERBY
KLASSEKAMPEN
FLAMME
AURORA "What I don’t understand," she says, "is how you can say that a country is bankrupt. Have our mountains gone bankrupt too? Has Gullfoss dried up? It’s not like someone can just turn off the lights and say ok, we’re getting out of here. A country doesn’t just disappear from the map. We’re still here." Kristín works as a night porter at a hotel in Akureyri. On her cell phone, she has a photo which she looks at while standing alone in the reception; a photo from 2009, when Iceland was about go under. She becomes absorbed by the story of the girl in the picture, Aurora, and allows the story to be absorbed by her. How much can you read from a single photo? And how much disappears if you decide one day to remove everything you’ve ever posted online?
AUTHOR:
RUNE F. HJEMÅS TITLE ENGLISH:
AURORA
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
Aurora is a novel about friendship, about financial crisis, punk and nature. About a revolution that perhaps never happened. It’s about tracks being removed and tracks being laid. About looking for a foothold in a country that is about to disintegrate – and about listening to your heart, even if all it does is beat.
AURORA FORMAT:
PHOTO: HEIDI FURRE
130x205 mm / 256 pages
Rune F. Hjemås (1982–) is an author, journalist and editor for the small publishing house Beijing Trondheim.
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FLAMME
SAVE THE CHILDREN REDD BARNA
WINNER OF THE YOUNG CRITICS AWARD 2015 Tanja has moved to Hakadal outside of Oslo with her husband and two children. Here she tries to build a home, make packed lunches, keep the driveway clear of snow, teach her children the difference between right and wrong – and put the past behind her. This proves more difficult than she initially imagined. Save the Children is a warm, powerful novel about sorrow, fear and everday Sisyphean labour. AUTHOR:
TIRIL BROCH AAKRE
‘In no more than 124 pages Tiril Broch Aakre make us understand that she is a writer to be counted with in the years to come … Redd barna is a gripping novel.’
FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 128 pages
NRK
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MACEDONIA (Shkupi)
FJÄLLRÄVEN YELLOW FJÄLLRÄVEN GUL
Fjällräven Yellow is a coming-of-age novel. We meet eighteen year old Sjur Tangen in the aftermath of a serious traffic accident in which a girlfriend died. His best friend, Frede, is still in hospital and has given Sjur the responsibility for delivering a yellow back-pack with secret contents to various places in Hakadal, where he lives. And all the time Sjur is thinking about a girl called Pjotr, and the things that happened last summer. ‘Tiril Broch Aakre is a remarkable storyteller. Fjällräven yellow is a moving and somewhat brutal novel about a person on the brink of breaking.’
AUTHOR:
TIRIL BROCH AAKRE
DAGBLADET
FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 208 pages
Tiril Broch Aakre (1976–) is a writer, editor, translator and consultant. She made her debut in 2013 with the poetry collection Lace (Kniplinger). In 2015, her first novel Save the Children (Redd barna) received excellent reviews. She has since written the book Fjällräven Yellow, and is currently writing on the follow up to Save the Children. Tiril Brock Aakre is one of NORLAs New Voices-Program.
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FLAMME
FOUR DAYS IN BERLIN One day in February of 2017, the 31-year-old writer Audun return to Berlin to visit the 30-year-old programmer Martin, with whom he shared an apartment 7 years ago. Martin makes good money and is soon to move in with his girlfriend. But he is experiencing an increasingly greater discomfort with living in a class society, in one of the most free countries in the world, with less and less room for anything but working to get paid. This conflict in feelings leads the former roommates into a hushed state of flux, a conversation full of inns and outs, about life during and beyond capitalism. AUTHOR:
AUDUN MORTENSEN TITLE ENGLISH:
FOUR DAYS IN BERLIN TITLE NORWEGIAN:
FIRE DAGER I BERLIN FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 200 pages
Audun Mortensen (1985–) is an author and artist. His debut Everyone tells me how good I am, in case I become it (Alle forteller meg hvor bra jeg er i tilfelle jeg blir det) was awarded "Best poem debut of the year" by Aftenposten in 2009. He has since published a number of poetry books, two novels and the critically acclaimed prose collection, Animals I have met (Dyr jeg har møtt).
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FLAMME
ACCORDING TO THE SEA According to the Sea takes place on two levels: We meet the protagonist Ivan Ivanovitch as he arrives in our era after a journey through time from a relatively close future. He quickly finds lodgings in a hotel in town, and work in the local aluminum factory. Everything is going according to plan. And while life goes along as usual in the little village, with payday beers on Fridays at the Chinese restaurant, downsizing at the factory and football matches on TV, the reader gets to know more about Ivan's life before he ended up in a village in Norway – and you start to sense what direction the world as we know it is going in.
AUTHOR:
LASSE WARDENÆR FOSSHAUG TITLE ENGLISH:
ACCORDING TO THE SEA TITLE NORWEGIAN:
This is a book about the little people in the big story. About the individual's role in space and time. The book reads as a thriller, with an innovative mix of worker's novel and dystopian sci-fi, and the reader is challenged to reflect on the role technology plays in our lives.
ALT ETTER HAVET FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 168 pages
‘Lasse W. Fosshaug has written a novel that manages to entertain, and at the same time take its reader dead seriously.’ MORGENBLADET
‘Relevant Science Fiction has often been used to comment the present. Fosshaug does this, and he does it well. … A novel that at its best almost erases the border between fantasy and realism.’ NRK
Fosshaug has a Bachelor's Degree in journalism, and has studied creative writing at the famous literary writing school, Litterär Gestaltning in Gothenburg, Sweden. After many years working in communications, marketing and PR, he is now writing full time.
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PHOTO: HEIDI FURRE
Lasse W. Fosshaug (1982–) is a critically acclaimed author, well known for his original style and fluent writing.
GRAPHIC BOOKS
THE BLACK WATERFALL With The Black Waterfall, illustrator and artist Per Dybvig continues the writing that started with the book The Hunter - a tale from the woods (2015), a book that was named Most beautiful book by Grafill the same year. Even if you can see a connection between The Hunter and The Black Waterfall, they also differ very much from each other in both technique and form. Where The Hunter had a big format with detailed black and white drawings on a white background, The Black Waterfall is a small book full of colour. Here the artist alternates between different techniques of drawing and place a diverse gallery of figures in an unmistakeably Dybvigian universe, where the beautiful and the threatening walk hand in hand, and where people and actions are intertwined in a distinctive way.
AUTHOR:
PER DYBVIG TITLE ENGLISH:
THE BLACK WATERFALL TITLE NORWEGIAN:
SVARTFOSSEN FORMAT:
120x180 mm / 136 pages
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GRAPHIC BOOKS
THE HUNTER A TALE FROM THE WOODS In The Hunter, Per Dybvig describes a world where displacement of identity and absence of civilisation are obvious. The presence of nature is just as obvious. The mountains tower above people and animals, and flowers are in bloom, but the people and the animals are in a worse situation. The animals seem to have mutated, acquiring alien features of both nature and people. Where horns once protruded, tree stems can now grow. Hares walk on two legs, chain-smoking with one paw and carrying a pistol in the other.
AUTHOR:
PER DYBVIG
The hunter draws the changes from many genres, such as the folk tale and the Western. It can perhaps be read as an absurd fable full of tripwires. Inspired by Georg Pencz' woodcut from 1535, 'The hunter caught by the hares,' Per Dybvig uses great originality and black humour, peculiar internal logic and razor-sharp felt-tip pen to combine the brutal and the beautiful, the evil and the empathetic, conjuring up a world which despite the macabre and gloom perhaps most of all shows a tender streak of hope.
TITLE ENGLISH:
THE HUNTER
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
JEGEREN FORMAT:
240x340 mm / 80 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
DENMARK (Jensen & Dalgaard)
‘The book is raw, ingenious and clever, and definitely in a class of its own among illustrated books. I know of no other illustrator in our country who matches Per Dybvig, either for quality of craftsmanship or artistic originality.’ MORGENBLADET
‘This picture book by Per Dybvig takes your breath away as soon as you open it.’
Per Dybvig (1964–) is an illustrator and one of our foremost children's book artists. He has received many awards for his drawings and his work has been featured in several solo exhibitions. In 2005 he and Bjørn Rørvik were co-recipients of the Ministry for Culture and Church Affairs' Literary Award for their Fox and Piglet books.
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VÅRT LAND
GRAPHIC BOOKS
WOMEN IN BATTLE 150 years ago, women and men led very different lives. Women could not vote or make their own money. They had no control over their own bodies. The father would make her decisions until she was married. Then her husband would take over. This changed when women began to organize. In this book writer Marta Breen and illustrator Jenny Jordahl tells the story about the women's movements many dramatic battles. Breen and Jordahl have cooperated about a number of book projects, amongst others The F word. 155 reasons to be a feminist that they received the Norwegian Cultural Ministry non-fiction award for in 2015, and the bestseller 60 Women you should have known (2016).
