We are proud to welcome Jens M. Johansson to Northern Stories. He is one of his generation’s most praised voices, with awards and great reviews to his name. He’s sharp and funny, kind and direct – a man you want to have with you both in a wedding and in a funeral. Read his books and you’ll understand what we’re talking about.
The Bookseller: Sandstone Press has bought World English rights to Anders Bortne’s Sleepless. And it is also just sold in Denmark to Gads Forlag.
Agnes Ravatn’s novel The Bird Tribunal is sold to Mima Förlag in Sweden, making it the 13th country where it will be published.
The 72nd Cannes Film Festival took place last week and we where there to meet international producers.
After a fierce international competition for the rights to John Kåre Raake’s thriller The Ice, Nordisk Film Production gets the job of creating a lavish, international TV series with Tomb Raider director Roar Uthaug at the helm.
Tore Kvæven has won another literary award, this time for best novel from the South of Norway.
We are ready for Spring. And for that we have our new catalogue ready. Please have a look and tell us what you think!
The fascinating story about the eels and it’s fight for survival is brilliantly captured in Torolf Kroglund’s The Last Eel. Now it’s German translation rights are sold to Edel Books in Germany. The publisher is based in Hamburg, the “eel-capitol” of Germany.
Morten Traavik’s The Traitor’s Guide to North Korea has been sold in an hefty auction to Suhrkamp in Germany.
Sold to Mima Förlag in Sweden
Sold to Sandstone Press in the UK. (World English rights)
Sold to Gads Forlag in Denmark.
Sold to Sobobnost in Slovenia.
Sold in an auction to Rowohlt Verlag in Germany.
Sold also in an auction to Giunti Editore in Italy. And sold to Scolar in Hungary.
Sold to Individuum in Russia.
Sold to Turbine in Denmark in a preempt.
Sold to Norstedts in Sweden.