Four new non-fiction authors to Northern Stories
We are proud to introduce you to our four new non-fiction authors!
Therese Tungen’s latest book, Turn Around was launched last week.
“When Edvin died, six years and ten months old,
I knew I had to write about it. I had to try and understand what happened to us. And to him. I had to write to document and to better understand. Sorrow slowly seeped into the system, into the blood, into every part of the brain, into the skeleton. I wrote and I walked during this time, around and around in our neighbourhood and around and around in what later became the script. It is now one and a half year since that day in August in 2020 and we are still here, breathing and living."
The reviews are filled with praise for this heartbreaking autobiographical novel:
“The tremendous strength in TURN AROUND comes from its ability to articulate the chaotic, unfiltered grief as Tungen experienced it – from the first shock to a diminished version of everyday life. At the same time, it also looks at the bigger picture, reflecting on what the death of a child does to those who are left behind, not to mention what it is that a mourner needs.”
- Vårt Land
“Some books really have a deep affect on you – like when a mother writes about the very worst thing that can happen: losing a child.” – VG
“A powerful, heartbreaking, warm, wise, uplifting and thought-provoking book about a grief that is almost unbearable.” – Aftenposten
Therese Tungen has worked as an editor for many years. She has published two books: Once They Were Wolves and Love, or Something Like It.
She was awarded Aschehoug’s debut scholarship for 2017, and the Bjørnson Scholarship in 2018.
In 2020, Love, or Something Like It it was shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Literature.
We are proud to introduce you to our four new non-fiction authors!
We are very proud to welcome Birgitte Bratseth to Northern Stories! Birgitte is a writer for film and TV with an impressive track record.
Agenturet Northern Stories utvider staben: Daglig leder/gründer Astrid Dalaker og Agent Olivia Lasky får nå med seg Mira Mack Omdahl på laget som ny agent. Mack Omdahl kommer fra stillingen som manusredaktør i Aschehoug barn og ungdom.
Northern Stories økte omsetningen fra 4,5 til 8,4 millioner kr i fjor. – Det er et signal om at vi har lykkes i våre strategiske veivalg, sier Astrid Dalaker.
The upcoming series The Fortress (Festning Norge) won the award for best script at the most prestigious international series festival Series Mania in France. The series is based on an idea and script developed by John Kåre Raake and Linn-Jeanethe Kyed, and was the only Norwegian series on the programme.