AUTHOR:
MARTA BREEN TITLE ENGLISH:
WOMEN IN BATTLE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
KVINNER I KAMP ILLUSTRATED BY:
JENNY JORDAHL FORMAT:
210x297 mm / 128 pages
PHOTO: MARIA GOSSÉ
Jenny Jordahl (1989-) is an illustrator, designer, blogger and cartoonist. She is well known for her collaborations with feminist writer Marta Breen on books like The F Word and 60 Women You Should've Met. The F Word was awarded the Culture Department's Textbook Award in 2015. She illustrates a regular environmental column for Aftenposten Junior and does her own cartoon series: Life among the animals. Marta Breen (1976–) is a writer, journalist and one of Norways most profiled feminists.
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CRIME FICTION
THE WHISPERER Ragna Riegel works at Europris and lives alone in her childhood home. Her parents have died and her only son has moved to Berlin. They have no contact other than occasional Christmas and birthday cards. Ragna lives within close confines. She likes her job because it is full of routine, she likes to sit on the same seat on the bus every day and she likes to buy the same things at the local shop each day. She must have order in her life. And she does, until one day she finds a letter in her mailbox with her name on the envelope and a clear threat written in block capitals on the sheet inside.
AUTHOR:
KARIN FOSSUM
The letter reinforces a nightmare where Ragna Riegel's life is threatened by an unknown enemy and she realises that she must use all means possible to defend herself.
TITLE ENGLISH:
THE WHISPERER TITLE NORWEGIAN:
HVISKEREN FORMAT:
The novel takes the form of Konrad Sejer's interrogation of Ragna Riegel after the worst has happened; after it is too late.
RIGHTS SOLD TO:
A powerful narrative from one of the strongest voices in Norwegian crime literature.
130x205 mm / 336 pages
PHOTO: ARILD SØNSTRØD
DENMARK (Gyldendal DK) NETHERLANDS (Uitgeverij Marmer) SWEDEN (Forum) GERMANY (Piper Verlag) UNITED KINGDOM (Harvill Secker)
Karin Fossum (1954–) made her literary debut in 1974 with the poetry collection Maybe Tomorrow, for which she won the Vesaas First Writer's Award. She has published books in several genres, but is perhaps best known for her crime fiction about Konrad Sejer. Several of her books have been filmed. She has received a number of prestigious awards, including an LA Times Book Award for her novel Beloved Poona. Karin Fossum's books are translated into 34 languages.
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‘With the intense build-up of suspense and a completely astounding and unexpected final crescendo, The Whisperer, for me, is a masterpiece.’ TØNSBERGS BLAD
‘The intimate depiction of an individual's innermost thoughts and feelings form the focus of this project, which is so eminently executed that the reader is left speechless at the author's insight and understanding, as well as the way in which she conveys these.’ FÆDRELANDSVENNEN
‘Superb.’ VARDEN
‘She has written a tremendously good story about someone who could easily be our neighbour.’ ADRESSEAVISEN
‘The Whisperer is a novel that measures up to any literature, crime or otherwise.’ DAGBLADET
‘Creepy, unnerving discomfort and plausible madness in everyday life … The unthinkable lingers and quivers within the text, creating suspense as the story builds towards the shocking reveal.’ VG
‘It is her ability to make average, often wounded human psyches crackle and glow in all the colours of the rainbow that is Fossum's forte as a writer. She has an exceptional eye for fragility and vulnerability, and the complexity and dark humour of these states of mind.’ AFTENPOSTEN
‘The Whisperer has qualities that distinguish the author at her best: Finely-honed psychological insight in combination with chilling discomfort.’ DAGSAVISEN
CRIME FICTION
HEART OF GLASS Robin and Mikkel are brothers. Robin witnesses the terrible thing that happens to his cousin Amina. He can't help her, nor can he get any help. Robin is unable to tell anyone what he has seen. While Mikkel knows something he does not want to tell. Not to anyone. Heart of Glass is a story about recognizing evil when you meet it. About struggling to understand whom you are. But it is also a story about how far a person will go to hold on to love. Torkil Damhaug has won the Riverton Prize twice, in 2011 for Fireraiser and 2016 for A Fifth Season.
AUTHOR:
TORKIL DAMHAUG TITLE ENGLISH:
‘The personal voice is one of the strengths of Damhaug as a writer. His way of writing makes him a magnificent example of a true literary crime writer.’
HEART OF GLASS TITLE NORWEGIAN:
GLASSHJERTE FORMAT:
DAGBLADET
130x205 mm / 416 pages
‘With the sharp portrayal of a nouveau riche, multicultural Norway – where the lines of conflict are criss-crossing in confusing patterns and where the ambiguous solutions are only found on Facebook – Heart of Glass is experienced as a rarely relevant crime. No Norwegian crime writer has done it better in a long time, maybe not since Damhaugs own Fireraiser from 2011.’
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DENMARK (Modtryk)
AFTENPOSTEN
‘At the bottom of Heart of Glass we find a classic crime story: A disappearance turns into murder; there are clues, side-tracks and hints. When the answer is presented to us after well 400 pages, the entire mystery has been beautifully solved. All this is well and good, but the reason that Heart of Glass is a good novel lies elsewhere. Most importantly in the portrayal of the young persons, the way the writer builds them up and display them: as vulnerable, somewhat damaged and twisted… Heart of Glass is quite a thrill, being as smart as it is.’
PHOTO: AGNETE BRUN
NRK Torkil Damhaug (1958–) has a degree in medicine with a specialization in psychiatry. His debut novel, Flee, Moon caused a great stir when it appeared in 1996. His Norwegian and international breakthrough came with the psychological thriller Death by Water in 2009. The novel has since been optioned for a movie. For the novel Fireraiser, Damhaug was awarded the prestigious Riverton Prize for best Norwegian crime fiction novel in 2011. He was again awarded the Riverton Prize 2016 for his crime novel A Fifth Season.
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CRIME FICTION
A FIFTH SEASON
WINNER OF THE RIVERTON PRIZE IN 2016
Ann, Victor, Helene and Nicolai are four young friends. They like trying things out, but their exploits don't always turn out well. One of the things they should not have done was to lock a classmate in the basement of a ruined riverside factory, where there had once been a nasty accident. Soon after, two of the four youngsters are found dead, and the third has disappeared. A Fifth Season is a psychological thriller which brings the reader close to both victims and perpetrators. It is a crime novel where the reader has the opportunity to follow the investigation of abduction and murder. What happened? Who is guilty?
AUTHOR:
TORKIL DAMHAUG TITLE ENGLISH:
A FIFTH SEASON TITLE NORWEGIAN:
EN FEMTE ÅRSTID FORMAT:
‘Torkil Damhaug is a crime writer who is unusually assured in his form; I am unaware of any other writer who can invoke the way in which desperation lies in wait in the most everyday situations in quite the way that he does.’
130x205 mm / 576 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
DENMARK (Modtryk) GERMANY (Droemer Knaur)
VG
‘Damhaug is a fantastic story-teller, who painstakingly unravels his well-composed narrative. Through dialogue, shifts in perspective and a broad spectrum of minor figures, his characters are depicted as a consequence of suppression, conflict and failure. The book is structured as a crime novel, but is also a masterfully constructed study of young people's environment in the most precariously emotional time of anyone's life, where anything can happen, for better or (in this case) worse. This book could be described as rural Norwegian crime writing with a high degree of literary ambition.’ DAGBLADET
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CRIME FICTION
SIGN OF THE FIVE Sign of The Five is a psychological crime novel that both on the investigative and criminal side take up in it universally human topics like sin, punishment, revenge and forgiveness. The main narrative of the novel is about how both assailants and victims decades later still live with traumatic memories of things that happened during World War II. The book focuses on the nature of war and how it can affect especially young people very strongly. The main character in the book has, after losing his wife very early, moved all his hopes for the future over on his only son. And when the son dies, the grandson takes on the same role. When the grandson also dies, our protagonist becomes a man without hope for himself and his family. This triggers long forgotten memories, hidden far back in his mind. The dangerous story about why he lost his wife and why they only had one child – and grandchild, comes creeping out.
AUTHOR:
HANS OLAV LAHLUM TITLE ENGLISH:
SIGN OF THE FIVE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
DE FEMS TEGN FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 384 pages
Hans Olav Lahlum has written a number of crime novels, with the main characters K2 and Patricia. All of them bestsellers in Norway, and published in a number of other countries. LAHLUMS BEST THRILLER! ‘This original thriller is a refreshingly good exploration of guilt, loss, revenge and reconciliation.’
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ADRESSEAVISA
Hans Olav Lahlum (1973–) is a historian. He made his literary debut with the critically acclaimed biography Oscar Torp in 2007. He has since published sevaral crime fiction novels and non-fiction books. His crime fiction novels have become bestsellers in Norway, and are available in serveral languages.
