Brage to Thomas Horne
The prestigious Brage-prize has been awarded to Thomas Horne’s The Big Guide to Climate-Friendly Living . A huge congratulations to Thomas!
Welcome Nikolaj!
We are happy and proud to welcome Nikolaj Frobenius to Northern Stories, an international acclaimed novelist and screenwriter. His books has been translated into numerous languages and he has since his international literary breakthrough in 1996 received lots of international awards.
Olivia Lasky
Olivia Lasky will start working as our Royalty- and Contract manager. She is currently working as Global Paid Social Media Lead at Precis Digital.
Kontrakts- og oppgjørsansvarlig
Vi er et uavhengig litterært agentur som selger rettigheter til internasjonale forlag. Vi jobber også med rettighetssalg til film/TV og teater. Firmaet er nå inne i sitt femte år, og arbeidsmengden er stadig økende. Vi søker derfor en medarbeider i 20% stilling.
Siri Helle to Granta
Granta Books has secured World English rights to Siri Helle’s book The Hand Made Tale after an auction.
London to Little, Brown
Nazneen Khan-Østrem’s higly praised book about immigrant London has been acquired in an auction by Little, Brown’s Robinson imprint.
MIT Press aquires War against Bacteria
The renowed MIT Press has just bought World English rights to Erik Martiniussen’s The War against Bacteria.
Therese Tungen shortlisted
Therese Tungen is on the shortlist for the European Union Prize for Literature 2020 for her book Love, or something like it.
Tremendous reception for The War against Bacteria
Erik Martiniussen has just published his new book The War against Bacteria to critical acclaim from a collective Norwegian Press. With two newspapers giving it the highest score possible, 6 out of 6, and the third calling it one of the best books of the year (already) – this surely is a fantastic launch.
Books 2020 - our new catalogue
Even though London Book Fair was cancelled, our new catalogue is fresh out of the printer.
Latest sales roundup
2020 is off to a good start, lots of books are moving on out into the world. Here’s a roundup off the latest deals.
The Ice to Pushkin Press
The UK rights to John Kåre Raake’s thriller The Ice has been acquired by the renowned British publisher Pushkin Press. – The Ice is a brilliantly paced and plotted thriller — taut, claustrophobic, and all played out in the freezing darkness of the North Pole. I can’t wait for Pushkin Vertigo to publish it in English, says the editor Daniel Seton.
Green Joy to the World
Anders Røyneberg’s book GREEN JOY is set to travel out into the world. The estemeed publishing house Quadrille has bought World English rights and will publish it in the UK. In Australia it will be published by Hardie Grant.
Ingrid Winter to the movies
The first book about Ingrid Winter written by Janne Stigen Drangsholt is going to become a movie.
The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter will be produced by the Norwegian production company Chezville.
Frankfurt 2019
Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 was special this year with Norway as the Guest of Honour.
This meant a program with a lot of of authors from Northern Stories participating
Best Norwegian Novel of 2019?
Congratulations to Jens M. Johansson for being nominated to the prestigious NRK P2 listener prize for best Norwegian novel of 2019!