Although the World is not at its best at the moment, the business has to go on. And luckily it does. Here is an update on recent sales.
Kristoffer Hatteland Endresen’s A LITTLE LIKE US; World English rights is sold to Greystone (Canada).
John Kåre Raake’s THE ICE has been sold to Straarup in Denmark and to Scolar in Hungary.
Erik Martiniussen’s THE WAR AGAINST BACTERIA is sold to Leya in Portugal.
Anders Røyneberg’s GREEN HOME is sold to Turbine in Denmark.
Agnes Ravatn’s THE BIRD TRIBUNAL is sold to Zenon in Turkey.
Anders Bortne’s SLEEPLESS is sold to Znak in Poland and to Iz in Turkey.
Ingebjørg Berg Holm’s RAGING BEAR is sold in a premept to le cherche midi and to Carbonio in Italy.
Linka Neumann’s WILDERNESS SWEATERS 2 is sold to Bombora in Russia.
For full list of countries on each title, please have a look the book’s specific page on this site.
Norway’s largest independent literary agency, Northern Stories, has been named a Gazelle Company by Dagens Næringsliv for the second consecutive year. In 2024, the agency grew its turnover from NOK 10.2 to 15.8 million – an increase of more than 50 percent, marking yet another record year.
We’re delighted to share that Agnes Ravatn has been nominated for the Booksellers’ Award 2025 for her brilliant new novel Doggerland. Her novel is also already sold to Poland, and in World English.
We’re proud to announce that Frode Helland has been nominated for this year’s Brage Prize for Nonfiction, Norway’s most prestigious literary award, for his extraordinary book Holocaust – A history told by the victims. This is a deeply moving and illuminating contribution to our understanding of one of history’s darkest chapters.
Northern Stories has hired Dilani Vamapahan as a literary agent. She was chosen from a pool of 175 applicants.
“A great honour,” says Kristofer Hivju about playing police investigator Ole Vik in the crime series Sogn Murders. The TV2 series is based on Jørgen Jæger’s bestselling books, and filming started this week in Sogn.