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CRIME FICTION
THE THIRD SISTER Three sisters. Two murdered. One witness. Nadia should have been killed. Her sisters Samira and Nazma are brutally murdered, but Nadia manages to hide just in time. Who is behind the murders? Why were the sisters killed? What will happen to Nadia? As the case unravels, it takes us into closed environments in Oslo and faraway villages in Pakistan. Mikkel, a journalist, colleague and friend of Nadia, is the one who will seek to find the answer to the mystery. AUTHOR:
TERJE BJØRANGER
‘The third sister is a dramatic story, told in a realistic and direct way. And the author never let the narrative become dry and theoretical, all the way illustrating what he wants us to see in an action-packed way. Presenting his agenda without letting it affect the nerve and the level of action.’
TITLE ENGLISH:
THE THIRD SISTER TITLE NORWEGIAN:
DEN TREDJE SØSTEREN FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 432 pages
DAGBLADET
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CRIME FICTION
BARCODE A young woman is found brutally murdered near Sognsvann. She is dressed in police uniform and has an unmistakable tattoo on her chest. The next day, a top politician from the Labour Party jumps in front of a train at Lillestrøm station. As Police Detective Charlie Robertson dives into these cases, he sees connections no one else is willing to see. Robertson and his team get entangled in a pitch-black Oslo in which drugs, prostitution and human trafficking operate freely. ‘With his second novel, Terje Bjøranger come out as a fullblooded police novelist‘
AUTHOR:
TERJE BJØRANGER
DAGBLADET
TITLE ENGLISH:
BARCODE
‘A solid and surprisingly good Norwegian police crime that may very well end up as one of this year's best crime fiction novels.’
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
BARCODE
ADRESSEAVISEN
FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 384 pages
‘Scary, gloomy and credible.’ ROMERIKES BLAD
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FINLAND (Like)
‘Barcode is a terrifically good crime story. Here there is no lingering or unnecessary pauses in the action. It is straight forward, and every time you turn to a new page there is action and new surprises.’
Terje Bjøranger (1959–) resides in Lørenskog and works as a Police Prosecutor for Kripos. He debuted in 2012 with The Third Sister. Bjøranger has also worked with the Norwegian UDI for several years in areas such as forced marriages and honour crimes.
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PHOTO: AGNETE BRUN
KULTURSPEILET
CRIME FICTION
THE HOUR OF DEATH "A faint groan made Claus jump. His eyes searched in the darkness. Someone was on their way through the forest, a man walking backwards with his head bowed. His hands wrapped in the hair of a lifeless girl." In this crime novel from Fagernes, we're not just following any ordinary hero. Claus is a homeless alcoholic who sleeps in the woods, surviving on rubbish, and whatever else he can find, out in the wild. But his life takes a sudden twist when he witnesses the murder of a young girl. AUTHOR:
The police connect this incident to several unsolved murders and immediately suspect Claus. On the run from the police, and a killer intent on stopping him from revealing what he knows, Claus escapes to the mountains.
JARAN DAMMANN TITLE ENGLISH:
THE HOUR OF DEATH TITLE NORWEGIAN:
DØDSTIMEN FORMAT:
PHOTO: AGNETE BRUN
130x205 mm / 352 pages
Jaran Dammann (1967–) is a trained carpenter and economist. He has previously written five humorous books and a thriller, The Face of Darkness (2012).
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CRIME FICTION
THE GRAVE GRAVEN
Seventeen years ago, fifteen-year-old Pia Espeland disappeared. But her parents have never given up hope that she is still alive. Before she disappeared, Pia visited Child Welfare Services. But not everyone in Child Welfare Services is trustworthy. What happened to Pia is still an unanswered puzzle. BA-journalist Alice Bratt, who has just gone through a difficult breakup, comes across the remains of a woman one evening she is out walking her dog. It looks like someone has lit funeral candles just outside the scene. Could it be the missing Pia? And who has known about her for all these years? AUTHOR:
Entertaining and realistic journalism crime from a critically acclaimed author.
MONIKA N. YNDESTAD FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 400 pages
Monika N. Yndestad (1964–) has extensive experience in news and as a crime journalist for BA, and is a renowned journalist and author. In 2013, she received the Nytt Blod – Maurits Hansen award for her crime debut The Girls from the Ballet. The Grave is the third book in the series about BA journalist Alice Bratt.
PORNOMANIA PORNOMANIA
Mattis grows up in an age of porn magazines and censored pictures of naked bodies. But then the Internet arrives, the censorship is gone and porn is made available for free through streaming. To attract "voyeurs" the porn becomes more and more violent and humiliating. This is when porn take over the life of Mattis. From living in a house with his parents and younger sister, he is institutionalized in the care of the state. He is sentenced for rape, arson and hard violence. The pornography imprisons him, in a bodily prison he wants to break free from. AUTHOR:
This is a novel about a generation of voyeurs. About extroverted sex and loneliness.
EIRIK HUSBY SÆTHER FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 320 pages Eirik Husby Sæther (1984–) is born and raised in the area of Bjørndal in Oslo. He has studied criminology, and in 2009 he graduated from The Norwegian Police Academy. As well as being a writer, he works as a police officer at the Crime Guard in Oslo. Pornomania is his fifth novel.
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DIVING FOR SEAHORSES A BOOK ABOUT MEMORY Take a plunge into the science of memory, together with sisters Hilde and Ylva Østby, in Diving for Seahorses. The writers explore the many facets of memory and how it influences our lives, both from a neuroscience perspective and through conversations with some of the most influential memory researchers of our time. They meet people with a special kind of memory – at both ends of the memory spectrum from mnemonists, actors and taxi drivers, to amnesiacs – and discover that most memories are transformed and some are best forgotten. In the middle of winter, they send divers deep into the Oslo fjord in search of where our memories are stored. They wonder if what lies at the heart of memory is what will change our future.
AUTHOR:
HILDE ØSTBY AND YLVA ØSTBY TITLE ENGLISH:
DIVING FOR SEAHORSES TITLE NORWEGIAN:
Å DYKKE ETTER SJØHESTER FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 288 pages
Diving for Seahorses explains memory through personal and vivid tale telling, combining the best of two craftsmanships: Hilde is a novelist, and Ylva is a neuropsychologist.
RIGHTS SOLD TO:
AZERBAIJAN (Qanun Publishing House) CANADA (Greystone Books) DENMARK (Gyldendal DK) GERMANY (Berlin Verlag) NETHERLANDS (Balans Uitgeverij) POLAND REPUBLIC OF KOREA (Minumsa) SWEDEN (Norstedts) TURKEY (Kaplumbaga Yayinlari) FRANCE (Marabout)
‘… readable and interesting. … Reading this book will leave you baffled about how complex memory is.’ FÆDRELANDSVENNEN
‘Diving for Seahorses is a unique book about memory … science and research presented with wit and energy.’
PHOTO: JANNE LINDGREN
BOKSTAVER.NO
Hilde Østby (1975–) is a historian of ideas, author, journalist and former publishing editor. She made her debut as an author in 2013 with the critically acclaimed novel Leksikon om lengsel. Ylva Østby (1979–) has a doctorate in neuropsychology from The University in Oslo and is one of Norway's leading experts on how memory functions.
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LETTERS TO A DAUGHTER ALL YOU SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE YOU ARE A GIRL, OR HAVE A MOTHER
The #metoo campaign revealed that Norway is not as egalitarian as we thought. There's image-pressure, sex-pressure and performance-pressure among today's youth. This author wants to give life advice to today's generation "shame", using the intimate stories of five Norwegian mothers: Sidsel Rasmussen, Frøydis Guldahl, Elisabet Helsing, Sissel Benneche Osvold and Juliet Okparaebo – famous Norwegians with stories you never knew of.
AUTHOR:
KRISTIN M. HAUGE TITLE ENGLISH:
LETTERS TO A DAUGHTER TITLE NORWEGIAN:
BREV TIL EN DATTER FORMAT:
Kristin M. Hauge works as a portrait writer, freelance journalist and adviser in journalism and social media. She has 20 years of background as a news reporter for the newspaper VG and publisher / digital editor in the weekly womens magazine KK.
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PHOTO: MONA NORDØY
130x205 mm / 304 pages
NARRATIVE NON-FICTION
KINGDOM OF FROST THE CRYOSPHERE AND LIFE The Cryosphere is the name of those parts of the earth that contain frozen water; like snow, ice, permafrost, glaciers – and something that very few has heard of: invisible glaciers. This is a part of the world that most of us only know from afar – with the exception of Norwegians and other Northerners. But we see less and less of it, as the area is shrinking. Bjørn Vassnes, Norway´s leading science journalist and native to the arctic plateau of Finnmarksvidda, take us on a fascinating journey through climate research, biology, cultural history and archaeology. Weather you live in it or not, The Kingdom of Frost effects all life on earth.
AUTHOR:
BJØRN VASSNES TITLE ENGLISH:
KINGDOM OF FROST TITLE NORWEGIAN:
THE COLD IN THE AGE OF HEAT ‘At his best Bjørn Vassnes is the Norwegian Bill Bryson. The gifted writer and journalist has the ability to go both wide and deep and still without getting lost in the details and reservations that sometimes is the problem of the academic researchers own presentations.
FROSTENS RIKE FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 192 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
CANADA (Greystone Books) GERMANY (DTV) POLAND (Wydawnictwo Kobiece) SOUTH KOREA (UI Books, an imprint of ILJINSA publishing Co)
Vassnes manages in an impressive way to draw the great lines of both the history of earth, the variations between the hot periods and the cold, where the earth has been very close to a ‘snowball earth’. He shows us how evolution of life, and not the least our own evolution, is inextricably linked to the shifts in our climate.’
PHOTO: JANNE LINDGREN
DAG O. HESSEN, KLASSEKAMPEN
Bjørn Vassnes is one of Norway's leading investigative journalists and has won several national and international awards. He took part in starting Schrodinger's Cat on NRK TV, has a syndicated science column in Klassekampen and has written several books. Currently, he is on a leave of absence from the University of Bergen, where he works as a media producer.
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ALL THIS IS TOKYO "To me, Tokyo is still mysterious and new. And there's still no other place I'd rather be," writes journalist Ina Strøm in this fullyillustrated book. Since her first visit to Tokyo ten years ago, Strøm has spent "over ten thousand hours" exploring this metropolis. Her book is divided into 12 chapters based on each district. And as a reader, you'll be surprised at how different these districts are – in architecture, tempo, demographics, history, green spaces. Within each chapter, Ina has – quite elegantly, and with delightful humour – succeeded in knitting together masses of fascinating knowledge – about Japanese culture, history, religion, business life, work ethics, sci-fi-technology, personal hygiene, the sex industry, fashion, design, youth culture and much, much more. Ina Strøm is constantly present in her words. She walks around the city, meeting people, experiencing things, and engaging in her surroundings in a way that is both infectious and inspiring.
AUTHOR:
INA STRØM TITLE ENGLISH:
ALL THIS IS TOKYO TITLE NORWEGIAN:
ALT DETTE ER TOKYO FORMAT:
148x210 mm / 240 pages
Ina Strøm is an educated journalist with extensive media experience, including various editorial roles with the Norwegian national broadcaster, NRK. She has been a trainee at the Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo and has regularly travelled to Japan.
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PHOTO: HELGE LIEN
Tokyo will host the summer Olympics in 2020. The city has, for many years, been one of The hottest long-distance destinations. Interest in Japanese lifestyle and culture is growing rapidly, among both young and old, and this book's combination of text and images will appeal to several age groups.
NARRATIVE NON-FICTION
KIM JONG-UN A SHADOW PORTRAIT OF A TYRANT On February 13, 2017, a man is killed, in full view, at Kuala Lumpur airport. When the deceased turns out to be Kim Jongnam, all suspicion points to the man's half-brother, North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-un. In this book, Kim Jong-un, Sun Heidi Sæbø follows the trail from this spectacular murder, and ends up with a portrait of a dictator with his back against the wall, and a country with little left to lose.
AUTHOR:
SUN HEIDI SÆBØ TITLE ENGLISH:
KIM JONG-UN
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
KIM JONG-UN FORMAT:
PHOTO: JOHANNA SIRING
151x226 mm / 400 pages
Sun Heidi Sæbø (1980–) is a journalist and former Asia correspondent for Dagbladet.
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WHY DO RUSSIANS VOTE FOR PUTIN? In 2006, Bernhard L. Mohr moved to Moscow – a lone Norwegian in a Russian workplace, in a time when many still considered a democratic development in Russia to be both possible and likely. Ten years later he returns to meet his old colleagues to get the answer to that major question: Why do the Russians vote for Putin? Why do they keep up the support of what with Western eyes may seem as a increasingly repressive regime?
AUTHOR:
BERNHARD MOHR TITLE ENGLISH:
WHY DO RUSSIANS VOTE FOR PUTIN?
‘A very insightful and updated portrait of the urban middle class of Putin´s Russia. Bernhard L. Mohr has given us an excellent guide to understand Russia of today.’
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
HVORFOR STEMMER RUSSERNE PÅ PUTIN?
STAVANGER AFTENBLAD
FORMAT:
130x205 mm / 256 pages
‘Interesting and vivid introduction to Russian Society of today.’ MINERVA
RIGHTS SOLD TO:
Bernhard L. Mohr (1978–) has worked as a journalist and editor, as well as with business development and management in the media industry. Why Do Russians Vote for Putin? is his first book.
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PHOTOKRED: MAJA HATTVANG
COLOMBIA (Rey Naranjo) GEORGIA (artanuji publishers)
SELF-HELP
SHAME The feeling of shame is reviled and uncomfortable, but it is a natural part of being human. Shame is what we hope others don't know, or what we dread they know about. That which makes people think less of us. What happens in the brain and body when this feeling occurs? And why do we inflict shame on others? A funny and accessible book including examples from literature and research. AUTHOR:
HELENE FLOOD AAKVAAG TITLE ENGLISH:
SHAME
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
HEI, SKAM FORMAT:
PHOTO: ANNA-JULIA GRANBERG, BLUNDERBUSS
130x205 mm / 256 pages
Helene Flood Aaakvaag is a psychologist and holds a PhD on guilt and shame. She is a researcher on violence and traumatic stress at the Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress studies, holds lectures and has written a number of scientific articles on the subject of shame.
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SELF-HELP
HAPPY AGAIN! HOW TO BEAT DEPRESSION,
BESTSELLER IN NORWAY
STEP BY STEP
Happy Again is a life-affirming program that, step-by-step, helps you improve your life or become totally free of depression. The program is designed to get you started, even when everything looks hopeless. With this book, Kristian Hall has assembled the tools which he lacked for himself while suffering from depression for ten years. The book is also suitable for close relatives and healthcare professionals. AUTHOR:
Preface by psychologist Knut-Petter S. Langlo.
KRISTIAN HALL TITLE ENGLISH:
HAPPY AGAIN! TITLE NORWEGIAN:
GLAD IGJEN! FORMAT:
Kristian Hall (1977–) is educated as a civil engineer and has for many years held various management positions in the business. Since recovering from depression, he has worked actively to help others. Hall lives in Drøbak with his wife and child.
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PHOTO: TOVE K. BREISTEIN
130x205 mm / 208 pages
MUSIC
ART ROCK The third generation of rock consisted of slightly different types of people than the previous two. Roxy Music, Kraftwerk and David Bowie considered rock music to be a visual art form as much as musical craftsmanship. By finding a position that looks both back and forth at the same time, they created pop music that still seems completely new and bold, over 40 years later.
AUTHOR:
TORGRIM EGGEN TITLE ENGLISH:
ART ROCK
Art Rock is a music book with slightly larger perspectives, which touches art history, politics and the biographical.
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
KUNSTROCK FORMAT:
PHOTO: CHRISTIAN BERSET
197x197 mm / 112 pages
Torgrim Eggen (1958–) is a former musician and journalist, now a full time writer. With a sharp and witty pen he echoes the zeitgeist in his novels, exploring phenomena such as vanity, politics, immigration and our crazy and wonderful Internet society.
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POP A HISTORY This is a story about pop music and the music industry – a contemporary cultural history that spans 200 years, from the industrial revolution to the digital age. It's a story about the creators of pop music, and their ideas; professionals, employees, business people, colleagues, rivals, craftsmen, artists, stars, icons; who have written, produced, sung, played and sold songs that have affected people all over the world. AUTHOR:
AUDUN MOLDE TITLE ENGLISH:
POP
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
POP
FORMAT:
Audun Molde (1966–) has a Masters Degree in musicology, from Oslo University. He has written several books about music, including the critically acclaimed bestseller WOW! The Story of Popular Music (1996).
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PHOTO: MARIANNE ROLAND
151x226 mm / 480 pages
PARENTING
STOMACH ACHE GOOD ADVICE FOR STOMACH PAINS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Everyone gets stomach ache now and then, but for many, a stomach ache can lead to both anxiety and a reduced quality of life. For most, the pain is caused by suboptimal bowel function, but there is much that can be done to improve this. Here you will find advice on diet, intestinal flora and an overview of symptoms that will help you know when to consult your doctor, and when you can wait.
AUTHOR:
BENTE KRANE KVENSHAGEN TITLE ENGLISH:
STOMACH ACHE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
VONDT I MAGEN FORMAT:
PHOTO: ANNA-JULIA GRANBERG, BLUNDERBUSS
130x205 mm / 208 pages
Bente Krane Kvenshagen is a paediatrician with a doctorate in children's food allergies. She has worked at Østfold hospital, Rikshospitalet and is now employed as a paediatrician at Best Helse Nordstrand in Oslo. She has worked within allergy research since 2002, and gives a range of lectures on the subject.
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BABY SIGN LANGUAGE OPENING A CHILD'S WORLD Baby sign language is a visual form of communication. At four months, babies can react to signs, from six to nine months they can use signs themselves, and at twelve months they can use and identify approximately 100 signs. This book contains its own baby sign language dictionary with 300 signs, a baby sign language song book with twelve popular children's songs, and many tips and advice. AUTHOR:
This book has everything you need to start off with baby sign language!
PETTER NODDELAND AND MEGAN MATOVICH-NODDELAND TITLE ENGLISH:
BABY SIGN LANGUAGE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
BABYTEGN FORMAT:
Petter Noddeland and Megan Matovich-Noddeland run the company BeSeen Babytegn. Both are deaf and speak sign language as their mother tongue, have higher education in sign language and hold baby sign language courses in several Norwegian cities.
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PHOTO: ANNA-JULIA GRANBERG, BLUNDERBUSS
148x210 mm / 296 pages
CRAFTS
SOCKS FROM NORWAY Nina Granlund Sæther is back, this time with the follow-up to her best seller Mittens. In Socks From Norway, we travel once again through Norway's countryside and it's knitting traditions – this time while keeping our feet warm. In this book you'll find fascinating stories about the origins of the various socks, archive images from museums around the country, and plenty of instructions for socks for the whole family. AUTHOR:
Books about knitted accessories are always popular; socks are perfect gifts, easily knitted and useful all year round. Socks from Norway features socks from all the different counties, to knit.
NINA GRANLUND SÆTHER TITLE ENGLISH:
SOCKS FROM NORWAY TITLE NORWEGIAN:
SOKKER FRA HELE NORGE
The book includes 41 sock patterns for ladies, gentlemen and children, with large, clear diagrams and beautiful pictures.
FORMAT:
210x277 mm / 200 pages
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MITTENS KNITTING PATTERNS FROM ALL OVER NORWAY Nordic knitting has already charmed the knitting world. Author Nina Granlund Sæther has now researched traditional mitten patterns from all over Norway and brought them together in one book. In this book you will find old-style mitten patterns from throughout Norway, adapted to today's yarn and equipment, plus exciting stories of their origin and use. The author has also allowed herself to be inspired to create her own designs for several smart mittens, based on Norwegian history and knitting tradition.
AUTHOR:
NINA GRANLUND SÆTHER TITLE ENGLISH:
The book contains more than 40 patterns for mittens for women, men and children, with big, useful diagrams and beautiful illustrations.
MITTENS
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
VOTTER
FORMAT:
210x277 mm / 192 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
UNITED STATES (Trafalgar Square Books)
Nina Granlund Sæther is a journalist and editor. She trained as an arts and crafts teacher and has written several books on handcraft. She contributes patterns to the weekly press and gives lessons on knitting.
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ARNE & CARLOS' FAVORITES Arne and Carlos are celebrating 15 years as a designer duo, by picking their favorites from the five books they've published, in addition to adding many new designs. In this book you will find Christmas balls, Easter eggs, scarves, hats, socks, knitted dolls, sweaters and jackets – everything you ever wanted from them, collected in one book!
AUTHOR:
ARNE NERJORDET AND CARLOS ZACHRISON
Dive into the book and be inspired by combinations of colors and patterns.
TITLE ENGLISH:
ARNE & CARLOS' FAVORITES TITLE NORWEGIAN:
ARNE & CARLOS FAVORITTER FORMAT:
210x277 mm / 264 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
DENMARK (Koppelwrite) FRANCE (Editions de Saxe) NETHERLANDS (Kosmos) UNITED STATES (Trafalgar Square Books)
Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrison presented their first joint fashion collection in 2002 and, in 2003, they were invited to the Paris fashion week to show their designs. The inspiration for their feminine clothes comes from many sources – from Dolly Parton to Japanese pleating techniques and Norwegian traditional dress.
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MORE BOOKS FROM
ARNE & CaRLOS
CRAFTS
BABYDILLA SEW, CROCHET, KNIT BABYDILLA – SY, HEKLE OG STRIKK TIL DE MINSTE
In Babydilla you meet the bear, the fox, the duck, the sheep and the whale – new, soft friends for the littlest ones. Furthermore, the book is filled with patterns for tons of practical equipment you can make yourself. Here, you will find pasifier strings, diaper bags, blankets, washcloths and bibs.
AUTHOR:
SØSTRENE MILJETEIG
The soft toys have the same unmistakable expressions of The Sisters Miljeteig, and the patterns are richly illustrated with step-bystep pictures, so they are easy to follow for beginners.
FORMAT:
210x225 mm / 144 pages
Ellen Marie and Margrethe Miljeteig run the hobby blog Søstrene Miljeteig. They make jewelry, stuffed animals and decorations. Babydilla is their first book.
CROCHETING IN THICK AND THIN HEKLING
Your crocheted garments, bags, blankets, pillows and more for yourself and your home will be so cool! This book offers small and large projects, including scarves, short and long vests, jackets, short and long sleeved sweaters, dresses and skirts. Here, there is no lack of creativity in the use of color with thick and thin yarn. This is the book for both beginners and those who have already crocheted a little. The book is thoroughly illustrated.
AUTHOR:
MAY-BRITT BJELLA ZAMORI FORMAT:
195x250 mm / 160 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
UNITED STATES (Trafalgar Square Books) May Britt Bjella Zamori works as a consultant and translator of knitting- and crocheting books, in addition to being a crafts author herself.
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TINDE HANDKNITS STRIKK FRA TINDE – JAKKER, GENSERE OG TILBEHØR
The best thing about knitting your own garments, is that you can make them just the way you want them. Iselin is the designer behind the brand Tinde and has designed her own colors by knitting with several strands at once, either in the same quality or by blending different qualities in combination with exciting knitting textures. You get everything from lovely, classic jackets and vests, hats and pullovers to ponchos and short and long sweaters.
AUTHOR:
ISELIN HAFSELD FORMAT:
198x272 mm / 136 pages
Designer Iselin Hafseld was educated at SHKS in Oslo. She best known as the founder of the clothing line TINDE, collections of exclusive knitwear with a relaxed elegance.
KNITTING POETRY A KNITTED LIFE STRIKKEPOESI – 40 INSPIRERENDE OG FARGERIKE PLAGG
40 beautiful knitwear patterns with amazing use of color and flattering cuts! Kari Hestnes has designed knitting patterns for decades. In this book, she shows us her dream designs: garments that will stand out in every wardrobe, garments that give you joy and inspiration while you're knitting, and that you will use and love for years to come. AUTHOR:
KARI HESTNES FORMAT:
210x277 mm / 192 pages Kari Hestnes (1959–) is a co-owner of the company Du Store Alpakka, one of the largest importers of alpaca yarns in Norway. She regularly provides many knitting patterns for magazines.
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CLASSIC KNITS WITH TINE This book will show you exclusive classic knit designs from Tine Solheim's own hand. Tine knows all about color combinations and different qualities of yarn. She has a distinct flair for finding the perfect balance – that will make your item special and unique. You'll find lovely large sweaters, knitted in multicolored yarns, with thick stitches that you can quickly knit ready for use. You'll also find classic figure-hugging jackets in more neutral colors using slightly thinner needles.
AUTHOR:
TINE SOLHEIM TITLE ENGLISH:
Some of her inspiration is taken from Chanel – known for a simple yet classic style topped with the right accessory. The book is peppered with accessories like hats, headbands and wonderful scarves, so even if you're not ready to start with anything big, there's plenty more to be found here.
CLASSIC KNITS WITH TINE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
MASKESPILL - PÅ TYKKE OG TYNNE PINNER FORMAT:
210x277 mm / 160 pages
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KNITTED TREASURES Tine has taken her inspiration for this book from our rich cultural tradition of textiles which women have shaped with needles and yarn according to the fashion of the day. There are long and short jackets and jerseys. There are dresses and tunics with or without a waist or a flare, and with sleeves set in or worked in the round. Many of the garments also have patterns for accessories such as headbands, hats, socks and mittens, if you want to match the garment or just to knit something that can be done quickly. Both sheep's wool and alpaca wool can be used.
TINE SOLHEIM
This is Tine Solheim's seventh book.
KNITTED TREASURES
AUTHOR:
TITLE ENGLISH:
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
STRIKKEDE SKATTER FORMAT:
210x277 mm / 168 pages
Tine Solheim is one of Norway's most prominent clothing– and costume designer. She studied at École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, and worked as an intern with Yves St. Laurent and Per Spook in Paris. For nearly 30 years, she has designed haute couture, costumes, formalwear, wedding gowns and wardrobes for a number of actors, performers, artists and other media figures. In recent years she has also created knitted designs for Norwegian magazines.
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HOOKED ON HOLEKNITS A REFERENCE BOOK CONTAINING 40 TECHNIQUES AND 30 KNITTING-DESIGNS
A reference book containing 40 eyelet-patterns and 30 knittingdesigns. Large and airy sweaters in lovely colors brighten window displays everywhere. And online fashion and knitting-blogs, and knitting-groups, are abundant in eyelet-knits made using large needles – original designs and copies, beautifully combined.
AUTHOR:
DENISE SAMSON TITLE ENGLISH:
In the introduction you'll learn to read diagrams and knitting patterns. Once you've got this under your skin, the fun can begin! Just choose the pattern and yarn and off you go. But watch out, as you're sure to get hooked on hole-knits too!
HOOKED ON HOLEKNITS TITLE NORWEGIAN:
HEKTA PÅ HULLSTRIKK FORMAT:
195x250 mm / 176 pages
Denise Samson is a passionate knitter and regularly contributes her own knitting patterns to the weekly press. She is also an experienced translator of books about hobbies and handcrafts. Poncho! is her second book of knitting. The first, Hekta på fletter, a reference book of cable knitting, was published in 2015.
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KNITWEAR FOR ALL OCCASIONS 40 GARMENTS INSPIRED BY NORWEGIAN TRADITIONS 40 garments inspired by Norwegian traditions In this wonderful knitting book, Helle Siggerud has been inspired by costume traditions and folklore from all over Norway. She has traveled far and wide and immersed herself in Norwegian patterns; used in knitting, weaving, embroidery and wallpaper; and has transformed it into beautiful knitwear. Helle is famous for her figure-hugging garments, good cuts and snappy details. And you'll find all that here. The book features mostly women's garments, but there are also great designs for men and children – and for dogs!
AUTHOR:
HELLE SIGGERUD TITLE ENGLISH:
KNITWEAR FOR ALL OCCASIONS TITLE NORWEGIAN:
STRIKK TIL ALLE TIDER FORMAT:
210x277 mm / 184 pages
Helle Siggerud has knitted and sewn for as long as she can remember. The former communications adviser took an education as a folk-costume maker, and now she runs a sewing business in Lørenskog where she sews folk-costumes and creates knitting designs.
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SIMPLE KNITS What makes a favorite sweater or jacket: It's soft and good to wear. You want it in several colors or patterns. And it fits nicely. Knitted sweaters and jackets work with everything. In winter, they can be combined with leather trousers – in the summer with a dress or skirt. They can be knitted in all varieties using all techniques, lengths and yarn qualities. Here are simple instructions that everyone can manage. You'll be inspired to make your very own unique garments for yourself, or for someone you're fond of. Kjersti is inspired by the clean lines and simplicity of Scandinavian style.
AUTHOR:
KJERSTI MÆHLUM-LIER TITLE ENGLISH:
SIMPLE KNITS
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
ENKEL STRIKK FORMAT:
198x272 mm / 128 pages
Kjersti Mæhlum-Lier grew up in Dokka, and now lives in Oslo. She runs the knitting firm Taffy, is passionate about anything that can be created by hand and has a huge desire to inspire others to experience this too. Simple Knits is her first knitting book.
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MAKE YOUR VERY OWN MALA NECKLACE Do you like the beautiful pearl necklaces that yogis and others use? Now you can learn how to make your own mala necklace, and how to add meaning to it. AUTHOR:
MONICA ØIEN
A mala is a necklace - a string of pearls - a spiritual ornament. The mala is beautiful to look at and an aid for prayer and meditation. The purpose of the mala, besides being a necklace filled with memories and symbolism, is to guide you in your daily life and remind you of your spiritual life. In this book by Monica Øien, she tells us about the symbolism, the craft and how to, inspiring you to make your very own dream necklaces. You are invited to add symbolism, shapes, moods, memories and colours in your mala necklace, and to add your own inner voice, your hopes and your intentions. It is said that the stones and colours that you are first drawn to are those you should make a mala out of. You can buy a mala kit, or you can choose your own pearls and charms for your mala. See if you can find something on the beach or amongst your childhood jewellery. You can use rings, earrings, amulets and other memories from your life as a mala.
TITLE ENGLISH:
MAKE YOUR VERY OWN MALA NECKLACE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
LAG DITT EGET MALAKJEDE FORMAT:
Monica Øien (1970–) is a writer, blogger, founder and jewellery designer. She is a certified pilates and yoga instructor, and has been working with the celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson method, doing workshops in New York, Los Angeles and London. As well as mala workshops she does workshops in etheric oils and chakra healing
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PHOTO: MAX ØIEN BAREL
210x225 mm / 136 pages
CRAFTS
CREATIVE TABLES This book is for anyone planning on welcoming their guests to a personal and creative table – and maybe even impress them a little. The ideas presented here are simple and manageable for all. It needn't be costly or difficult, you just need the ideas. And you'll find those here. Everything from buttoned table-cards, eggboxdishes, a stained wooden-board as decoration for a sparkling drink at a romantic table. You'll find ideas for using natural items or something you have in the fridge. If you use something from the fridge, you'll find ideas here for transforming it into something good the following day. You can also use the ideas provided here, but set your table in the exact style and color you want by swapping the materials and colors. Marianne's tips for those setting tables are: be creative and playful; don't follow so many rules, but plan and make things that can be ready in good time; and not least, set the table the day before, so that you can truly enjoy it. A table can be decorated in so many ways. Here are 150 different ideas.
AUTHOR:
MARIANNE DE BOURG TITLE ENGLISH:
CREATIVE TABLES TITLE NORWEGIAN:
KREATIVE BORD FORMAT:
210x277 mm / 208 pages
Marianne de Bourg is a blogger, stylist and freelance journalist. She is an educated decorator and has delivered items to magazines and interior magazines for a number of years. She runs the blog mariannedebourg.no and uses the profile @marianndebourg on Instagram.
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COLORS FOR THE PEOPLE ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN AND FASHION Did you know that gray cars crash the most and that red cars crash the least? That white, which is used more and more often in both institutions and schools, increases stress, decreases concentration and is a catalyst for headaches? What are colors, why do we need them and what do we use them for?
AUTHOR:
DAGNY THURMANN-MOE
In this book, color expert Dagny Thurmann-Moe battles against an increasingly more colorless existence. She shows us how Norway has gone from being colorful and full of impressions to being a landscape of gray and white, even in the summer.
TITLE ENGLISH:
COLORS FOR THE PEOPLE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
FARGER TIL FOLKET! FORMAT:
195x250 mm / 176 pages
She gives an introduction to what colors are, why people need colors, and what we use them for. She explains what a color palette is and how you use it.
RIGHTS SOLD TO:
FINLAND (Readme.fi Oy) ICELAND (Bókabeitan ehf) POLAND (AGORA SA)
Dagny Thurmann-Moe has worked as a creative director for the chain of color shops Fargeglede, and now operates Dagny Color Studio, where she works with color and trend forecasting, lectures, and color and concept development for different brands.
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And she shows how we can use colors ourselves, inside our houses and in our closets, and that colors have a natural place – no matter what style you wish to have.
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MATPRISEN: BLOGGER OF THE YEAR 2017
BROTH AND OTHER STRENGTHENING FOODS BOUILLONS, SOUPS AND CANDY MADE OUT OF BROTH, GELATINE AND COLLAGEN
Do you dream of good health, a well functioning digestion, resilient skin and shiny hair? With broth in your diet, the dream can come true.
AUTHOR:
GRY HAMMER TITLE ENGLISH:
In Broth and other strengthening foods you get everything about the good and health bringing broth and 50 recipes for things like bouillion, toddies, soups, tonics and smoothies – as well as the bonus of recipes for candy and desserts!
BROTH AND OTHER STRENGTHENING FOODS TITLE NORWEGIAN:
KRAFT OG ANDRE STYRKEDRIKKER FORMAT:
"One of the best things I know is to have a cup of warm bouillion at night. It calms my muscles and gives me good sleep" says Gry Hammer herself.
170x240 mm / 160 pages
Gry Hammer will teach you to make the basic broths made from bones and leftovers from meat, poultry and fish, enriched with vegetables and herbs. Gelatinous broth is naturally strengthening, and the health benefits are many. Broth is anti-inflamatory, stimulates the digestion, strengthens the immune system, our skeleton and all the joints, betters our sleep quality and is to put it shortly the best anti-aging remedy you can get as it builds the connective tissue from the inside out.
PHOTO: MONA NORDØY
Making broth is trendy, traditional and sustainable. Broth is the super food of the intestines!
Gry Hammer is the author of several books about cooking and health. She is a food enthusiast, a life artist, blogger, yoga teacher and the Norwegian guru for fermenting and making broth. She is passionately holistic and known for her sharp pen and inspiring lectures, classes and online-tutorials. You find her at gryhammer. no and the blog frajordtilbord.no.
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NATIONAL WINNER OF GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS
FOOD FERMENTATION TASTY FOOD AND DRINK FOR HAPPY DIGESTION
2016
FERMENTERING
Traditional lactic acid fermentation of food and drink can help you enjoy food and good health. Learn to ferment food and drink, and help your gut to become healthier. AUTHOR:
GRY HAMMER
Over 100 nourishing and exciting recipes and fermentation procedures from Norway's guru on the subject, Gry Hammer. Using pure, unprocessed ingredients, the author shows you how to prepare food which is as nourishing and easily digestible as possible.
FORMAT:
210x250 mm / 216 pages
You can prepare fermented foods including sourdough bread, yoghurt, pancakes, porridge, orange marmalade, ketchup, sauerkraut, kimchi Nordic style and kombucha.
THE MODERN HUNTER YOUR GUIDE TO CLEAN AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD DEN MODERNE JEGER
Do you want to live healthily and sustainably – even though you're trapped in the daily grind? Learn from fermentation and Nordic Kitchen expert Gry Hammer about how to hunt with modern weapons like smartphones and the Internet to find what you want – whether it's meat from free-range animals, unpasteurized milk, or a kombucha starter. And of course, she shows you how to prepare the best and most nutritious food. AUTHOR:
The book is practical and focused on ‘how tos’, with over 100 recipes for everything from Stone Age bread to waffles, liver paté to chocolate spread, venison, mutton stew, cod tongues, tomato soup and beet burgers, and even sweets like apple cake and colostrum pudding.
GRY HAMMER FORMAT:
170x240 mm / 216 pages
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NATURALLY INSPIRATION AND HELP TOWARDS A GREENER LIFE NATURLIGVIS
Do you want to live a little greener, but need motivation to get started? Hanne Cecilia Aass will show you – with a glint in her eye – that it's not just affordable, it's actually fun to make an effort for the environment and get closer to nature!
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HANNE CECILIA AASS FORMAT:
170x240 mm / 176 pages Hanne Cecilia Aass was educated as a zoologist and ecologist at the University of Oslo. She has worked for the broadcasting channel NRK since 1999, as a presenter, reporter and producer in the nature-editorial's TV broadcasts about Norwegian nature. In addition, she has translated and narrated the commentary on a number of foreign-produced nature programs, including some from the BBC.
THE MUSHROOM BOOK SOPPBOKA
The Mushroom Book is a user-friendly book for all mushroom lovers. Each species featured is thoroughly described, with emphasis placed on the main characteristics that distinguish them from similar species. In addition to their habitat, there is information about where each species occurs and their suitability as a food.
AUTHOR:
GRO GULDEN AND PER MARSTAD FORMAT:
170x120 mm / 336 pages
Toxic-mushrooms are included, and for each one information is provided about how the poisoning manifests itself.
Gro Gulden is a mycologist and one of Norway's most renowned researchers of fungi. She has released several academic books and popular mushroom books for adults and children. In addition, she has translated and adapted several mushroom books, and has tutored and certified mushroom inspectors for many years.
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PICK IT YOURSELF FORAGING TIPS AND RECIPES – FROM THE WAYSIDE, FOREST AND THE COAST
Chef and wild plant enthusiast Trond Svendgård, takes the reader on inspirational walks at a time when these wild-growing treats are at their best. He focuses on the best flavors and shares his most tempting recipes. This book provides an easy overview of where each plant-species can be found, and the characteristics of each one. AUTHOR:
TROND SVENDGÅRD TITLE ENGLISH:
PICK IT YOURSELF TITLE NORWEGIAN:
PLUKK SELV FORMAT:
170x240 mm / 256 pages
Trond Svendgård is a chef and runs www.plukkselv.no, Norway's largest online community and shop for foraging. He has previously published several other books as a member of the Flying Culinary Circus.
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MAAEMO The remarkable book about the remarkable restaurant Maaemo – The only Norwegian restaurant with three stars in Guide Michelin. The spectacular pictures and illustrations of Norwegian nature, and the beautiful photographs of the food and the environment in the restaurant, take you on a journey through the tastes of Norway. Exactly like a meal at this world renowned star-restaurant in Oslo would do.
AUTHOR:
ESBEN HOLMBOE BANG TITLE NORWEGIAN:
The restaurant is run by Esben Holmboe Bang, and in this book he writes with honesty and engagement about the tastes, the identity, the vision and hard work it takes to bring the exceptional signature tastes to the tables of the restaurant. The book also gives the reader a chance to recreate Maaemo at home: 80 recipes for many of the signature dishes and tastes of the restaurant are presented in the book.
MAAEMO FORMAT:
270x330 mm / 384 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
GERMANY (Matthaes Verlag GmbH)
‘To me this book is instantly classic. This is a book it will be referred to in many decades to come, when the food story from our little Nordic corner of the world is to be told.’ RENÉ REDZEPI – CHEF AT NOMA, DENMARK
‘This is a masterpiece, and at the same time a genuine encyclopaedia of one of the most important gastronomic periods in Norway. The book stands rock-solid, like a monolith for what is distinctive and real. It mirrors our country at its best. Showing the trends of our time, with the inspiration from traditions in times long past, taking us into the future. In this book the renewal of the Nordic kitchen is documented in a truthful and honest way. This is a book that will be passed down through generations to come.’
PHOTO: TUUKKA KOSKI
APPETITT
Esben Holmboe Bang (1982–) was born in Copenhagen, but moved to Norway in 2001. He worked at several fine-dining restaurants in Oslo before opening Maaemo in 2010. In 2016, Maaemo received three Michelin stars – the first Norwegian restaurant to ever do so.
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SEAWEED AN OCEAN OF FOOD Seaweeds – healthy, tasty and trendy. Anybody who has tasted red seaweed wants more! The mild aftertaste of liquorice with a hint of the sea stimulates the tastebuds to call for more. It is delicious as a snack, lightens a thick soup and is a fabulous accompaniment to fish. AUTHOR:
Seaweeds are tasty and very useful in all sorts of dishes. The German cook Claudia Seifert has put together an exciting choice of menus – exciting starters, main courses and take-away food, plus tasty desserts, smoothies and energy boosters – all with seaweed as a natural ingredient.
ZOE CHRISTIANSEN, CLAUDIA SEIFERT, LISA WESTGAARD AND HANNE MARTINSEN TITLE ENGLISH:
SEAWEED
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
TANG OG TARE
The species of seaweed used in the book are found all over the Northern hemisphere and are also available as dried products. The different species are all illustrated and explained, with short descriptions of how to identify them, where they grow and the other information you need to gather the rich harvest of the sea. A wonderful book which will inspire you to use seaweeds in all types of food – recommended!
FORMAT:
210x250 mm / 192 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
UNITED KINGDOM (Grub Street Publishing)
PHOTO: LARS PETTER PETTERSEN
Zoe Christiansen is a theatre director, but is now working with The Northern Company to develop the concept of sustainable food production. Claudia Seifert is a trained chef who has published several cookery books in her homeland of Germany. Hanne Martinsen is a graphic designer, and is very keen on organic food. Lisa Westgaard is a well known photographer who has illustrated several cookery books.
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COOKING FOR ONE Adam Bjerck says that even if you are dining alone, you should dine healthy and well! This is a must-have cookbook for anyone living alone, with recipes for one protion of food. It focuses on fast – and not to expensive – courses that make the cookbook perfect for busy everyday life. The practical week menus make it easy to plan and shop, and make sure that you do not end up with unused ingredients in the fridge. The recipes can of course be doubled – for couples or that extra guest.
AUTHOR:
ADAM BJERCK TITLE ENGLISH:
Adam Bjerck is a renowned chef, part of the Norwegian National Team of chefs, and the mastermind behind the business Adams Matkasse.
COOKING FOR ONE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
1 PORSJON FORMAT:
Adam Bjerck is one of Norway's renowned young chefs and has participated on the Kokkelandslaget team. He is one of the founders of the very successful Adam's Mealbox, and last year he published the book Adam's Food – Simple Everyday Dinners.
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195x250 mm / 208 pages
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GREEN BONANZA POTATO PIZZA, SUMMER WRAPS AND CAULIFLOWER “WINGS”
This book is full of the real joy of pure food: good recipes, simple new uses for the best base ingredients, tips on making use of everything and developing helpful routines to waste less. You will learn what you are eating and where it really comes from. The author offers you over 60 fine recipes for a selection of base ingredients, and seasons the book with her own sense of the pleasure of good food. Each chapter in the book is themed on a particular ingredient, with an introduction to the ingredient, followed by relevant recipes.
AUTHOR:
MIA FROGNER TITLE ENGLISH:
GREEN BONANZA TITLE NORWEGIAN:
GRØNN BONANZA FORMAT:
210x277 mm / 208 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
GERMANY (Jan Thorbecke Verlag)
Mia Frogner is qualified in literary studies and works as a contents adviser in the creative communications agency Trigger, recently selected as the world's best creative agency. She manages the blog Green Bonanza.
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HUMMUS AND POMEGRANATE Hummus and Pomegranate is an inspiring and unpretentious introduction to one of the world's most traditional and renowned cuisines. Here you will be introduced to the best food from Turkey and the Middle East. Dishes and flavors that have been developed and perfected from generation to generation throughout numerous dynasties and empires.
AUTHOR:
VIDAR BERGUM
Most of the dishes included are based on traditional recipes – which is one reason why the dishes and flavors have survived for so long. And not only will you find the recipes, but also an insight into long-standing food traditions. Most of the recipes in the book are classic homemade everyday dishes, prepared just as they are in the many kitchens all over Turkey and the Middle East.
TITLE ENGLISH:
HUMMUS AND POMEGRANATE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
HUMMUS OG GRANATEPLE FORMAT:
195x250 mm / 256 pages
Photographs by Bahar Kitapci, one of Turkey's leading food-stylists and photographers.
Vidar Bergum lives in Istanbul where he works with food-related projects. From there he runs the blog A kitchen in Istanbul, which was voted Best Niche-Blog by Mathallen and godt.no in 2016.
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BAKING FOR EVERYONE Marit Røttingsnes Westlie offers both new recipes and the very best from her blog Fru Timian. Here you'll get classics like: vanilla cream buns pretzels and princess cakes; easily-baked bread, plump buns and delicious rolls, and of course pizza and other snacks. The book also contains an equipment list, conversion- and measurement tables and basic recipes which you can vary according to your taste and occasion.
AUTHOR:
MARIT RØTTINGSNES WESTLIE TITLE ENGLISH:
BAKING FOR EVERYONE TITLE NORWEGIAN:
Get ready for that wonderful smell of baking in your house!
GJÆRBAKST FOR ALLE FORMAT:
PHOTO: ØYSTEIN WESTLIE
195x250 mm / 168 pages
Marit Røttingsnes Westlie (1970–) is an author of several cookbooks and has regular columns in several newspapers and magazines. She is a much-loved cook, known for her straightforward, simple and inspiring style, and her unique ability to describe the procedures so that following her methods will always bring successful results. Marit Røttingsnes Westlie has published 14 cook books and has a weekly food column in Dagbladet Søndag.
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LOW CARB FOR ALL – 100 NEW RECIPES EATING GLUTEN-FREE, MILK-FREE, SUGAR-FREE, PALEO OR GREENER
Winning duo Sofie Hexeberg and Gunn-Karin Sakariassen are back with 100 new, nutritious recipes for the best low-carb food for everyone.
AUTHOR:
SOFIE HEXEBERG AND GUNNKARIN SAKARIASSEN
Energy drinks, breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, vegetables and light dishes, fermented food, snacks, stocks, sauces and oils.
TITLE ENGLISH:
LOW CARB FOR ALL – 100 NEW RECIPES
Food should taste good, be easy to cook, provide energy, boost health, and be clean and natural. You find all this in Low Carb For All!
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
LAVKARBO FOR ALLE – 100 NYE OPPSKRIFTER FORMAT:
195x250 mm / 192 pages
PHOTO: TOVE BREISTEIN
Sofie Hexeberg (1960–) is a doctor and dietary expert. She works at the Eikeliklinikken clinic and Heggeli Helhetsmedisin medical centre in Oslo, and is one of the founders of the Kostreform ved diabetes og sukkersykdommer (Society for Dietary Reform to Alleviate Diabetes). Gunn-Karin Sakariassen (1954–) is a nutritional therapist, who studied at the Norwegian Academy for Natural Medicine and gained further experience at the clinic of Dr Fedon Lindberg. She works every day at the Heggeli clinic for holistic medicine.
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LIGHTER SENSIBLY SLIMMING. EAT ACCORDING TO YOUR BODY-TYPE AND HAVE AN EASIER LIFE
Do you want to lose weight, but find it difficult? Using Trine Dahlmo's method, it's easier to lose weight. You don't have to count calories or weigh your food, you're not driven mad by cravings or feelings of shame and guilt when you "crack." You can eat the food you like while losing weight. This book is the perfect start on the path towards a lighter life! Preface by Dr. Tina Bakkejord. AUTHOR:
TRINE DAHLMO TITLE ENGLISH:
LIGHTER
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
LETTERE
ILLUSTRATED BY:
STINE DAHLMO FORMAT:
Trine Dahlmo is a nutritional therapist, NLP Master Trainer, health blogger, author, and holds courses and lectures. Together with Lena Kralicek, she runs NLP Coach Team, where she has helped thousands of satisfied clients get a new life from using the simple body-type model for losing weight – and not re-gaining it.
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151x226 mm / 160 pages
FITNESS
AFINDINGYOGA JOURNEY YOURSELF THROUGH YOGA, BREATHING AND BALANCE EN YOGAREISE
This book includes simple meditation techniques; stretching exercises for good mornings and quiet evenings; and exercises that strengthen the neck, shoulders and core muscles. Henriette Lien's personal texts explain to you what can happen mentally when practicing yoga regularly. For example, she'll show you how breathing exercises can help let go of the unnecessary things in life.
AUTHOR:
HENRIETTE LIEN FORMAT:
170x240 mm / 192 pages Henriette Lien is a former professional dancer, actor and presenter on radio and television. She is a full time yoga-instructor and teaches ashtanga-yoga, yin-yoga and restorative-yoga all over Norway.
YOGA MADE SIMPLE EXERCISES AND PROGRAMS FOR THE WHOLE BODY YOGA HELT ENKELT!
In Yoga helt enkelt, yoga teacher Bente Helene Schei focuses on the classic and simple parts of yoga and gives you specific exercises and programs you can follow at home. You can choose the programs that suit you and your level best. The shortest program is 10–20 minutes, a bit longer is 30–60 minutes, and the longest are 60–90.
AUTHOR:
BENTE HELENE SCHEI FORMAT:
The book also contains programs with exercises that specifically help fight ailments connected with stomach and digestion, neck and shoulders, balance and concentration. All the poses are described clearly, step by step, and are illustrated with photos of the author. In addition to describing how the poses are done,
210x225 mm / 160 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
DENMARK (Legind) GERMANY (Droemer Knaur)
Bente Schei is a yoga teacher and manager of the Center for Classical Yoga. She has been doing yoga for 20 years and maintains the basic idea that yoga is simple. She graduated from the Yoga Teacher School and is a member of the Norwegian Yoga Teachers Association.
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YOGAMAMA YOGA DURING PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND MATERNITY In a simple and inspiring way, the author shows the joys and benefits of yoga's many aspects, for pregnant women and new mothers. This book contains step-by-step explanations and pictures; of exercises specially tailored for pregnancy, suggested programs for each trimester, the role of breathing and its potential, birth tips, and examples of how yoga philosophy can enrich motherhood. AUTHOR:
CATHRINE MATHIESEN TITLE ENGLISH:
YOGAMAMA
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
YOGAMAMMA 1.
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195x250 mm / 256 pages
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Cathrine Mathiesen is a yoga teacher with long, broad, and international experience. She is also a mother of three and has personally experienced the benefits and the joy of yoga during pregnancy, birth and motherhood.
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SHAPE YOUR BODY WITH STRENGTHTRAINING AND DIET Is it possible to shape your body with exercise? Yes. It's just a question of exercising properly with strength exercises, and eating nutritious food.
AUTHOR:
SILJE BJØRNSTAD AND SUSANNE SOYDAN
This book contains simple and effective strength exercises with instructive photos, complete training programs, dietary advice and recipes. You'll learn how to train effectively for your health and appearance.
TITLE ENGLISH:
SHAPE YOUR BODY WITH STRENGTH-TRAINING AND DIET TITLE NORWEGIAN:
SLIK FORMER DU KROPPEN MED STYRKETRENING OG KOSTHOLD
Try the booty builder, leg curl and protein rolls, and watch your body make progress!
FORMAT:
PHOTO: ANN KRISTIN ENGEBAKKEN
190x250 mm / 128 pages
Silje Bjørnstad is a nutritional advisor, personal trainer and journalist. She has a bachelor's degree in media and communication and in nutrition. Susanne Soydan is a naprapath, massage therapist, personal trainer and group training instructor. She has a foundation in medicine and studied one year of psychology, and is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in nursing.
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BESTSELLER IN NORWAY
THE ALL YEAR BODY TRAINING AND FOOD FOR A HEALTHY AND HAPPY BODY Do you want to be inspired to pursue a more active life? With The All Year Body, the writer shows that you can love your body 365 days a year, summer and winter, and that it is possible to find a good balance between training, food, relaxing and rest. This is the book for those who want to get in slightly better shape, find a way to enjoy training, and eat simple and healthy everyday food.
AUTHOR:
TRENINGSFRUE CAMILLA AASTORP ANDERSEN TITLE ENGLISH:
THE ALL YEAR BODY
The motto is: A little bit of everything and everything in moderation!
TITLE NORWEGIAN:
HELÃ…RSKROPPEN FORMAT:
195x250 mm / 176 pages
Fitness Instructor Camilla Aastorp Andersen is one of Norway's biggest healthand-fitness bloggers. She works as a personal trainer, lecturer, mentor and coach.
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